STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Loxley: A groundbreaking was held last week for the Kaishan Group, which will base its U.S. headquarters and air compressor plant here.
ALASKA Anchorage: An 8-year-old died when a volleyball-size rock fell from a truck and struck him as he rode in a car.
ARIZONA Phoenix: Pinnacle West, the parent company of an Arizona utility, has spent nearly $6 million in an effort to keep a clean-energy measure off the ballot.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: The Arkansas Board of Corrections unanimously voted to fire parole and probation director Sheila Sharp.
CALIFORNIA Goleta: Keith David Goodwin, suspected of robbing at least nine banks over the past two months, was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
COLORADO Colorado Springs: Investigators say construction workers accidentally started the fire that damaged a section of the Colorado Springs Airport in April.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: More than 275,000 people have registered to vote in the state since 2016.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Residents served by Broadkiln Beach and PrimeHook are being warned that their drinking water may be unsafe.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: The National Portrait Gallery is showing works that examine lynchings.
FLORIDA Fort Myers: While searching through the debris of their home after a fire, a family found their 10month-old pet rabbit had survived.
GEORGIA Savannah: The Army Corps of Engineers will receive $13 million for beach renourishment and $26.6 million for other damages from Hurricanes Matthew and Irma.
HAWAII Kailua-Kona: A Hawaiian monk seal pup found malnourished on Molokai is in the care of the Marine Mammal Center’s hospital.
10th IDAHO straight Boise: month The state of unemploy- recorded its ment under 3 percent in June.
ILLINOIS Army National Peoria: Guard About soldiers 40 Illinois have returned from Afghanistan.
INDIANA Boonville: A judge issued a ruling that in part voids a coal mining ban within 3 miles of city limits.
IOWA Davenport: A study shows that only four of 97 reporting counties are achieving gender balance as required by state law.
KANSAS Wichita: The launch date for new vehicle plates has been moved from Aug. 1 to Aug. 15.
KENTUCKY Lexington: The Rev. Ryan Broers of Cave City Baptist Church is drawing criticism for kicking out 70 congregants.
LOUISIANA New Orleans: Former congressman Bob Livingston has a memoir out Sept. 11.
MAINE Portland: Stormy Daniels is scheduled for performances at PT’s Showclub on Sept. 5 and 6.
MARYLAND Lexington Park: Republican Gov. Larry Hogan told students at Great Mills High School that he’d reject an NRA endorsement if it were offered.
MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Stephen Cote, a child pornography suspect who’s been on the lam for nearly three years, has been captured.
MICHIGAN Lansing: A project starting this month will connect 14 miles of fish habitat on Milligan Creek.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: Three correctional officers from Stillwater and Oak Park Heights prisons have resigned after the killing of a colleague.
MISSISSIPPI Hattiesburg: The Hattiesburg Zoo has welcomed a baby sloth named Maple.
MISSOURI St. Louis: Area developer Michael Litz, convicted of defrauding a bank out of millions of dollars,
has been found dead. MONTANA which were Billings: considered Swift extinct foxes, in Montana in 1969, are being spotted.
NEBRASKA Omaha: Farmer Shane Greckel has sued herbicide manufacturers, saying his neighbors’ use of the products damaged his soybean crop.
NEVADA Las Vegas: A family who lost their home to a fire on New Year’s Day was burned out of another house last week.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Somersworth: Firefighters say a lightning strike hit a chimney.
NEW JERSEY Wrightstown: A K-9 dog is being credited for helping save the life of a suicidal woman.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: District Judge Sarah Singleton ruled that the state is violating the rights of at-risk students by failing to provide adequate funding for public schools.
NEW YORK Batavia: Police responding to a 911 call from an abandoned building found a 4-foot alligator.
NORTH CAROLINA Durham: Greg Lindberg is contributing $1 million for scholarships to students attending historically black colleges.
NORTH DAKOTA Ruso: Bruce Lorenz, who served as mayor in the state’s tiniest town for more than 30 years, has died. He was 86.
OHIO Columbus: The city will be home to Mark Wahlberg Chevrolet.
OKLAHOMA Tulsa: Teresa Danks, a teacher who panhandling for money to buy school supplies last year, says she raised about $40,000 in the past year.
OREGON Salem: The U.S. Department of Justice is taking over megadairy Lost Valley Farm.
PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: About 70 young people led a march Saturday calling for state leaders to protect the environment.
RHODE ISLAND Narragansett: In-
dependent candidate for governor Joe Trillo is fighting to keep up a 192square-foot campaign sign in his sister’s front yard.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: A saber-toothed cat skull goes on exhibit Aug. 25 at the South Carolina State Museum.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Real Property Management Express and The Community Outreach ministry will help low-income families become homeowners.
TENNESSEE Nashville: The number of Confederate battle flag license plates has reached its highest point in a decade. Data show that 3,273 of the plates were active at the end of the 2018 fiscal year.
TEXAS San Antonio: Officials insist that the the 1930s Cenotaph must be relocated as part of the $450 million plan to redevelop the Alamo.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Eastern Utah animal shelters have taken in 101 dogs that were found abandoned in a Duchesne County home.
VERMONT Burlington: The Vermont Mozart Festival will last until Aug. 5.
VIRGINIA Virginia Beach: Google says it will string a trans-Atlantic cable from France to Virginia.
WASHINGTON Seattle: The NRA, Second Amendment Foundation and two Seattle residents are suing the city over a law that requires owners to lock up their firearms.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: The state is getting $1.2 million from the EPA to fight surface water pollution.
WISCONSIN Milwaukee: Sen. Tammy Baldwin has introduced a bill that would require cable, satellite and other TV providers to give Wisconsin customers access to programming.
WYOMING Casper: Twenty-seven people in the state have died from flu-related illnesses during influenza season. That is nearly double the deaths of the 2016-17 season.