STATE-BY-STATE

News from across the USA

ALABAMA Tuscaloosa: At least three dozen guns were stolen during a break-in at a gun shop, AL.com reported.

ALASKA Anchorage: The state Department of Transportation implemented speed limit changes along a 5-mile stretch of the only road leading south out of the city. Drivers in the right lane will have a speed limit of 55 mph, while those in the left lane can go up to 65 mph. ARIZONA Glendale: Manistee Ranch Park was closed temporarily after landscapers discovered multiple wasp nests and beehives during routine tree trimming,

The Arizona Republic reported. Beekeepers worked to remove the hives and nests from palm trees.

ARKANSAS North Little Rock: Monica Walters, 20, a pregnant woman who battled smoke to alert her neighbors that a fire was sweeping through their apartment unit last month, was honored for her actions with a plaque from city commissioners, Arkan

sasOnline reported. CALIFORNIA Palos Verdes Estate: After complaints about a group of surfers hassling outsiders, officials voted to have a stone fort used by the group dismantled and removed, the Los

Angeles Times reported. COLORADO Colorado Springs: Police arrested the former caregiver of a mentally and developmentally disabled man who choked to death while eating, the

Gazette reported. John Ledbetter, 43, was charged with criminally negligent homicide of an at-risk person. CONNECTICUT New London: A 24-year-old home health worker who was accused of stealing more than $22,000 from her elderly grandmother to support her drug addiction was headed to three years in prison. Tasha Gaudreau pleaded guilty in May to firstdegree larceny.

DELAWARE Georgetown: A Lewes firefighter died after falling from a helicopter during a training exercise with the Delaware Air Rescue Team, The News Jour

nal reported. Tim McClanahan, 46, fell while a state police aviation unit conducted monthly “hoist training ” with DART at the Coastal Airport. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Amid the national upheaval over the deaths of black men shot by police, there are children in highcrime D.C. areas who can’t go outside to play for fear of stray bullets from neighborhood shootouts, The Washington Post reported. “I hear gunshots all the time,” Donya Pimble, 11, said. He was among 150 youngsters who found safe haven in a summer camp run by a non-profit group called Life Pieces to Masterpieces.

FLORIDA Key West: Two people pleaded guilty to federal charges that they illegally sold live bonnethead sharks. GEORGIA Forsyth County: Authorities sought a suspect accused of stealing a woman’s car after she placed an order at a Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. HAWAII Honolulu: Gov. Ige vetoed a bill that would have allowed online lodging services such as Airbnb to collect taxes, the Pacific Business News reported. IDAHO Boise: The state Supreme Court determined that a former Ada County employee’s wrongful termination case can go before a jury. KTVB-TV reported that Rich Wright was the director of the Department of Administra-

tion before he was fired in 2013 by the Board of Commissioners. ILLINOIS Chicago: The Field Museum created an alternative to the Pokémon craze, the Chicago

Tribune reported. The museum gave out clues on Twitter about where to spy life-size replicas of terra cotta statues commissioned by Chinese Emperor Qin Shihuang thousands of years ago. INDIANA Yorktown: Ball State University architecture students are building a piece of public art meant to be a gateway to a trail system, The Star Press reported. IOWA Iowa City: J.C. Meardon, 16, died after being hit by a minivan while playing a game with friends, the Iowa City Press-Citi

zen reported. KANSAS Arkansas City: Police rescued a dog hanging by its leash from the handle of a parked truck, KSAL-AM reported. KENTUCKY Somerset: The Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources purchased 2,900 acres in eastern Pulaski County, The Courier-Journal reported. Department spokesman Mark Marraccini said the area will “provide outstanding recreational opportunities for hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers.”

LOUISIANA St. Tammany Parish: After Gov. Bel Edwards vetoed $11 million for a cultural arts district, unbowed Parish President Pat Brister met with architects and other consultants to launch the next phase of planning for the project, The Times-Pica

yune reported. MAINE Madawaska: Officials considered a plan to require all welfare recipients to pass random drug tests to qualify. WLBZ-TV reported the subject will come up at a Board of Selectmen meeting Tuesday. The town gave assistance to 45 people last year. MARYLAND Cascade: Washington County is taking ownership of a largely deserted former Army base, The Herald-Mail reported. The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 to have the county become the property owner and sole developers of the Cascade

Town Centre at Fort Ritchie. MASSACHUSETTS Springfield: A 26-year-old man who stabbed a police dog that was chasing him down the street was sentenced to three years in prison, The Repub

lican reported. MICHIGAN Battle Creek: Denso Manufacturing Michigan, which makes automotive air conditioning and engine cooling systems, is likely to invest $37 million and hire up to 125 workers, the Detroit Free Press reported. MINNESOTA Red Wing: The

Daily Press & Dakotan reported that Shannon Draper will become the fire chief. He’s headed the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department in Vermillion, S.D., the past three years. MISSISSIPPI Hattiesburg: The Center for Community and Civic Engagement at the University of Southern Mississippi was awarded a $379,076 federal grant from the Corp. for National and Community Service to implement the Campus Link AmeriCorps Program. Through Campus Link, 80 AmeriCorps members will tutor fourth- to eighth-grade students in school and after school.

MISSOURI Kansas City: The University of Missouri announced that its “Mizzou: Our Time to Lead” campaign brought in cash and commitments worth nearly $171 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That’s more than $23 million higher than in 2015. MONTANA Billings: Damage claims for crops from hail are nearly double what they’ve been in recent years, the Billings Ga

zette reported. NEBRASKA Bellevue: Fontenelle Forest opened a $2 million exhibit containing 13 species of raptors, the Omaha World-Herald reported. The exhibit holds species such as turkey vultures, ferruginous hawks and great horned owls. NEVADA Carson City: The state is going to pay $120,000 to settle a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency complaint about stormwater runoff pollution from state Transportation Department facilities, the Las Vegas Review

Journal reported. NEW HAMPSHIRE Milford: An initiative was launched to attract youth to the manufacturing industry. The N.H. Sector Partnerships Initiative will include the hospitality, health care and information technology fields, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. NEW JERSEY Barnegat Township: A week-long search for a

convict who escaped from a minimum-security prison cost taxpayers $180,000 in overtime for law enforcement, the Courier-Post reported. NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: The final installment of the Wolverine series featuring the ill-tempered, clawed X-Man will shoot in the state. The film will begin principle photography this month and work will continue through August in the Albuquerque area, Abiquiu and Chama.

NEW YORK Rochester: The director of the joint city and Monroe County 911 Center acknowledged that photos posted online appear to show five of his employees sleeping at work, the

Democrat & Chronicle reported. John Merklinger said the center launched an internal investigation. NORTH CAROLINA Durham: Duke Energy engineers tried to determine what caused a fire in which covers blew off downtown manholes, The News & Observer reported. NORTH DAKOTA Williston: A natural gas leak prompted the precautionary evacuation of some nearby homes, KUMV-TV reported.

OHIO Cincinnati: The Queen City will stand in for New York City in yet another major motion picture this year. John Travolta will star as the title character in The Life and Death of John Gotti, a biopic on the life of New York mob boss, The Cincinnati Enquir

er reported. Filming will begin July 25. OKLAHOMA Tulsa: State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones has been getting email from fellow Republicans urging him to help them run the Donald Trump Express off the tracks at next week’s Republican National Convention. As a member of the Rules Committee, Jones said he doesn’t think the committee or the convention will or should deny Trump the party’s nomination, the Tulsa World reported. OREGON Portland: A Washington County Sheriff ’s Office corpo-

ral who was fired last year over domestic violence allegations pleaded guilty to choking a fellow employee, The Oregonian reported. PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: A judge ordered one of two men charged in a triple-fatal drag racing crash to stand trial on charges including vehicular homicide and involuntary manslaughter, the Philadelphia In

quirer reported. RHODE ISLAND Providence: A campaign to draw visitors to the Ocean State is poised to go live this month, the Providence Jour

nal reported.

SOUTH CAROLINA Hilton Head Island: Preliminary figures from the Department of Natural Resources show about 4,900 sea turtle nests have been reported. SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen: Some residents want the state Department of Transportation to boost safety on a stretch of U.S. Highway 12, the American News reported. There are complaints that the stretch between Ipswich and Aberdeen has become dangerous because of truck traffic, reckless drivers and speed limit changes. TENNESSEE Nashville: State Rep. Jeremy Durham engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with 22 women, including sexual harassment, and his actions warrant expulsion from the General Assembly, according to the state attorney general. A special legislative committee is leaving it up to 65th District voters to decide whether Durham, R-Franklin, will stay in his job. Durham is up for re-election this year, The Tennessean reported.

TEXAS Jasper: One person died and three people were hurt in a boating accident, KFDM-TV reported. UTAH Salt Lake City: Federal prosecutors filed a $1.6 million lawsuit against a home builder accused of sparking a wildfire in 2012 that torched more than 3 square miles in Utah County. VERMONT Monkton: Vermont Gas representatives applied for an endangered species permit to allow them to transplant approximately 700 rare plants away from the path of a pipeline, Burlington

Free Press reported. VIRGINIA Richmond: The Police Memorial was vandalized in Byrd Park, an act Chief Alfred Durham labeled cowardly and disheartening, the Richmond

Times-Dispatch reported. “Justice for Alton” was sprayed on paving stones at the base of the statue. Alton Sterling was shot to death by police officers in Baton Rouge.

WASHINGTON Port Orchard: A 49-year-old man was charged with assault, accused of dousing his wife’s face with hot sauce after an argument at their apartment, the Kitsap Sun reported. WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: The Clay Center’s fall season includes “Weird Al” Yankovic, ZZ Top and “Video Games Live,” co-presented with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the

Gazette-Mail reported. WISCONSIN Whitefish Bay: Todd Schaller, 52, and Mary Carini- Gallagher, 52, who collected nearly $100,000 in food and health care benefits while one of them earned a six-figure salary and whose stylish home was featured in a newspaper, avoided jail after pleading guilty to public assistance fraud, the Milwaukee

Journal Sentinel reported.

WYOMING Cody: Police rescued five ducklings trapped in a storm drain, KTWO-TV reported. The Water Department helped in the rescue.