STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Arab: Arab High School will no longer play “Dixie” at football games because of the song’s negative connotations.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Talking Stick Resort and Casino, which has been affected by recent storms, will stay closed until Sunday.

ARKANSAS North Little Rock: Amazon plans to open a “new concept” distribution center, creating 100 jobs.

CALIFORNIA Sacramento: A bill advanced that would allow legislative leaders to raise and spend more money to help preferred candidates.

COLORADO Denver: Nine people were injured, one critically, by an apparent natural gas explosion that leveled portion of a brick rowhouse.

CONNECTICUT Bristol: A bear entered Crazy Bruce’s Liquors after triggering an automatic outer door. An employee got behind an inner door, and the bear eventually left.

DELAWARE Wilmington: A man wanted for assaulting a police officer in Maryland surrendered to police in White Clay State Park.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The office vacancy rate across the metro area rose to 14.7 percent last quarter.

FLORIDA St. Petersburg: Pinellas County health officials are investigating a case of measles in a child they say was not vaccinated.

GEORGIA Harlem: The old Columbia Theatre, known for its connection to Laurel and Hardy, is being renovated.

HAWAII Kahana, Maui: A new seawall project is moving forward after a judge denied an injunction to block construction last month.

IDAHO Boise: Whooping cough has sickened roughly 122 people in southwestern Idaho, and officials warn the numbers could grow.

ILLINOIS Springfield: Gov. Bruce Rauner and first lady Diana Rauner have contributed $1 million to the State Fair to help restore the 117-yearold Coliseum.

INDIANA Morristown: Police say vandals have damaged 22 headstones at the historic Davis-Bennet Cemetery.

IOWA Marshalltown: A woman has launched an initiative aimed at beautifying trees damaged by a tornado that ripped through town.

KANSAS Topeka: The former treasurer of Kansas Collegiate Media was removed from his position after spending $21,000 of the group’s money for personal use.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: The State Police Academy’s latest cadet class is underway with 61 recruits starting 25 weeks of training.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: The National World War II Museum and Arizona State University are starting an online master’s degree program in World War II studies.

MAINE Rockland: The U.S. Department of Commerce is going to spend $830,000 to renovate the Rockland Commercial Fish Pier.

MARYLAND Baltimore: The state has launched a pilot program that will allow anyone to use solar panels to power their homes.

MASSACHUSETTS Spencer: Prominent defense attorney John Madaio was killed when a crowbar flew through his SUV’s windshield and struck him in the head. MICHIGAN Marenisco Township: The Michigan Department of Corrections plans to close the Ojibway Correctional Facility.

MINNESOTA Zumbrota: A 4-yearold died when a swing set structure collapsed.

MISSISSIPPI New Augusta: Officials say they’ve invited multiple grocers to open a store after the town’s previous supermarket closed in 2016, but none have replied.

MISSOURI Perryville: The Perry County Health Department is investigating a salmonella outbreak that has sickened 34 people.

MONTANA Billings: The Montana State University Billings Foundation has raised the $5 million needed to begin construction on a science and health building.

NEBRASKA Omaha: The archbishop of Omaha has recommended a sex education curriculum for Catholic schools to oppose homosexuality and same-sex marriage.

NEVADA Las Vegas: Nevadans for Election Reform has filed an initiative to end state primary elections.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Barrington: Police say Joseph Fiorito, 49, who died in a three-car crash Monday, had been arrested the night before on a drunken driving charge.

NEW JERSEY Atlantic City: Three casinos and two racetracks took in $40.6 million in sports wagers in July, the first full month it was legal.

NEW MEXICO Las Cruces: Colorful rock mosaics along the Tortugas Dam have been vandalized.

NEW YORK Coxsackie: Convicted kidnapper Gary Thibodeau, who fought for a new trial for nearly two decades, has died. He was 64. NORTH CAROLINA Swan Quarter: Hyde County is allowing 20 hunters to go after alligators in response to an overpopulation problem.

NORTH DAKOTA Mandan: A city official says two pit bulls that attacked a child and her mother last month have been euthanized.

OHIO Columbus President Donald Trump will headline the Ohio Republican Party’s dinner Aug. 24.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Data analysis done by Frontier Bundles shows that “Twister” is the state’s favorite movie from the 1990s.

OREGON Portland: The state’s unemployment rate dipped to 3.9 percent, the lowest since 1976.

PENNSYLVANIA Slatington: More than 40 campers on a rafting trip were safely pulled from the Lehigh River after severe storms spurred heavy currents.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Rhode Island marked Victory Day, the end of World War II, as a state holiday Monday, although it remains the only state to do so. SOUTH CAROLINA Moncks Corner: Google plans a $600 million expansion of its data center.

SOUTH DAKOTA Belle Fourche: Police have arrested a 59-year-old woman on vandalism charges after video surveillance showed her causing $20,000 in damage by smashing 43 windows at the local high school.

TENNESSEE Memphis: A gold record, photos and jewelry are among the more than 200 items sold at an Elvis Presley memorabilia auction.

TEXAS Uvalde: Williamson-Dickie Manufacturing Co. plans to close its clothing plant and lay off more than 150 employees.

UTAH North Logan: Adam Winger, former director of the city library, will serve 30 days in jail after spending thousands of dollars in library funds to play video game “Game of War.”

VERMONT Burlington: A city task force has recommended adding at least four murals, alongside other public art projects, within the next five years.

VIRGINIA Richmond: InterChange Cold Storage will build a refrigerated warehouse in the Shenandoah Valley. The company says it will add 88 jobs.

WASHINGTON Seattle: The Showbox theater has been included in the Pike Place Market historic district, temporarily saving it from being torn down.

WEST VIRGINIA Huntington: Free wireless internet service has been installed in parts of downtown.

WISCONSIN Madison: Food Network picked Smoky Jon’s as the best place in the state to get barbecue.

WYOMING Cody: The Wyoming Game and Fish Department captured and relocated two more grizzly bears.