A light roundup of seasonal and local stories, none of it bad news for anyone.

• It's National Pumpkin Spice Day, the fall flavor people either love or want nowhere near their coffee.
• A Maryland farm is displaying a 1,822-pound pumpkin named Action Jackson, which stays up until Halloween before being cut open and its seeds counted.
• An Ohio sheriff's office turned seized drug money into an ice cream truck, using free ice cream to talk to kids about staying off drugs.
• The truck debuts at a county fair parade.
• Tropical Storm Nolo is speeding up and heading west, away from Hawaii.

Outlook: Pumpkin season runs through Halloween, and Nolo should keep moving away from the islands.