STATE-BY-STATE
News from across the USA
ALABAMA Tuscumbia: A traveling exhibit highlighting the state’s history will be at the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art from Oct 7-26.
ALASKA Juneau: The body of man aboard a helicopter that crashed last week has been recovered.
ARIZONA Prescott: Mark Dillon, the former chief of the Crown King Fire District, has been arrested for the alleged theft of public funds.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Poultry producers in Benton and Washington counties added more chicken houses to their farms this year, according to new state data.
CALIFORNIA Sacramento: State voter registration has hit an all-time high at more than 19 million.
COLORADO Florence: Bowling alley owner Ector Rodriguez, 65, has died after getting stuck in a pin setting machine. Foul play is not suspected.
CONNECTICUT Norwich: The Riendeau family has been reunited with its dachshund five years after the dog went missing.
DELAWARE Dover: A new law will ensure that animal cruelty laws apply to all cats, whether owned or stray.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Councilman and former Mayor Vincent Gray is contemplating pressing charges after he said a bouncer shoved him out of a club during an arts event.
FLORIDA Miami: Officials say oriental fruit flies have been eradicated from area farmlands.
GEORGIA Atlanta: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says pay for police officers will rise 30 percent over the next three years.
HAWAII Hilo: Power has been restored to nearly all Hawaii Electric Light customers in Leilani Estates, which was evacuated when the Kilauea volcano began erupting.
IDAHO Caldwell: Police say a man accidentally shot and killed his wife while cleaning handguns. The shooting is under investigation.
ILLINOIS Rockford: The words “rape” and “shame” were painted across the Republican headquarters. They have since been removed.
INDIANA Indianapolis: The Indianapolis Zoo will add a black mamba and other exotic snakes to a new exhibit set to open in 2019.
IOWA Ames: The Department of Transportation is looking to hire hundreds of snow plow drivers.
KANSAS Wichita: De’Andrew Dixon, 33, has been sentenced to 170 years in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting women who walked alone at night.
KENTUCKY Covington: The state has been granted an extension to implement REAL IDs.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: Pastor Otho Schilling has pleaded guilty in a $200,000 Social Security scheme.
MAINE Old Orchard Beach: A scientist studying whether white sharks are becoming more common in Maine waters says another one has been detected.
MARYLAND Ellicott City: Two bills that will allocate nearly $17 million toward a five-year flood mitigation plan have been approved.
MASSACHUSETTS Tyngsboro: The Tyngsboro Funeral Home will dedicate its new flag pole to the town’s first responders.
MICHIGAN Muskegon: The state appeals court has affirmed the use of new DNA testing technology to assist authorities.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: Premiums are dropping for Minnesotans who buy their own health insurance in 2019.
MISSISSIPPI Tupelo: Mississippi’s Bancorp-South Bank has completed its purchase of Icon Capital Corp, a bank in Houston, for $152 million in cash and stock.
MISSOURI Tuscumbia: Joseph McKenna, 26, has been charged in the death of his marijuana oil dealing partner, Tyler Worthington.
MONTANA Helena: One of four designs will be selected to replace a Confederate memorial fountain that was removed from a city park last year. Residents may weigh in.
NEBRASKA Tecumseh: A chemical spill ignited a small fire in a state prison closet. No one was injured.
NEVADA Reno: Firefighters helped three bear cubs escape from a dumpster.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: Library officials will stop issuing late fees for children’s books in order to encourage children to return to the library.
NEW JERSEY Bernardsville: The James B. Christie House, built in the
1940s and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is on the market for
$1,450,000.
NEW MEXICO Las Cruces: Spaceport America CEO Dan Hicks is requesting an additional $700,000 for next year’s operating budget.
NEW YORK Albany: People will now be allowed to take pets on public transportation when evacuating during an emergency.
NORTH CAROLINA Plymouth: A federal program will provide the Plymouth Municipal Airport with $7 million for major upgrades.
NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: The state’s first Veterans National Cemetery is on pace to begin accepting burials by late spring or early summer.
OHIO Columbus: The Columbus Dispatch has endorsed Democrat Richard Cordray in the state’s race for governor.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Liquor stores are selling cold beer, and grocery stores and gas stations are selling wine and strong beer after a new law took effect Monday.
OREGON Portland: Madison High students staged a sit-in and walkout to protest the school’s handling of sexual assault and harassment.
PENNSYLVANIA Indiana: Urban Outfitters says it plans to invest $30 million into a facility in Indiana County. The project is expected to bring 225 full-time jobs.
RHODE ISLAND Portsmouth: State Police are launching the HOPE initiative, which stands for Heroin-Opioid Prevention Effort.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Senators have passed a bill that links the state tax code to the federal tax code.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: A federal appeals court has refused to rehear the case of Charles Russell Rhines, who was sentenced to death for the killing of a doughnut shop employee in 1992.
TENNESSEE Nashville: Jack White has scheduled a concert in his hometown Nov. 20.
TEXAS Dallas: First Baptist Dallas, a church with 13,000 members, has taken out a demolition permit for a building it owns across the street from its downtown campus.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Gov. Gary Herbert issued a state of emergency amid concerns of flooding from the remnants of Tropical Storm Rosa.
VERMONT Colchester: Vermont fuel dealers say they are seeing a shortage of younger drivers.
VIRGINIA Norfolk: A report suggests that the Hampton Roads region has mostly recovered economically from the Great Recession.
WASHINGTON Spokane: The state has killed a second wolf from a pack that has been preying on cattle in Ferry County.
WEST VIRGINIA Wheeling: A $1 million project to pave city streets has started.
WISCONSIN Madison: Vice President Mike Pence will be in the state next week for two fundraisers for Gov. Scott Walker.
WYOMING Evanston: A University of Utah School of Medicine employee who was last seen Saturday in Wyoming was found safe at a homeless shelter in Utah.