STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Lincoln: Vehicle transportation company Lohr North America, based in France, is developing a plant that plans to create 140 jobs.

ALASKA Palmer: Dale Marshall’s 1,471.5 pound pumpkin set a State Fair record.

ARIZONA Phoenix: Coconino County justice of the peace Donald G. Roberts has been reprimanded by the state Supreme Court for misconduct.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: The Brick-Universe LEGO Fan Convention will be at the Statehouse Convention Center on Oct. 27-28.

CALIFORNIA Pleasant Hill: Sections of a massive oak tree estimated to be at least 300 years old crashed down and damaged seven parked cars.

COLORADO Durango: Juvenile suspects will be held in part of a jail following the closure of the juvenile detention center in Durango.

CONNECTICUT New London: The city has placed a U.S. flag on the home where late Sen. John McCain lived as a child.

DELAWARE Seaford: A 16-year-old boy has been charged in connection with a fire at a Family Dollar store that caused an estimated $3 million in damage.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Two firetrucks crashed en route to a fire, leaving at least eight firefighters injured.

FLORIDA Tallahassee: Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed suit against Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group for allegedly deceiving motorists and charging “grossly inflated” fees.

GEORGIA Braselton: Mayfield Dairy is set to close and lay off more than 100 employees.

HAWAII Honolulu: The amount of travelers to Hawaii’s Big Island sank 12.7 percent in July compared to 2017, the Hawaii Tourism Authority says.

IDAHO Coeur d’Alene: Intermax Networks has been awarded $11.5 million to expand high-speed internet in areas of rural North Idaho.

ILLINOIS Chicago: The number of high-speed tickets issued on Lake Shore Drive jumped to more than 4,300 last year, up from more than 500 in 2014.

INDIANA Columbus: A nonprofit group is opening a drug treatment center for pregnant women.

IOWA Storm Lake: Officials have confirmed that invasive zebra mussels have been found at Storm Lake.

KANSAS Abilene: Eric Millsap, 44, has been extradited from Pennsylvania to stand trial on 178 counts of sexually assaulting a child over a decade.

KENTUCKY Bardstown: Bardstown Bourbon Company has become the newest distillery added to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: The state is getting $80 million in redistributed federal highway funds that weren’t spent by other states.

MAINE Unity: Farmers say they are losing crops because there’s a shortage of farmhands.

MARYLAND Upper Marlboro: The Firebird, a sit-down, floorless roller coaster, will appear at Six Flags America next year.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Kara Elliott-Ortega has been named the city’s chief of arts and culture.

MICHIGAN Lansing: Tests show that fish in a five-county span of the Huron River contain too much contamination to eat, officials say.

MINNESOTA Hokah: Heavy rains and floodwaters last week caused the destruction of Como Falls, a popular area attraction.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The state’s 10-day alligator hunting season opened Friday.

MISSOURI St. Louis: A commission is being formed to review the future of a 130-year-old Christopher Columbus statue. Supporters say it represents history; opponents argue it’s a reminder of oppression.

MONTANA Billings: High school students will be able to take dual enrollment courses for two college credits for free.

NEBRASKA Kearney: Officials plan to install a permanent fence around a state-run youth treatment center that has had four escapes this year.

NEVADA Las Vegas: Former President Barack Obama has endorsed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Steve Sisolak.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: Alec Baldwin will be the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Democratic Party’s fundraising dinner Oct. 14.

NEW JERSEY Trenton: The state’s gas tax will climb by 4.3 cents a gallon Oct. 1.

NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: The Republican Party is supporting a bipartisan coalition fighting a move to bring back a straight-party voting option on ballots in November.

NEW YORK Ithaca: The Cornell University College of Engineering says it now enrolls equal numbers of undergraduate women (1,556) and men (1,567).

NORTH CAROLINA Greensboro: Publix Super Markets plans to build a $300 million distribution center that could employ 1,000 people.

NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: Winter wheat harvest is wrapping up in the state.

OHIO Cleveland: The Division of Waste has issued just over 1,000 citations since it began enforcing waste collection violations Aug. 1.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Lime-S scooters has secured a permit to become the city’s second “dockless” scooter rental company.

OREGON Portland: The last remaining doctor in the state’s only heart transplant program has resigned, leaving Oregon with no facilities that can perform the procedure.

PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: The Netflix hit show “Mindhunter” will be casting extras on Wednesday.

RHODE ISLAND North Smithfield: The North Smithfield School District is looking to offer virtual learning days for students rather than canceling school because of snow.

SOUTH CAROLINA Spartanburg County: A county jail deputy has been accused of burning down the home of his ex-girlfriend’s family with four people inside. All escaped.

SOUTH DAKOTA Rapid City: Regional Health Rapid City Hospital is shipping its non-medical garbage more than 300 miles away after the local landfill saw repeated medical waste violations.

TENNESSEE Memphis: Kirby High School closed for four days last week while it battled “pest issues.”

TEXAS Houston: A TV commercial praising the response to Harvey flooding has been halted because it wrongly showed 2005 video from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

UTAH Provo: Stats show violent and property crime are down in Utah but sexual assaults increased last year.

VERMONT Rutland: Officials say the Dunklee Pond dam is a public safety hazard and should be removed.

VIRGINIA Roanoke: Clean Soles owner Rob Wickham says 13 right shoes were among items stolen over two break-ins at his store this summer.

WASHINGTON Ephrata: Grant County officials raised rates for companies that use stacks of computer servers and a lot of electricity to produce Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.

WEST VIRGINIA Charles Town: The state’s first legal wager on sports was accepted last week.

WISCONSIN Milwaukee: The city won a grant to fix potholes as part of Domino’s “Paving for Pizza” program.

WYOMING Lovell: Jeny Gardner, the state’s first female high school football coach, lost in her debut when Lovell fell to Wind River 18-7.