Some Florence town employees will soon get a little extra cash in their paycheck. Florence Town Council approved giving eligible employees a $5,000 stipend again this year.

And a Superior man will no longer be able to own animals or work with horses after pleading guilty to indecent exposure and other charges. The 70-year-old man was arrested last year after exposing himself at an event in Superior and having a horse complete an indecent act on him.

Plus, check out the latest research project at Biosphere 2. University of Arizona professors and students are testing a system that will measure how much methane is created by seasonal flooding in the Amazon rainforest. The answer may be key to resolving why the world’s methane levels fluctuate with the seasons.