STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Gulf Shores: A group that preserves Civil War battlefields is looking for volunteers to clean up historical sites, including Fort Morgan on the coast. The cleanup day is April 7. ALASKA Juneau: State election officials have certified a ballot initiative to strengthen Alaska law protecting salmon habitat.

ARIZONA Phoenix: The Supreme Court has rejected Arizona’s plea to review a lower court decision that stops the state from refusing to issue driver’s licenses to “Dreamers” immigrants who are protected from deportation.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: Federal prosecutors say a Jefferson County judge admitted taking $100,000 in bribes from an indicted lobbyist while the judge was a state lawmaker. CALIFORNIA Cleveland National

Forest: Authorities say a woman plunged about 200 feet to her death while rock climbing by a waterfall in the Cleveland National Forest. COLORADO Vail: The towns of Vail and Breckenridge are hosting electric bus demonstrations this week.

CONNECTICUT Groton: The Navy’s first attack submarine where sailors use an Xbox game system controller to operate photonics masts that replace periscopes joined the fleet last weekend at the Connecticut submarine yard. DELAWARE Dover: About 1,700 state employees were paid over $100,000 in 2017, including Gov. John Carney, The Delaware State News reports. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: At least 20 cars crashed outside the nation’s capital before dawn Monday when a tractor-trailer spilled its load of gravel and stones across Interstate 270. FLORIDA Miami: A man is charged with killing a father and son in a crash on a Miami highway and then stealing one of the victims’ cars to get away. GEORGIA Atlanta: State lawmakers are considering a proposal to drop Georgia’s 16-year-old electronic voting system and return to paper ballots to boost voter confidence in elections. HAWAII Honolulu: State labor officials say Hawaii’s Toys R Us stores will close May 14. IDAHO Lewiston: A task force is working to save a 111-year-old churchturned-theater from demolition, The Lewiston Tribune reports.

ILLINOIS Mundelein: Authorities say three hikers found a body inside a car that had crashed into a tree. The vehicle matched the description of one owned by a 76-year-old man who had been missing since March 4. INDIANA Peru: After complaints from residents, Miami County officials are considering restrictions that could block a proposed 75-turbine wind farm. IOWA Sioux City: The City Council is considering more than $12 million in assistance for a $56 million project to convert two historic downtown buildings into luxury apartments and a hotel. KANSAS Kansas City: Authorities say a statue of abolitionist John Brown near the Quindaro Townsite ruins was vandalized last weekend, The Kansas City Star reports.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: Gov. Matt Bevin is urging state workers to pressure lawmakers to revamp Kentucky’s poorly funded public pension plan. An overhaul has stalled in the state Senate. LOUISIANA St. Martinville: A corrections officer faces charges for allegedly trying to bring contraband into the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center. MAINE Limington: Officials ordered this Maine town’s fire department to

“stand down” because its rescue gear is outdated, The Portland Press

Herald reports.

MARYLAND Quantico: Authorities seized surviving horses at a Wicomico County farm where dozens of others were found dead, The Daily Times of Salisbury reports. Sheriff Mike Lewis says the starving horses ate aluminum siding off the house. MASSACHUSETTS Tisbury: Authorities are investigating what led a newly refurbished ferry to lose power, leaving 72 passengers stranded for five hours off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard.

MICHIGAN Lansing: State treasury officials have made fiscal data on every Michigan public school available online. MINNESOTA Minneapolis: The State Patrol says it made 370 drunken driving arrests over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, up from 175 last year.

MISSISSIPPI Leakesville: Authorities say a South Mississippi Correctional Institution officer was arrested last week after synthetic marijuana was found in her parked car, WAPT-TV reports.

MISSOURI Chesterfield: A woman has resigned as chief financial officer at Columbia Public Schools after she was charged with stealing thousands of dollars from band boosters at Marquette High School in the Rockwood School District.

MONTANA Great Falls: Organizers say more than $4 million in art was sold at the 50th annual Russell auction, The Great Falls Tribune reports.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: A special unit at the Nebraska State Penitentiary houses men who once served in the military and are trying to find a way back to their core values, The Lincoln Journal Star reports. NEVADA Reno: Authorities say two downtown businesses were caught serving alcohol to minors during St. Patrick’s Day festivities, The Reno Gazette-Journal reports. NEW HAMPSHIRE Hampton Beach: The Seacoast Science Center Marine Mammal Rescue Team has released a rehabilitated harp seal into the ocean, WMUR-TV reports. NEW JERSEY Somers Point: Shore Medical Center has launched a $100,000 funding campaign to upgrade its maternity equipment with 10 new fetal monitors, The Press of Atlantic City reports.

NEW MEXICO Alamogordo: The federal government has granted the city a static display of an F-4 aircraft, The Alamogordo Daily News reports.

NEW YORK Port Jefferson Station: Hate crime investigators want to know who damaged two statues, one of Jesus and one of the Virgin Mary, at two Long Island churches this month, Newsday reports.

NORTH CAROLINA Nags Head: A trapper hired by this Outer Banks town has captured and killed 17 coyotes in response to complaints that the animals were killing pets and running along beaches, The Virginian-Pilot reports.

NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: A weekend fire in a four-car garage spread to the attic of an apartment building, but authorities say everyone escaped

safely.

OHIO Dayton: The president of the University of Dayton has scolded students for attacking police who tried to clear a rowdy St. Patrick’s Day crowd near the campus, The Dayton Daily News reports. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Authorities are conducting a homicide investigation after the bodies of two people were found in an SUV that had been reported stolen. OREGON Pendleton: A tally of homeless people in four Eastern Oregon counties found 557 people without a permanent shelter. That’s 10 times more than a year ago.

PENNSYLVANIA Harrisburg: Several truck driver groups have filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the state Department of Transportation to challenge a 6% toll increase that took effect in January.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Police are investigating after an IHOP worker was punched by one of three customers asked to leave when they brought alcohol into the restaurant, The Providence Journal reports.

SOUTH CAROLINA Bonneau: A woman who says she was arrested at a traffic stop and imprisoned even though a blood test showed no alcohol has filed a federal lawsuit against the town. Charges were later dropped, The Post and Courier reports. SOUTH DAKOTA Sturgis: The state is challenging the incorporation of the town of Buffalo Chip, a former campground mainly used by motorcyclists, The Black Hills Pioneer reports. TENNESSEE Memphis: Police say a teenager is charged with kidnapping and property theft after a car with a baby inside was stolen. The baby apparently spent the night in the car but was found unharmed. TEXAS Clint: Authorities say the chief technology officer for the Clint Independent School District in El Paso County is accused of stealing as many as 150 iPads from the school system and reselling them. UTAH Pocatello: The State Board of Education has narrowed the number of finalists for Idaho State University president to three candidates who will be interviewed April 2, The Idaho State Journal reports.

VERMONT Pawlet: Two Rutland County towns have plans for historic preservation grants, The Rutland Herald reports. Pawlet received $8,500 for its town hall auditorium ceiling. Sudbury got $4,020 to fix a 19th-century barn at Miller Hill Farm. VIRGINIA Richmond: More than 400 high school seniors shadowed bankers across the state on Tuesday and now must write an essay on their experiences. Virginia Bank Day was created by state lawmakers in 1991. WASHINGTON Seattle: Pending approval of a federal permit, officials say salmon will return to the upper reaches of the Columbia River for the first time in seven decades this year, Northwest News Network reports. WEST VIRGINIA Huntington: Authorities say musicians who want to play for the U.S. Army Band will have a chance to audition April 17 at Marshall University. WISCONSIN New London: Police are investigating complaints alleging tainted candy was distributed during St. Patrick’s Day festivities here, WLUK-TV reports. The complaints included tongue and cheek numbness.

WYOMING Gillette: Authorities say a fast-food restaurant worker initially thought to be the victim of an armed robbery was actually in on the November crime that netted a gunman about $360, The Gillette News-Record reports.

From staff and wire reports