STATE-BY-STATE
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ALABAMA Decatur: Authorities say an inmate on work release walked away from his job site but was caught without incident.
ALASKA Soldotna: A man accused of contributing to a synthetic marijuana epidemic on the Kenai Peninsula was sentenced to five years, 10 months in prison.
ARIZONA Tucson: Tucson police are auditing cases after four detectives left the agency in under three years for investigative lapses, Arizona Daily Star reports.
ARKANSAS Cabot: Fourteen Arkansas National Guard soldiers returned to duty after being injured in a crash involving eight military vehicles, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.
CALIFORNIA San Bernardino: Police say a gunman opened fire in the city’s Community Hospital parking lot, but no one was hit.
COLORADO Colorado Springs: A state panel is looking into passenger rail service up and down Colorado’s Front Range, The Colorado Springs Gazette reports.
CONNECTICUT New Haven: Yale University held a dedication ceremony to rename a residential college for pioneering mathematician Grace Hopper.
DELAWARE Wilmington: A Wilmington bar canceled a concert after anti-fascist activists told a co-owner that some of the performers have neo-Nazi ties, The News Journal reports.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The Washington area is a primary robocall target, with the region getting more computer-generated calls than other parts of the country, WTOP reports.
FLORIDA Naples: A man who allegedly tried to pull over drivers along Florida’s Alligator Alley is charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer.
GEORGIA Atlanta: Organizers of Atlanta’s Dragon.con say two women were hurt by chairs dropped from a 10th floor hotel balcony, WSB-TV reports.
HAWAII Honolulu: A firm that controls one of two air ambulance companies in Hawaii is acquiring the second medevac business for $2.4 billion, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports.
IDAHO Boise: A company that made bobbleheads of Boise State University players and coaches says there won’t be any this year, The Idaho Statesman reports.
ILLINOIS Springfield: The state wants temporary help with snow and ice removal this winter.
INDIANA Bloomington: An effort to shift parking enforcement officers to crime-fighting cut parking tickets 30%.
IOWA Dubuque: Equipment maker John Deere has hired about 250 workers since last fall, The Telegraph Herald reports.
KANSAS Wichita: Experts say Kansans aren’t in much danger of catching leprosy although more armadillos are showing up in the state, The Wichita Eagle reports. Armadillos are the only natural host of leprosy besides humans.
KENTUCKY Louisville: In federal court this week, Kentucky’s last abortion clinic is fighting a state law forcing agreements with a hospital and ambulance service to cover medical emergencies.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: It’s called a tarantula hawk, and it’s on display at the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium.
MAINE Bangor: Maine’s expanded archery season for hunting deer begins Saturday.
MARYLAND Salisbury: The Delmarva Shorebirds had a weekend game delay when another bird, a goose, landed in center field, The Daily Times reports.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A kitten that decided to “play a little hide and seek” in Boston’s Ted Williams Tunnel got some help from state troopers, who shut down traffic until the Animal Rescue League caught it.
MICHIGAN Detroit: Volunteers are sought to help rehab buildings at historic Fort Wayne.
MINNESOTA Melrose: Opinions are split over whether the firedamaged Church of St. Mary should be restored or replaced, Minnesota Public Radio reports.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The terror of a burned cross and the comfort of hand-crafted quilts will be shown in side-by-side museums set to open Dec. 9 in downtown Jackson for Mississippi’s bicentennial.
MISSOURI Cape Girardeau: Naturalist Jordanya Brostoski headed a weekend celebration of vultures at the Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center, The Southeast Missourian reports.
MONTANA Billings: Montana coal production is more than 2 million tons ahead of where it was this time last year, the Billings Gazette reports.
NEBRASKA Hickman: A fun night of outdoor activities is set for Sept. 12 at Wagon Train State Recreation Area in Lancaster County. Activities include tomahawk throwing and archery.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Activists backing a minimum-wage increase staged a protest outside a Las Vegas McDonald’s restaurant.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Barrington: The U.S. Postal Service is honoring New Hampshire’s Joel Sherburne for six decades of work at Calef ’s Country Store.
NEW JERSEY Stockton: New Jersey’s oldest and smallest elementary school opened Tuesday for its final year of operation. Stockton Borough Elementary School opened in 1832.
NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: HUD’s Office of Inspector General says Albuquerque may have to repay about $3 million in grants due to sloppy records, The Albuquerque Journal reports.
NEW YORK White Plains: The Westchester County Center may get an encore next year of its gun show, The Journal News reports.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: A man calling 911 told the operator he woke up from a dream and found his wife stabbed to death in their bedroom. Police charged Matthew Phelps with murder.
NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: West Fargo police seized more than $700,000 worth of marijuana during an Interstate 94 traffic stop, WDAY-TV reports.
OHIO Dayton: Officials plan to move ahead with installing speed and red light cameras, The Dayton Daily News reports.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The growth of a school voucher program for disabled children is fueling an expansion of private schools offering specialized education, The Oklahoman reports.
OREGON Portland: The estate of a 15-year-old girl who died while under the watch of childwelfare workers filed a $9.5 million lawsuit against the state, The Oregonian reports.
PENNSYLVANIA Monongahela: Authorities in Washington County say a man found by firefighters with a gunshot wound to the chest is expected to survive.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: All elementary students attending city public schools can now eat breakfast and lunch for free.
SOUTH CAROLINA Charleston: A probe of a website that leaked the name of a juvenile charged in a killing ended with no charges, The Post and Courier reports.
SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: The city’s GrandStay Residential Suites is suing a man for allegedly skipping out on a $17,000-plus bill during a motorcycle rally stay.
TENNESSEE Maryville: A Tennessee kindergartener turned her $10 in birthday money into $280 worth of bottled water for hurricane victims, WATE-TV reports.
TEXAS Houston: Gov. Greg Abbott says he expects the EPA “to get on top” of possible water contamination from Superfund sites in the Houston area.
UTAH Salt Lake City: The Utah Insurance Department will pay $10 million to cover debts left by an insurer that closed its doors in 2015, The Deseret News reports.
VERMONT Bennington: City voters will decide whether to approve a nearly $9.9 million bond for a sewer upgrade, The Bennington Banner reports.
VIRGINIA Schuyler: Three longtime fans of The Waltons TV show have purchased the Virginia childhood home of its creator to keep it open to the public, The News & Advance reports.
WASHINGTON Bremerton: The newly launched Kitsap Transit fast ferry underwent repairs this week to fix hull issues, The Kitsap Sun reports.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Charging stations for electric vehicles are expected to be installed at all state park guest lodges by the end of the year, The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.
WISCONSIN Madison: A Wisconsin lawmaker revived a bill to strip repeat drunken drivers of a license for at least a decade.
WYOMING Laramie: Two vacant University of Wyoming dorms could be razed by the end of next summer, The Laramie Boomerang reports.