STATE-BY-STATE
News from across the USA
ALABAMA Enterprise: A 13year-old was arrested in connection with a clown prank targeting Dauphin Junior High School, AL.com reported. The teen was accused of posting, “Hey Dauphin I’m coming for you on Tuesday be prepared — Crazo Klown” on social media. The incident was part of a string of clown pranks. ALASKA Fairbanks: Darrell Crow, 47, who was charged in February with his aunt’s murder in 2008 after DNA tests linked him to the crime, was let out on bail because that evidence was inconclusive, newsminer.com reported. ARIZONA Phoenix: Fabian Chavira, an operations manager for Cactus Corn, created the inaugural Sriracha Festival downtown, The Arizona Republic reported. Saturday’s event will feature more than 20 restaurants showcasing dishes highlighting the condiment, a mixology competition, games, live music from Rock Lobster and a VIP Lounge. ARKANSAS Rogers: Rogers Executive Airport received $5.8 million in funding from the Federal Aviation Administration. The money will pay for runway reconstruction at Carter Field, improvements to the pavement and rehabilitation to the lighting. CALIFORNIA Palos Verdes: The city issued a permit to destroy the illegal stone-and-wood shelter used by the Bay Boys, a gang accused of using violence and intimidation to prevent people from using the surf spot, the Los
Angeles Times reported. COLORADO Denver: Federal investigators say “gross mismanagement,” delays and lax oversight by the Department of Veterans Affairs added hundreds of millions of dollars to the cost of a new Denver-area VA hospital and delayed it by years. The hospital under construction in suburban Denver is expected to cost nearly $1.7 billion, nearly triple the 2014 estimate. CONNECTICUT Hartford: Fourteen thousand youths dropped out and 25,000 were disengaged from state high schools during the 2014-15 school year, the Hart
ford Courant reported. The report classified a student as disengaged if he or she is absent 25 or more days, was suspended two or more times or had failed two or more courses. DELAWARE Georgetown: Police have charged an Indian River School District teacher’s aide with having sex with a student. Nicole Degirolano, 23, of Millsboro was charged with four counts of sexual abuse of a child. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Hundreds of American University students gathered on campus to demand the suspension of two white students allegedly involved in throwing a banana at a black woman, The Washington Post reported. FLORIDA Melbourne: Retired Marine sergeant Danny Garcia’s plan to walk from New York to Merritt Island came to a halt after a bombing in Manhattan drew concern, Florida Today reported. GEORGIA Atlanta: Carlos “Shawty Lo” Walker died in an accident on the I-285 southbound ramp to Cascade Road, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. He was a member of the rap group D4L. HAWAII Honolulu: Regulators have OK’d a program for Hawaiian Electric customers to pay different rates based on the time of day. Under the pilot program, customers will pay more for power at night when it’s more expensive to produce. They’ll be charged less during the day when the state’s many solar panels reduce the cost of electricity. IDAHO Ketchum: Keith Blankenship, a man accused of mur- der, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the death of a neighbor whose decomposing body was found in his backyard, the Idaho
Mountain Express reported. ILLINOIS Chicago: The 52nd Chicago International Film Festival will open Oct. 13 and continue through Oct. 27, the Chicago
Tribune reported. Its opening night selection is the musical La
La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. INDIANA Vincennes: The $3.2 million upgrade of the Lincoln Memorial Bridge that links Vincennes and Westport, Ill., will resume in October following a months-long delay caused by the discovery that endangered bats use the span as a roosting site. IOWA Des Moines: The Iowa Alliance for Responsible Agriculture asked Gov. Branstad to support a statewide moratorium on new and expanded hog confinement operations because of polluted waterways. KANSAS Topeka: Two people were hospitalized after an apartment fire. Damages to the threestory building and its contents were estimated at $150,000, The
Topeka Capital-Journal reported. KENTUCKY Radcliff: Christopher Nichols, 37, faces as much as a decade in prison for child abuse after authorities said he disciplined a child with a belt that bruised her buttocks, the NewsEnterprise reported. LOUISIANA New Orleans: Police arrested Edwardnisha Raiford, 22, who was accused of stabbing a 9-month-old girl during a large fight, The Times-Pica
yune reported. MAINE Bradford: A missing 18-month-old boy was returned to his family after Game Warden Jim Fahey found him sleeping in a tire rut about a half-mile from his home. The unidentified boy appeared to be in good health. MARYLAND Crisfield: After eight years of planning and a good deal of frustration, workers have begun erecting a $4.1 million, 250-foot wind turbine, one premanufactured chunk at a time, The Daily Times reported. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Boston University announced the school plans to avoid investing in coal and tar sands in an effort to help combat climate change, The
Boston Globe reported. MICHIGAN Grand Rapids: WOOD-TV reported that Alexis Odelin, 26, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to theft of mail contents by a U.S. Postal Service employee. MINNESOTA Minneapolis: One-third of the electricity used at the Capitol Complex will soon be powered by wind and solar farms in other parts of the state, if regulators OK a new proposal from the state and Xcel Energy, the Star Tribune reported. MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Public Service Commissioner Sam Britton introduced a resolution which was OK’d by the commission that will attempt to combat robocalls and is urging the state Congressional Delegation to support legislative efforts to offer robocall blocking services to all wireless and landline telephone customers at no charge, the Hat
tiesburg American reported. MISSOURI Springfield: More than two dozen guns, an inert rocket launcher and a handwritten letter threatening congressional officials are among the items seized from a man’s duplex. The Springfield News-Leader reported that recently unsealed court documents said the discovery was made this month at the home of Rhett Waggoner, 46. MONTANA Billings: MT Waterworks, a water pipe supply company, paid a $350,000 fine for a scheme to defraud the Chippewa Cree Tribe, the Billings Gazette reported. NEBRASKA Omaha: Longtime state politician Bill Barrett, 87, who helped shape the nation’s farm policy during his 10 years in Congress, has died. He served in the U.S. House from 1991 through 2000. Before that, he spent 12 years in the Nebraska Legislature, his final four as speaker. NEVADA Las Vegas: The state will offer the medical marijuana card application process online, the Las Vegas Sun reported. NEW HAMPSHIRE Boscawen: Tree care workers volunteered to prune and remove trees at the 104-acre State Veterans Cemetery. The “Saluting Branches” event began as an idea from a group of Minnesota tree workers looking to give back to military troops and has evolved into a national project. NEW JERSEY Totowa: The Archdiocese of Newark says the world’s oldest Catholic bishop has died. The Rev. Peter Gerety died Tuesday at St. Joseph’s Home for the Elderly. He was 104 years old. NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: When two orphaned bear cubs arrived in the care of veterinarian Kathleen Ramsay in mid-June, they were dehydrated and weighed little more than human infants, at 8 and 12 pounds. Ramsay has prepared them for release back into the wild in late October or November, when the height of hunting season has passed, The
Santa Fe New Mexican reported. NEW YORK Hempstead: Blue Point Brewing used a recipe from a 25-year-old George Washington that was found in the archives of the Public Library to create its “Colonial Ale.” The brew will be served at a hospitality tent during next Monday’s presidential debate on Long Island. NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Customers can once again get a beer at the Boylan Bridge Brewpub, but they can’t order food or hang out on the patio that offers a clear view of downtown, The
News & Observer reported. The restaurant and brewery closed in February after a basement wall collapsed. Crews are working to shore up the structure. NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland ruled that the state must let voters without identification cast a ballot by filing an affidavit. The judge blocked the state’s voter identification law in August after it was challenged by a group of Native Americans. OHIO Elyria: Police said a 56year-old woman is suspected of overdosing in her pickup truck with her baby grandson in the backseat. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Starting Oct. 10, many Oklahomans trying to visit military bases and other federal facilities will be turned away because their driver’s licenses don’t stand up to federal requirements adopted 11 years ago, The Duncan Banner reported. OREGON Eugene: The Register-Guard reported that police issued the first unruly-gathering citation of the fall last weekend. In all, 10 citations were issued after a party became too noisy. PENNSYLVANIA Uniontown: A woman gave birth to identical triplets. Kishauna Rose told KDKA-TV that she thought she was carrying twins. RHODE ISLAND Newport: Senior military representatives from more than 100 countries gathered to talk about ways to address shared challenges and threats. The U.S. chief of naval operations hosts the 22nd International Seapower Symposium through Friday at the U.S. Naval War College. SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston: Work is getting underway on a $5 million sea turtle hospital at the South Carolina Aquarium. A new exhibit will allow aquarium visitors to see how sea turtles are cared for. The exhibit on the main floor of the aquarium will have soundproofing and one-way glass so visitors can watch without stressing the turtles. SOUTH DAKOTA Aberdeen: One of three men facing federal charges over skimmers planted on gas pumps admitted he was involved in the scam, the Aber
deen American News reported. TENNESSEE Nashville: Officials voted to allow Google technicians to access other telecoms’ utility lines in order to bring Google’s fiber-optic broadband service to the city, media outlets reported. TEXAS Austin: Attorney General Ken Paxton said that he will represent Texas and 20 other states in suing President Obama’s administration over a new overtime rule that would benefit 4.2 million workers, The Texas
Tribune reported. UTAH Salt Lake City: Democratic attorney general candidate Jon Harper dropped out of the race. Harper cited health reasons for the withdrawal announced by state party officials. VERMONT Burlington: A toddler survived a four-story fall from an apartment building Wednesday, and police were investigating the circumstances of what they initially are classifying as an accident, Burlington
Free Press reported. The child landed on grass below and appeared to have suffered only a broken leg. VIRGINIA Richmond: More than 70 high school and middle schools are participating in the four-week seat belt challenge. Students will come up with an event designed to encourage their peers to wear their seat belts. WASHINGTON Seattle: The city filed two lawsuits seeking $1.6 million in fines and damages against homeowners it alleged were involved in cutting down 150 trees on city property.
WEST VIRGINIA Monroe Coun
ty: Volunteers who staff the Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory will host Raptor Day on Saturday to give visitors a look at the fall hawk migration at its peak and help them learn the basics of identifying birds of prey in flight, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. WISCONSIN Madison: In an escalating fight among Republicans, Assembly leaders said Wednesday they would kick off hearings on Wisconsin’s transportation needs and Gov. Walker urged his critics to come up with a specific road plan to counter his, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. WYOMING Casper: A man was killed in a motorcycle crash last weekend. The Wyoming Highway Patrol said Thomas French, 51, was eastbound on U.S. Highway 30 about 12 miles west of Medicine Bow when he lost control of his motorcycle. French, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from the motorcycle and died at the scene.