Around the nation
News from all 50 states, District of Columbia.
ALABAMA Dothan: The city has committed $25,000 to a fitness court at Westgate Park, Dothan Eagle reports. ALASKA Anchorage: A truck hauling appliances crashed into the Anchor River, spilling 15 gallons of diesel fuel.
ARIZONA Tucson: Border Patrol officials say two teens were arrested after agents found two Mexicans in the trunk of their vehicle.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Faculty concerns are delaying the University of Arkansas System’s proposal to change its tenure policy, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.
CALIFORNIA Twin Bridges: Officials say a snowboarder died at the Sierraat-Tahoe ski area after hitting a snow fence, KCRA-TV reports. COLORADO Denver: An applicant to be one of the city’s first legal marijuana clubs is called the Coffee Joint.
CONNECTICUT Waterbury: Two Catholic schools plan to merge and open as a new school next fall. DELAWARE Rehoboth Beach: Arbitration hearings are set on proposed rent hikes at a mobile home park, News Journal reports.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is appealing a decision blocking its Christmas ads from Metrobuses, WTOP reports.
FLORIDA Bradenton: Officials say the bodies of two dogs awaiting cremation were stolen along with a freezer from a veterinarian’s office.
GEORGIA Savannah: City leaders have approved $1.4 million to move forward with a new police station. HAWAII Honolulu: The Prevent Suicide Hawaii Task Force wants to reduce suicides at least 25% by 2025, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.
IDAHO Boise: Authorities say a man tried to crash his car into the downtown Boise courthouse. But the vehicle landed in a fountain.
ILLINOIS Rockford: Inmate lockdowns spiked in some jails after cor- rectional officer layoffs, The Rockford Register Star reports.
INDIANA Indianapolis: High carbon monoxide levels forced the evacuation of children and staff from the Purpose of Life Church daycare. IOWA Burlington: Authorities say the Des Moines County Correctional Center was put on lockdown after inmates attacked two officers.
KANSAS Wichita: One of the city’s largest churches plans to develop a major housing subdivision, the Wichita Eagle reports.
KENTUCKY Frankfort: State parks are offering eagle watching weekends in January and February.
LOUISIANA Baker: Police say a woman left an autistic child in a truck with the engine off in 35-degree weather while playing bingo, The Advocate reports. MAINE Portland: Out-of-state riders represent close to a quarter of Maine’s snowmobile registrations, The Portland Press Herald reports.
MARYLAND Baltimore: More than 850 gallons of magnesium hydroxide were accidentally released into the Patapsco River.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Three former guards were acquitted of charges in the 2009 death of an inmate with schizophrenia, The Boston Globe reports.
MICHIGAN Detroit: Health officials say southeast Michigan is seeing a serious outbreak of hepatitis A cases, the Detroit Free Press reports.
MINNESOTA LeRoy: Some residents are concerned about health care as the Mayo Clinic closes or trims service at smaller offices.
MISSISSIPPI Richland: A man is accused of directing threatening messages to members of a law enforcement support page.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: Missouri first lady Sheena Greitens says the state is studying foster parent recruitment and retention.
MONTANA Butte: Car owners in the state will pay a little more to renew vehicle registrations next year, The Montana Standard reports.
NEBRASKA Scottsbluff: The Riverside Discovery Center zoo will soon display two orphaned bear cubs, The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Officials are marking completion of a solar electric generation array designed to meet the needs of 46,000 homes.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Keene: Firefighters say improper battery storage led to a fire in a Keene Post Office box.
NEW JERSEY New Brunswick: Rutgers University removed a professor accused of anti-Semitic posts from his role as a director.
NEW MEXICO Carlsbad: The Department of Agriculture is nearing the end of a feral hog eradication program in the state, The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports.
NEW YORK Albany: Cutting trees to widen snowmobile trails in the Adirondack Mountains was upheld by a state Supreme Court judge.
NORTH CAROLINA Edneyville: A new crime lab aims to raise efficiency in the state’s criminal justice system, The News & Observer says. NORTH DAKOTA Stanton: The National Park Service named Brenda Todd as superintendent of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site, Minot Daily News says. OHIO Canton: Police say a woman whose body was discovered over the weekend was likely killed days earlier in a hit-and-run crash.
OKLAHOMA Claremore: A couple was arrested after reports of an image of a baby in a mesh laundry bag hanging from a door handle, Claremore Daily Progress reports.
OREGON Salem: A man accused of holding a woman and child at their home was arrested after he took her to a store and she mouthed “help me” to people, who called deputies.
PENNSYLVANIA State College: The Sigma Alpha Epison chapter house at Penn State is closing after alumni became aware of several violations. RHODE ISLAND Providence: A lawsuit alleging that a YMCA wouldn’t allow a mother to breastfeed in public is settled, Rhode Island
ACLU says. SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: South Carolina Electric & Gas is offering the site of a failed nuclear reactor project to the state-owned utility Santee Cooper, The State reports.
SOUTH DAKOTA Custer: A wildfire forced evacuations of five homes in Custer State Park in the Black Hills.
TENNESSEE Memphis: Sanitation workers helped break ground this week on the I Am a Man memorial plaza honoring their 1968 strike.
TEXAS Houston: School officials say they will rebuild four elementary schools flooded by Hurricane Harvey.
UTAH Salt Lake City: A report reveals that one out of every six payday loan stores closed last year, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.
VERMONT Bennington: The first of 200 homes with contaminated wells tied into a new water line this week. VIRGINIA Mineral: Dominion Energy shut down one of its two nuclear reactors at North Anna after a small water leak was discovered. WASHINGTON Silverdale: Authorities say a student with an explosive device in his backpack was arrested at Central Kitsap High School.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: The state School Building Authority has approved $59.1 million in facilities projects in 22 counties. WISCONSIN Madison: State lawmakers are considering creating a state-certified beer label for brews with at least 20% Wisconsin hops.
WYOMING Jackson: Wildlife biologists see signs of a pneumonia outbreak in bighorn sheep, the Jackson Hole News & Guide reports. Compiled from staff, wire reports.