STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Birmingham: Authorities arrested a man accused of ringing a doorbell while nude at an apartment complex, AL.com reported.
ALASKA Fairbanks: University of Alaska police investigated three campus vehicle break-ins, newsminer.com reported. A .40-caliber Springfield XD handgun, a backpack, an iPod and Fred Meyer gift cards were stolen from one vehicle, according to Deputy Chief Steve Goetz. A .308 Windham assault rifle was stolen from a second vehicle, and a gym bag was taken from a third vehicle.
ARIZONA Phoenix: The Public Transit Department ordered 120 new buses to serve the city’s routes. The buses use compressed natural gas and have a fuel range of at least 400 miles, meaning most of the vehicles won’t require daily refueling.
ARKANSAS Sheridan: Twenty to 30 privately owned golf carts were destroyed in a fire that swept through several sheds at the Golf Club, ArkansasOnline reported.
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: James Henwood, the chief executive of the Los Angeles County Fair Association, who made more than $1 million in total compensation in 2014 even as the organization reported millions of dollars in losses, resigned, the Los Angeles Times reported.
COLORADO Pueblo: An inmate who set fire to the Saguache County jail in southern Colorado has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, the Pueblo Chieftain reported.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: The state Senate OK’d Michael Bzdyra as the new commissioner of the state Department of Motor Vehicles, the Hartford Courant reported. Bzdyra revealed that he never completed his master’s degree from the University of Connecticut, despite saying for more than two decades that he did.
DELAWARE Sussex County: Two eagles captured disoriented and possibly near death earlier this month have been released back into the wild after rehabilitation by Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research of Newark, The Dover Post reported.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: A 17year-old was charged as an adult with second-degree murder in the shooting of a 15-year-old, who was gunned down in front of his mother and sister at the Deanwood Metro station, The Washington Post reported.
FLORIDA Merritt Island: Florida Today reported that according to HGTV’s blog, David Rennie of Shelton, Conn., won the HGTV Dream Home 2016 sweepstakes and gets to call the 3,150-squarefoot riverfront mansion “home sweet home.” Rennie also gets a 2016 GMC Acadia Denali, $250,000 and a new boat with the grand prize value of $1.5 million, the blog states.
GEORGIA Atlanta: More than 150 Uber drivers and others gathered at City Hall for a meeting where the company pushed for its ride-share operations at the world’s busiest airport — and to counter a proposal by Hartsfield-Jackson International to require fingerprint-based background checks and other measures, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
HAWAII Honolulu: A survey shows some 48% of respondents said they live paycheck-to-paycheck, Hawaii News Now reported. The survey, conducted by QMark Research for the Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, was aimed at highlighting how the state’s high cost of living is affecting residents in daily ways.
IDAHO Sandpoint: A $3,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to a conviction in the theft of a Bonner County veteran’s ashes from a cemetery here, the Daily Bee reported.
ILLINOIS Chicago: If plans for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art move forward, 1,500 tailgating spots for Bears fans would be scattered to other locations, the Chicago Tribune reported.
INDIANA Indianapolis: Indianapolis is one of the best cities for college-educated young professionals in 2016, according to a ranking released by Forbes, The Indianapolis Star reported. The list, which puts Indy in a 10thplace tie with Twin Cities, Minn., factored in job growth, unemployment rates, pay and cost of living.
IOWA Des Moines: Iowa farmland values have dropped nearly 9% over the past year, reflecting lower farm income and commodity prices, The Des Moines Register reported.
KANSAS Lawrence: The 2016 KU Powwow and Indigenous Dance and Culture Festival will be Saturday at the Lied Center and is expanding into a daylong educational festival, the Lawrence Journal-World reported.
KENTUCKY Hopkinsville: The National Weather Service says three tornadoes touched down in western Kentucky’s Christian County over the weekend when a severe storm passed through the area. The Kentucky New Era cited the National Weather Service in Paducah in reporting that an EF-2 tornado hit in northern Christian County on Sunday evening and two EF-0 tornados hit in other areas.
LOUISIANA Lafayette: Bell Helicopter, which opened an assembly plant in August, has hired 27 of the planned 115 employees, The Advocate reported. The company will produce 200 new helicopters annually by late 2017.
MAINE Kennebunkport: Democrat Susan Deschambault won a special election to represent Maine Senate District 32 through the end of the year. The District 32 seat was left empty when Sen. David Dutremble resigned earlier this year after announcing he was struggling with alcohol addiction.
MARYLAND Salisbury: Francebased aerospace, defense and security company Safran, the parent company of Labinal Power Systems, has put the Salisbury manufacturing plant up for sale for $2.35 million, The Daily Times reported.
MASSACHUSETTS Holyoke: Police are searching for suspects in a mid-afternoon gunbattle in which a school bus with a 4-yearold girl on board was struck by a bullet, WWLP-TV reported. Neither the girl nor the driver was injured.
MICHIGAN Allegan: Gregory Alan Marsman, 53, accused of pouring acid March 16 on his 54-year-old girlfriend, will undergo an evaluation to determine his competency to stand trial, The Grand Rapids Press reported.
MINNESOTA Afton: The Islamic Society of Woodbury-East Metro plans to build a 10,500-squarefoot mosque in Afton after years of meeting and worshiping in rented space in a Woodbury office park, the Pioneer Press reported. Islamic Society officials said that they hope to open the mosque in time for next year’s Ramadan that will begin May 27.
MISSISSIPPI Gulfport: The Environmental Protection Agency says cleanup has been completed at the old Chemfax site here, but long-term monitoring of groundwater will be needed. The Sun Herald reported the Harrison County School District owns the 11-acre site, which was placed on the agency’s National Priorities List in 2012.
MISSOURI Fulton: A man with a history of drunken driving offenses faces a new charge after he was spotted driving a lawnmower recklessly, The Columbia Daily-Tribune reported.
MONTANA Great Falls: A man faces homicide charges in the death of a local woman after autopsy results confirmed she died of blunt force trauma and compression of the neck, the Great Falls Tribune reported.
NEBRASKA Beatrice: An empty lot in east Beatrice will soon be the site of a new home built by state inmates, the Beatrice Daily Sun reported. The house will be about 1,200 square feet and include three bedrooms, a two-car garage and a full, but unfinished, basement. The city hopes to have the house pre-sold before completion.
NEVADA Las Vegas: UNLV broke ground on a $57 million academic building for its hotel administration program. The Hospitality Hall will include 93,000 square feet of classroom, laboratory and meeting space at the center of campus.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: A new Walmart sign on Interstate 293 that reads “Use Exit 1,” after drivers have already passed the exit, was put up by city planning officials to keep drivers out of the neighborhoods by Exit 2, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported.
NEW JERSEY Bernards: The Pingry School has launched an investigation into reports that a teacher, Thad Alton, sexually abused students in the 1970s, mycentraljersey.com reported. Alton was convicted on charges of sodomy and sex abuse of young boys in New York in 1990.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Authorities say five men are in custody following a bank robbery in northeast Albuquerque.
NEW YORK Rochester: The World Video Game Hall of Fame announced 15 finalists, including The Legend of Zelda, Sonic the Hedgehog and John Madden Football, The Democrat & Chronicle reported.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Named for their tendency to appear, draw crowds and disappear quickly, pop-up markets have risen in popularity over the past few years, The News & Observer reported.
NORTH DAKOTA Mapleton: Voters in the Mapleton School District have approved a $7.2 million bond referendum to build a new elementary school. The same referendum lost by a narrow margin last October.
OHIO Tallmadge: Kirk Kelly, 24, of Tampa, who chewed off his fingerprints in an effort to avoid being identified during a traffic stop, was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to charges here, WKYC-TV reported.
OKLAHOMA Noble: In March, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services announced it would cut back services to needy families because of a state reve- nue shortfall. Gary Hicks announced on Facebook that his diner, Tiffany’s Restaurant, would offer free meals to anyone affected by the move.
OREGON Portland: A local massage therapist arrested earlier this month has been indicted on new charges relating to the sexual abuse of six additional women, The Oregonian reported.
PENNSYLVANIA Altoona: Police say two women stole cemetery flowers on Easter Sunday because they planned to replant them outside their home.
RHODE ISLAND Warwick: Developers are planning to build a $48 million office and medical services complex here, the Providence Journal reported.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The University of South Carolina’s Sigma Chi chapter was closed by its national office after the fraternity learned members engaged in physical and mental abuse of pledges, The State reported.
SOUTH DAKOTA Chester: Residents of three neighborhoods on the north side of Brant Lake in Lake County have voted to become South Dakota’s newest municipality. The Madison Daily Leader reported that the vote was 61-9 in favor of the move.
TENNESSEE Kingsport: Marion Guy, 63, died earlier this week after being hospitalized following a fight with two 18-year-old neighbors March 11 that was recorded on video, The Kingsport Times-News reported.
TEXAS Orange: Federal disaster recovery centers opened in Newton, Jasper and here. The assistance is meant for people whose homes or businesses were affected by storms, tornadoes and flooding that began March 7.
UTAH Farmington: A year after finding the remains of a woman who went missing more than 30 years ago, police are still investigating her murder, the Standard-Examiner reported. Detectives are analyzing DNA found in the area where a hiker spotted the skull of Theresa Rose Greaves, 23, who disappeared in 1983.
VERMONT Winooski: David Bergeron, Winooski’s fire chief, has been accused of inappropriate conduct, which led to his being placed on paid administrative leave. The Burlington Free Press was first to report Bergeron’s employment status, but the reasons for his leave remain unclear.
VIRGINIA Roanoke: Joshua Caleb Bowlin, 21, was sentenced to more than six years in prison after admitting he shook and injured his 3-month-old daughter when he was frustrated, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.
WASHINGTON Longview: The Longview School District agreed to pay $60,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by a teacher who claims a former principal intimidated and harassed her, The Daily News reported.
WEST VIRGINIA Putnam County: The Assessor’s Office warned residents about a prank letter circulating about a tax liability reduction, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.
WISCONSIN Denmark: A 20year-old man may have been drunk when he crashed his car into a barn, Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.
WYOMING Cheyenne: The federal government is proposing to lift threatened-species protections for grizzlies that live in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho. Hunting within Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks would still be prohibited.