Missouri cicada ice cream seller told to cool it

ODDLY ENOUGH

Customers cannot get enough of cicada-filled ice cream

COLUMBIA, Mo.

A public health official in central Missouri has asked an ice cream shop to cool it with the cicada ice cream, even though customers apparently can’t get enough of it.

Sparky’s Homemade Ice Cream in Columbia, Mo., sold out of its only batch of the insect-filled dessert within hours of its June 1 debut.

The Columbia-Missourian says employees collected the cicadas in their backyards and removed most of the dead bugs’ wings. They then boiled the bugs and covered them in brown sugar and milk chocolate. The base ice cream is brown sugar and butter flavor.

Gerry Worley, an environmental health chief with the Columbia County Department of Public Health, says the agency’s food code “doesn’t directly address cicadas” and that he has advised against their use as an ingredient in ice cream.

Ky. men charged after mistake leads to stash of marijuana

COVINGTON, Ky.

Authorities say a northern Kentucky condo owner who opened the wrong garage door by mistake found a drug stash that put two of his neighbors behind bars.

Benjamin Bingham and Nicholas Mann entered not guilty pleas Monday in Kenton Circuit Court to conspiracy to traffic in marijuana.

Police said their neighbor, Mike Finke, had just purchased a condo in the complex and went to clean out the unit’s garage. When the key jammed and the lock pulled out of the wall, Finke opened the door and found two duffel bags and a suitcase containing 48 pounds of marijuana, according to The Kentucky Enquirer, which cited police reports.

After Finke called police, he realized he was in the wrong garage. Police say the garage belongs to Bingham and Mann.

Young black bear outsmarts Washington wildlife officials

PORT ORCHARD, Wash.

A young black bear has outsmarted wildlife officials trying to trap it in Washington state.

Washington Fish and Wildlife Department agents were tracking the bear Tuesday near Port Orchard.

So far, the bear has withstood a tranquilizer dart Monday and resisted a trap baited with doughnuts, marshmallows and maple syrup.

Sgt. Ted Jackson says agents are following the bear to make sure it stays away from schools.

He says if agents get a clear shot, they’ll try to dart it again.

If the bear remains in the area, they’ll try again to trap it and relocate it.

Associated Press