STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Birmingham: The Alabama Music Hall of Fame is set to reveal its first hip-hop exhibit on Tuesday.

ALASKA Kenai: Alaska State Troopers is cranking up recruiting efforts with a new logo and slogan and two new police vehicles.

ARIZONA Tucson: University of Arizona adjunct professor Peter Cotty, an employee of the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, has been arrested on child porn charges.

ARKANSAS Calico Rock: Sanitation worker Steve Allen, 48, died after a dumpster fell on him as he emptied it into his garbage truck.

CALIFORNIA San Francisco: Francis Peterson was the last baby born at St. Luke’s hospital before being taken to the California Pacific Medical Center Mission Bernal as its first patient.

COLORADO Durango: The ACLU is urging leaders to lift the ban on camping in public spaces after the city’s only homeless camp closed.

CONNECTICUT Bridgeport: The Rev. Frank Gomez of St. Charles Borromeo Church has resigned amid allegations that he violated church policies on contact with children He is not accused of sexual misconduct.

DELAWARE Wilmington: A drugsniffing dog at the Port of Wilmington led authorities to nearly 100 pounds of cocaine in boxes of pineapples.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Visitors came from all over the country to the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument to mark Women’s Equality Day, WTOP reported.

FLORIDA Orlando: Wally’s Mills Avenue Liquors has closed after 64 years.

GEORGIA Dalton: The Dalton Depot, a train terminal built before the Civil War, is on the market.

HAWAII Honolulu: Art Ushijima, president of Hawaii’s largest hospital system, is retiring in January 2020.

IDAHO Coeur D’Alene: A judge scolded sheriff ’s deputies after a man was

held at gunpoint for having a loud muffler and driving slightly more than the speed limit.

ILLINOIS Carterville: New nonprofit Southern Illinois Film Commission is trying to attract more filmmakers to the southern part of the state.

INDIANA South Bend: The state had a record number of drug overdose deaths last year with 1,840, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

IOWA Coon Rapids: The annual Star Party at Whiterock Conservancy will take place Sept. 7.

KANSAS Salina: Kansas Wesleyan University alumni have established a scholarship to honor Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute.

KENTUCKY Frankfort: Officials say unemployment rates fell in 110 of the state’s 120 counties between July 2017 and July 2018.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The state is warning boaters to watch out for manatees.

MAINE Augusta: The state will provide public funding for abusers to attend programs aimed at changing violent and controlling behavior.

MARYLAND Annapolis: A condo association has spent about $2,500 on pet DNA kits to police unscooped feces on the complex’s grounds.

MASSACHUSETTS Worcester: The Massachusetts Academy for Math and Science has the highest average SAT score (1,446) for state public schools.

MICHIGAN Lansing: Michigan Lottery says a $1 million Powerball winner has less than a month to claim the prize.

MINNESOTA St. Paul: Minimum wage workers will get a raise Jan. 1. Employees of large businesses will be paid at least $9.86 an hour.

MISSISSIPPI Pearl: Nicole Rathman, 33, became the 11th inmate to die in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections this month.

MISSOURI Columbia: An online map shows where there are bathrooms for people with disabilities who need caregiver assistance.

MONTANA Billings: The state has collected $1.8 million in taxes on medical marijuana.

NEBRASKA Omaha: A proposal to expand Medicaid moved closer to getting on the November ballot.

NEVADA Las Vegas: The city is in line for $5 million in federal funds for anti-terrorism training for first responders and law enforcement.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The state is eligible to receive more than $618,000 to reimburse schools that took in students displaced last year by hurricanes and wildfires.

NEW JERSEY Union Township: Officials say they had nothing to do with a billboard that has a picture of President Donald Trump and reads: “Our Leader, The Idiot.”

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: A jury has awarded a couple $74 million in a malpractice lawsuit involving a son left with brain damage.

NEW YORK Hampton Bays: Police have arrested Justin Velez, who threw a metal object at a dump truck protecting President Donald Trump’s motorcade.

NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Former Wake County Register of Deeds Laura Riddick has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $900,000.

NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: Leo Kuntz’s family is raising money to care for a herd of Nokota horses.

OHIO Cincinnati: The Hamilton County Justice Center is adding 92 beds to help treat inmates with substance addiction.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The state Department of Health has awarded 23 medical marijuana patient licenses.

OREGON Medford: Wildfire smoke caused delays and cancellations at the Rogue Valley Airport.

PENNSYLVANIA York: Paper products maker P.H. Glatfelter has sold its specialty paper business unit for $360 million.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Sports betting is to begin in mid-November.

SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The University of South Carolina has refused to turn over public records to The State newspaper for more than four months in violation of state law.

SOUTH DAKOTA Beresford: The Beresford School Board has scheduled a bond election in October for a

$15 million project that would include a performing arts center.

TENNESSEE Bean Station: A state inspection at Southeastern Provision meatpacking plant has resulted in 27 violations.

TEXAS Fort Worth: Jurors deliberated for just five minutes before convicting Thomas Britton, sentenced to 40 years in prison for a church fire.

UTAH Ogden: Rep. Rob Bishop will make the case that Ogden should become Bureau of Land Management headquarters.

VERMONT Rutland: A marker honoring the Rev. Lemuel Haynes, the first ordained black minister in the USA, will be dedicated next month.

VIRGINIA Craigsvile: The state prison system will offer an $8,000 bonus to the first 30 officers to transfer to Augusta Correctional Center.

WASHINGTON Olympia: Artesian Commons Park is closing because of violence against park employees.

WEST VIRGINIA Institute: NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson now has a statue on campus.

WISCONSIN Madison: The federal Dairy Revenue Protection program may give Wisconsin dairy farmers protection against low milk prices.

WYOMING Cheyenne: The state attorney general’s office has filed a consumer-protection lawsuit against Pinnacle Powerful Solutions.