STATE-BY-STATE

News from across the USA

ALABAMA Dauphin Island: A reward is being offered for help identifying anyone who removed eggs from a protected shorebird nesting site.

ALASKA Anchorage: A magnitude 6.4 earthquake and a 6.0 aftershock were the two largest recorded in Alaska’s North Slope, experts say.

ARIZONA Vermilion Cliffs: The public has been invited to witness the release of endangered California condors on Sept. 22.

ARKANSAS Bentonville: Kelley Cradduck, former sheriff of Benton County, has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a female family member.

CALIFORNIA Bakersfield: Merle Haggard’s former home is on the market for $359,000.

COLORADO Colorado Springs: The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has reopened days after a hailstorm killed at least five animals.

CONNECTICUT Norwalk: The Maritime Aquarium is asking boaters on the Long Island Sound to slow down after the deaths of two sea turtles in the last month.

DELAWARE Wilmington: Peggy Marshall, the only Republican in the state attorney general race, has withdrawn.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Twenty-six restaurants have opened or will this year in Georgetown, WTOP radio reports.

FLORIDA Fort Lauderdale: Broward County is halting the use of 3D printers at libraries amid concerns they could be used to make guns or other weapons.

GEORGIA Savannah: Thousands of people turned out for a casting call for extras for a Disney movie.

HAWAII Honolulu: Public school teachers Bryan Silver and Pascale Creek Pinner have been awarded Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowships.

IDAHO Ashton: Teresa Stone won $200,000 with a scratch-off lottery ticket.

ILLINOIS Chicago: As an additional 600 police officers patrolled five violent police districts over the weekend, the number of shootings dropped about in half and no one was killed.

INDIANA Logansport: Organizers are working on a bicycle route to connect recreation trails Panhandle Pathway and Nickel Plate Trail.

IOWA Montezuma: The website FindingMollie.Iowa.gov has been unveiled to generate tips on the disappearance of Mollie Tibbetts. She’s been missing since July 18.

KANSAS Merriam: Lee Jeans plans to move its headquarters to Greensboro, North Carolina.

KENTUCKY Lexington: Mary Pat Shely, 94, was given a Congressional Gold Medal for her service in the Civil Air Patrol during World War II.

LOUISIANA Shreveport: The Caddo Parish Commission voted 9-0 to display an “In God We Trust” sign in the legislative chambers.

MAINE Bar Harbor: Acadia National Park is still struggling with a backlog of maintenance projects at a price tag of about $59.8 million.

MARYLAND Rockville: Gov. Larry Hogan has created an anti-human trafficking director position.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: A man named William Shakespeare has received life in prison for fatally shooting a man outside a barbershop where the victim had taken his 4-year-old son for a haircut.

MICHIGAN Grand Rapids: Melissa Ramirez says she was bitten by a U.S. Secret Service dog during Vice President Mike Pence’s visit last week. She received one stitch.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Radiohead’s Thom Yorke will perform Dec. 6. It’ll be his first performance in Minnesota since 1997.

MISSISSIPPI Tupelo: The Lee County jail has started using video visitation.

MISSOURI Jefferson City: Onethird of registered voters cast ballots last week, driven by a right-towork referendum. That was the state’s highest primary turnout since 2004.

MONTANA Bozeman: DUI task forces are asking for tougher laws against impaired driving.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: A new study aims to test the possibility of a utility corporation selling some of Omaha’s excess water to Lincoln.

NEVADA Las Vegas: The mega video canopy downtown will undergo a $32 million renovation.

NEW HAMPSHIRE New Hampton: Malnourished dogs, cats, reptiles, rabbits and birds were found at the home of a couple who said they ran an animal rescue operation.

NEW JERSEY Trenton: Beth Noveck, a New York University professor, has been named New Jersey’s first chief innovation officer.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: McDonald’s says it will invest around $43 million in the state to build or renovate 60 restaurants.

NEW YORK Albany: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed anti-hazing legislation that was prompted by the 2013 death of Chun “Michael” Deng, a college student fatally injured while pledging a fraternity.

NORTH CAROLINA Troy: Authorities say a 66-year-old woman died after being attacked by two pit bulls while walking in her neighborhood.

NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Police have requested funding in the city’s 2019 budget for equipment that includes AR-15s for school resource officers.

OHIO Columbus: Columbus Symphony musicians will get a 3 percent raise as part of a new contract.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: A survey shows the school year will start with nearly 500 teacher vacancies statewide.

OREGON Harney County: Authorities say eight people were killed in a head-on collision on Oregon 78.

PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: A 45year-old man was critically injured when he was struck by lightning while playing soccer.

RHODE ISLAND Johnston: Citizens Bank unveiled its new corporate headquarters Tuesday.

SOUTH CAROLINA Beaufort: School officials say potentially hazardous mercury vapor has been seeping from gym floors at four schools.

SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Corn and soybean production is forecast to be up from last year.

TENNESSEE Nashville: Officials say at least 74 people have contracted hepatitis A since last December.

TEXAS Austin: A.R. “Babe” Schwartz, a longtime liberal state senator with a reputation of being one of the most formidable orators in the Texas Legislature, has died. He was 92.

UTAH Payson: A small plane crashed into a house, killing the pilot. Two people inside the home weren’t hurt.

VERMONT Fairfax: Six northern counties will divide $2.8 million in federal grant money to fund projects.

VIRGINIA Emporia: Police say a 6month-old boy died after his mother left him in an overheated car outside of Domino’s Pizza, where she worked.

WASHINGTON Seattle: Carmen Best has been confirmed as the new police chief, the first African-American to hold the position.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races is the state’s first casino licensed to offer sports betting.

WISCONSIN Madison: Earnings at the state’s credit unions jumped 19 percent in the year’s second quarter.

WYOMING Casper: A report says carbon technology could support 2,600 jobs a year in the state.