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ALABAMAMontgomery: A group of
cyclists are traveling across the state
to raise awareness of rural poverty
and civil rights. The group Civil Rides
said in a news release that 20 cyclists
took part in the ride on Saturday and
Sunday.

ALASKAJuneau: The Juneau School
District has introduced a new com-
puter monitoring program prompting
concerns over student privacy and
data collection. The district installed
and launched the Bark program
Sept. 13, the Juneau Empire reported.

ARIZONAPhoenix: The Arizona Re-
public reported that fans and teams
were evacuated for an hour from a
football game at a high school on
Friday after reports of shots being
fired nearby. The newspaper said
gunshots could be heard as the game
was being played about 7:50 p.m. at
Betty Fairfax High School. Police said
the gunfire did not occur at the
school.

ARKANSASFort Smith: University of
Arkansas at Fort Smith students will
get a new writing center because of a
federal grant from the Department of
Education. The Arkansas Democrat-
Gazette reported the university re-
cently announced that it had received
the five-year, $2.25 million grant.

CALIFORNIATwentynine Palms: A
revamped entrance and visitor cen-
ters are in the works to help ease
crowds after a surge in tourism to
Joshua Tree National Park. Annual
attendance has nearly doubled in the
past five years.

COLORADOPueblo: The Pueblo Zoo
announced the death of Mongo, a
penguin believed to be the oldest
African penguin in captivity in North
America. The Pueblo Chieftain re-
ported Thursday that 38-year-old
Mongo died overnight Wednesday
while in captivity at the zoo.

CONNECTICUTStorrs: The Univer-
sity of Connecticut’s former mascot
is recovering from a health scare.
Alpha Phi Omega said Jonathan XIII
was stricken by a cluster of seizures
last weekend and was taken to a
veterinary hospital in Middletown.

DELAWAREWilmington: Hundreds
of people gathered to mourn three
young brothers who died after their
car plunged into a canal.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIAWashing-
ton: Police are looking for two teen-
age sisters missing from Northeast,
WUSA-TV reported. Caylynn Blake-
ney and Carlisa Blakeney were last
seen in the 200 block of 45th Street
Northeast on Saturday.

FLORIDAFort Myers Beach: Scien-
tists said a red tide bloom is making
its way into southwest Florida bays
and killing sea turtles. The Fort My-
ers News-Press reported turtle con-
servationists have seen seven dead
Kemp’s ridley sea turtles and one
dead loggerhead at Bonita Beach and
Fort Myers Beach.

GEORGIAFort Stewart: Scientists
studying the red-cockaded wood-
pecker in Georgia forests said the rare
bird is making a comeback.

HAWAIIKahuku: The energy compa-
ny that wants to build a wind farm on
Oahu’s North Shore said they respect
people’s right to oppose the project.
Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard
said 55 people were arrested for re-
fusing to move out of the way of a
convoy bringing equipment to the
wind farm construction site.

IDAHOKetchum: Questions are be-
ing raised after an Idaho Department
of Fish and Game officer killed an
orphaned black bear cub in Hailey
last week rather than send it to a
rehabilitation facility.

ILLINOISChicago: Urban farming has
become more common in Chicago
neighborhoods, and now lawmakers
have begun pushing for stricter legis-
lation. The Chicago Tribune reported
that an ordinance introduced last
month would ban roosters from resi-
dential areas in the city and allow no
more than six hens and two livestock
animals per household.

INDIANALafayette: A black soldier
who was buried in an unmarked
grave got proper recognition for his
military service in World War I nearly
a half-century after his death. The
memorial for Leonard Inman, who
died in 1973, was Saturday at Spring
Vale Cemetery in Lafayette and fea-
tured a 21-gun salute, the retiring of
colors and taps by the American Le-
gion Post 492, the Journal and Couri-
er reported.

IOWANorthwood: The owner of a

northern Iowa dog breeding opera-

tion has been found been guilty of

animal neglect.

KANSASSalina: Officials said an

African lion that died at the Rolling

Hills Zoo suffered from encephalitis

caused by a fungal infection. Zoo

officials said that a necropsy per-

formed at Kansas State University

found the infection caused lesions

on the lion’s brain and a lung.

KENTUCKYHazard: The remains of

a sailor killed at Pearl Harbor have

been identified as those of a Ken-

tucky soldier. WYMT-TV reported

military officials made the an-

nouncement Thursday. Seaman

Second Class Hubert Hall, 20, was

one of 428 crewmen on the USS

Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941 when it

was struck by Japanese torpedoes.

LOUISIANALake Charles: Con-

struction has begun on a Culinary,

Gaming and Hospitality building at

a community college in southwest

Louisiana.

MAINEPortland: A group repre-

senting Maine’s lobstermen said it’s

now willing to work with the federal

government on a plan to protect

right whales after withdrawing its

support for the plan this summer.

MARYLANDRockville: Discrimi-

nation based on hair styles typically

associated with race would be ille-

gal, under a proposal that’s being

considered in Montgomery County.

MASSACHUSETTSBoston: The

Boston Public Library, one of the

city’s most historic institutions, is

giving four lucky couples the chance

to exchange marriage vows for free

inside its venerable halls.

MICHIGANSpring Lake: The Na-

tional Weather Service said

Wednesday’s storm that battered

Lake Michigan’s shoreline swept

away up to 20 feet of dunes in some

of Michigan’s lakeside communities.

MINNESOTAFoley: Authorities in

central Minnesota are searching for

a missing emu described as a “ha-

bitual runaway.”

MISSISSIPPIRipley: Tippah Electric

Power Association board members

voted this month to create a broad-

band internet subsidiary. The move

comes months after state legislators

allowed rural electric providers to

enter the business. Lawmakers cited

complaints that current providers

weren’t serving rural areas.

MISSOURISt. Louis: Doctors were

hoping the heart transplanted to

Brett Meyers would last 10 years.

Instead, the St. Louis man is mark-

ing 30 years since he received the

new heart as an infant.

MONTANAMissoula: The U.S.

House of Representatives has

passed a bill to name a local post

office in honor of Jeannette Rankin,

a Missoula-born Republican known

as the first woman to hold federal

office in the United States.

NEBRASKALincoln: State officials

are offering tips to motorists to

avoid collisions with deer. The Ne-

braska Game and Parks Commis-

sion said deer are more active as

crops are harvested and deer breed-

ing season is in full swing.

NEVADALas Vegas: The U.S. Cen-

sus Bureau said Clark County has

one of the fastest-growing Native

American populations in the coun-

try. The bureau estimated that be-

tween July 2017 and 2018 the num-

ber of Native Americans living in

the county that includes Las Vegas

grew at a faster rate than any other

large county in the nation.

NEW HAMPSHIREConcord: Four

area teachers were honored with the

Presidential Award for Excellence in

Mathematics and Science Teaching.

Established in 1983, the award is the

highest recognition that a kinder-

garten-through-12th grade science,

technology, engineering, mathemat-

ics, and/or computer science teach-

er can receive.

NEW JERSEYTrenton: Hunters

have killed 185 black bears since the

hunt began Monday. Most of the

bears harvested were in Sussex,

Warren and Morris counties.

NEW MEXICOAlbuquerque: Profes-

sors and adjunct teachers at New

Mexico’s largest university have

voted to unionize. The University of

New Mexico announced Friday the

adjunct and faculty endorsed two

proposals in favor of union repre-

sentation after two days of voting.

NEW YORKSaranac Lake:The site

of a sanitarium that made this Adi-

rondack village famous for treating

tuberculosis has been sold. The

Adirondack Daily Enterprise report-

ed the old Trudeau Sanatorium

property was sold Thursday for

$2.65 million to Cure Cottage Devel-

opment.

NORTH CAROLINAFayetteville: A

cemetery has canceled plans for a

Halloween-themed movie night

after complaints from people with

loved ones buried there. WTVD

reported the free public event at

Lafayette Memorial Park in Fayette-

ville was going to include snacks

and a kid-friendly film. Sam Simp-

son, whose daughter is buried at the

cemetery, told the station he and his

family didn’t like the thought of

crowds of people sitting around,

possibly mistreating gravestones or

leaving trash.

NORTH DAKOTAFargo: Several

Kurdish Americans and others took

to the streets of downtown Fargo

waving signs and flags to protest

attacks by Turkey that were ignited

by President Donald Trump’s deci-

sion to pull U.S. troops out of Syria.

Protest organizer Kawar Karok told

KVRR-TV that Saturday’s demon-

stration was meant to draw atten-

tion “to the fact that our people are

still being slaughtered, our kids are

being massacred, and nothing has

changed.”

OHIOCincinnati: The Cincinnati

Zoo’s newest baby bearcat is ready to

make its debut as the University of

Cincinnati’s next live mascot. But

first she needs a name. The zoo

showed off the newborn bearcat Fri-

day. Zoo staff are asking visitors to

suggest a name for it.

OKLAHOMAOklahoma City: Native

American tribes in Oklahoma will

meet with state officials to discuss

clashing views on the tribes’ gam-

bling agreement.

OREGONSalem: Robert Campbell

was thoroughly soaked, shivering, his

wet sleeping bag covering him in the

only shelter he could find – a pit toi-

let in a closed campground – after

getting lost in a snowstorm in Oregon

while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.

Campbell was saved on Friday by a

search team from the local sheriff ’s

department, who found his footprints

in the snow.

PENNSYLVANIAPittsburgh: Leaders

of a synagogue where 11 worshippers

were fatally shot last year said they

want to renovate the building into

what they hope will be a “center for

Jewish life in the United States” and

a symbol against hatred.

RHODE ISLANDProvidence: Rhode

Island has been awarded federal

funding to protect students from lead

in school drinking water.

SOUTH CAROLINACharleston:

Crews are ready to begin construction

on a museum chronicling the history

of African Americans in the Western

Hemisphere. The International Afri-

can American Museum will hold a

groundbreaking ceremony Friday.

The museum is set to open in 2021.

SOUTH DAKOTARapid City: Authori-

ties said a lost hunter has been found

safe in western South Dakota. Pen-

nington County sheriff ’s authorities

said the 72-year-old man from Alex-

andria, South Dakota, was elk hunt-

ing with friends when he was report-

ed missing around 9 p.m. Thursday. A

sheriff ’s deputy found the man about

90 minutes later.

TENNESSEENashville: Agriculture

officials said an invasive tick that

could threaten the health of cattle

has been found in eight Tennessee

counties.

TEXASHouston: The Army Corps of

Engineers has proposed 14-foot-high

natural sand dunes in the latest ver-

sion of its up to $32 billion plan for

protecting the Houston-Galveston

areas from hurricane-related storm

surges.

UTAHSpringville: Two siblings are

continuing their family’s tradition of

playing mariachi music by perform-

ing the music at wedding, festivals

and other parties in a nod to their

Mexican heritage.

VERMONTLyndonville: A White

River Junction company wants to

build a solar energy field in this

northern Vermont community.

VIRGINIANorfolk: A new art exhibit

explores Thomas Jefferson’s highly

influential architectural ideas and his

vision for structures that symbolize

liberty and democracy. But the exhib-

it also strives to spotlight some of the

enslaved workers who helped con-

struct many of the buildings that

Jefferson designed.

WASHINGTONShelton: The National

Weather Service said a tornado

touched down Friday night near Shel-

ton. KOMO-TV reported the tornado

had winds up to 100 mph. The torna-

do started on land and traveled more

than a half-mile before moving over

the waters of Pickering Passage and

becoming a waterspout.

WEST VIRGINIACharleston: West

Virginia’s higher elevations still have

the best fall color as warmer temper-

atures in September delayed this

year’s fall foliage display. The West

Virginia Tourism Office said the best

locations this weekend will be in

areas such as Randolph County. Fall

colors are peaking along U.S. 250

between Elkins and Durbin.

WISCONSINMadison: Students at a

Madison West High School skipped

classes to protest the firing of a black

security guard who repeated a racial

slur while telling a student not to call

him that word. Some students

walked out of classes Friday to

protest the firing. Madison schools

have a zero-tolerance policy prohib-

iting employees from uttering racial

slurs.

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HIGHLIGHT: WYOMING

Andy Corbin poses with his 1,491 pound pumpkin in Cheyenne, Wy. Corbin

again holds the state record for largest pumpkin.

MICHAEL CUMMO/THE WYOMING TRIBUNE EAGLE VIA AP

Cheyenne: State officials said a Cheyenne man has grown a pumpkin that

weighs state-record 1,491 pounds. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported Thurs-

day that Andy Corbin grew the gourd in his backyard. For perspective, scientists

said newborn elephants weigh about 200 pounds on average. Corbin said the

pumpkins he grows at his east Cheyenne home require a handmade tripod to

move them. He said his pumpkins require yearlong maintenance and can gain

dozens of pounds a day during growing season. Corbin said he hopes to grow

three pumpkins weighing more than 4,000 pounds combined.