STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Birmingham: The Steel City Jazz Festival has been canceled this year but plans to return in 2019.
ALASKA Juneau: Officials say a hacker gained access to a server that hosts the state elections website on the morning of the 2016 general election but did not manipulate any information.
ARIZONA Flagstaff: Northern Arizona has been warned about “critical fire weather conditions” through Saturday.
ARKANSAS Hackett: Three police officers who were wounded during a standoff have been released from the hospital.
CALIFORNIA Torrance: Torrance Unified School District will pay $31 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the families of 22 boys victimized by a former wrestling coach.
COLORADO Golden: The body of an 87-year-old man who was reported missing six months ago has been found under a bridge.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: Eunice Groark, the state’s first female lieutenant governor, has died at age 80 She held office from 1991-95.
DELAWARE Dover: A bill passed to stop the automatic euthanization of all retired research animals.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Nine high school students from the area headed to Moscow to participate in the Street Child World Cup. The trip will include soccer and conferences about youth poverty and homelessness.
FLORIDA West Palm Beach: A country club employee who was bitten by a raccoon last week has tested positive for rabies.
GEORGIA Savannah: Firefighters evacuated buildings downtown after construction crews reportedly hit a gas line.
HAWAII Honolulu: An Airborne Aviation helicopter made an emergency landing in Lumahai. The pilot was not injured.
IDAHO Boise: The Idaho Public Utilities Commission will move customers who generate solar electricity to a new rate class.
ILLINOIS Alpha: A congresswoman is pushing to rename the post office “Captain Joshua E. Steele Post Office” for a fallen soldier of the Afghan War.
INDIANA Waveland: Authorities seized more than 750 birds in a raid of two suspected cockfighting rings.
IOWA Mason City: Health officials confirmed seven cases of whooping cough in Cerro Gordo County.
KANSAS Topeka: The Department of Revenue plans to lay off nearly 60 employees.
KENTUCKY Louisville: Authorities say a car crashed into a Denny’s, sending 10 people to the hospital.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Lawmakers have agreed to lift the state’s ban on switchblade knives.
MAINE Orono: The University of Maine brought in goats as stress relievers for students during finals.
MARYLAND Laurel: A police sergeant facing charges of assault and misconduct has been acquitted.
MASSACHUSETTS Methuen: Three people have been arrested in connection to the robbing of a store, including a man who threw $3,280 in cash into the air as he fled.
MICHIGAN Moran Township: Bridge repairs totaling $4.8 million will cause a stretch of U.S. 2 to close through the summer.
MINNESOTA Hackensack: Mann Lake Bees distributed bee starter kits to more than 600 beekeepers Saturday during Bee Day. Each package contained about 10,000 bees.
MISSISSIPPI D’Iberville: Mayor Rusty Quave announced his retirement, deciding not to run for an eighth term in 2021. He was elected in 1993.
MISSOURI St. Louis: A man is being credited with saving two women from a burning apartment.
MONTANA Bozeman: Voters approved site plans for two new elementary schools.
NEBRASKA York: Deputies seized 12 pounds of methamphetamine with a street value estimated at $520,000 during a traffic stop.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Property that belonged to comedian Jerry Lewis will be auctioned next month. A watch given to him by Dean Martin is among the items.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Salem: Police are investigating the shooting of a peregrine falcon — a federally protected bird — in a neighborhood.
NEW JERSEY Wall: The Circus Drive-In, a Jersey Shore fixture since 1954, was demolished Wednesday.
NEW MEXICO Sante Fe: Leaders of the Santa Fe Opera announced fairy-tale thriller The Thirteenth Child will debut next summer.
NEW YORK Albany: The state is adding more high-speed electric vehicle charging stations along the Thruway.
NORTH CAROLINA Greenville: Phi Kappa Tau has been shut down at East Carolina University after an investigation led to four arrests on drug charges.
NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: Outside of sugar beets, planting is behind pace for all of the state’s major crops.
OHIO Columbus: A police officer under investigation for kicking a handcuffed suspect in the head has resigned.
OKLAHOMA Blackburn: Larry Morphew earned a rod-and-reel state record by catching a paddlefish weighing 132 pounds, 8 ounces.
OREGON Bend: Atlas, the state’s second-largest cider maker, is changing its name to Avid Hard Cider.
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: The Pittsburgh-area YMCA will close two locations next month.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: Lawmakers are considering whether to allow adults to buy stun guns.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: The state is taking over school district Florence District Four because of financial problems.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Kevin Nyberg, an owner of five Ace Hardware stores in the area, was recently named South Dakota Small Business Person of the Year for 2018.
TENNESSEE Nashville: Traffic was delayed when a semi hit a wall and spilled fuel onto Interstate 24.
TEXAS Alvord: An elementary school principal is ending her tradition of “birthday spankings” to students after parents complained. She will now hand out hugs or high-fives.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Canyons School District has raised the starting salary 4.5% for new teachers and will hand out a one-time $500 bonus to licensed educators.
VERMONT Burlington: A study says tick-borne illnesses have increased in the state.
VIRGINIA Newport News: A white hotel clerk has been fired after he was caught on video calling a black customer a monkey.
WASHINGTON Seattle: The city’s sugary beverages tax generated more than $4 million in revenue in its first three months.
WEST VIRGINIA Dunbar: City council improved an increase in sewer rates.
WISCONSIN Madison: A lobbyist at the University of Wisconsin got a severance payout of more than $48,000 to resign. University officials won’t say what led to his departure.
WYOMING Casper: Officials say there were 6,904 babies born to state residents last year, the first time the total dropped below 7,000 since 2005.