Around the nation
News from every state.
ALABAMA Mobile: Chicken-finger chain Foosackly’s says the system that processes payments at its restaurants was hit by a cyberattack.
ALASKA Anchorage: More than half of public school students failed to meet grade-level standards in English, math and science, but results rose slightly from the previous year.
ARIZONA Phoenix: Maricopa County’s top election official has backed out of his promise to release a report that answers questions about problems with the Aug. 28 election.
ARKANSAS Little Rock: Administrators say the University of Arkansas at Monticello has received a surprise $6 million donation – the largest private gift in its history.
CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Paul Guadalupe Gonzales, 45, accused of going on dates and ditching women when the check came, pleaded not guilty to additional charges.
COLORADO Colorado Springs: Blue Mesa Reservoir, the state’s largest body of water, is on track to approach historic lows this fall.
CONNECTICUT Manchester: A middle school police officer was fired after it was found he had inappropriate contact with some students.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Authorities say several police officers and firefighters inhaled fentanyl while responding to a drug overdose.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Brandon Brown, 20, who carjacked a nun in April, has been sentenced to seven years in prison, WTOP radio reports.
FLORIDA Tallahassee: A judge ordered Gov. Rick Scott to hand over copies of his travel schedule.
GEORGIA Atlanta: Gwinnett County voters will decide in March whether to expand the transit system by joining MARTA, Atlanta’s transit system.
HAWAII Honolulu: A judge has ruled against a motion by four counties to block November ballots from asking voters if they want to amend the Hawaii Constitution.
IDAHO Twin Falls: Idaho students in kindergarten through third grade are gearing up to take a reading test designed as a computer game.
ILLINOIS Bourbonnais: The Olivet Nazarene University band will perform in Rome on Jan. 1, 2020.
INDIANA Indianapolis: Admission to most state parks and state forest recreation areas will be free Sept. 22 for National Public Lands Day.
IOWA Pella: Vermeer Corp. plans to expand its Iowa production site less than two months after a tornado destroying two of its factories.
KANSAS Topeka: State residents affected by flooding can get replacement car titles and driver’s licenses.
KENTUCKY Fort Knox: The weekly newspaper at an Army post will cease print publication.
LOUISIANA Houma: The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal denied to review the case of a 31-year-old Houma man, who is serving 100 years for attempted murder.
MAINE Portland: The Maine Turnpike Authority has approved a $120 million plan to widen 5 miles in each direction of the Turnpike from Scarborough to Portland .
MARYLAND Cumberland: Two prison workers were hospitalized after opening a letter that was soaked in an unknown liquid.
MASSACHUSETTS Gloucester: A city resident helped free a beached whale by moving a rock out of its way, WCVB-TV reports.
MICHIGAN Maple City: The Glen Lake School district has installed a new $156,000 security system.
MINNESOTA St. Paul: The Minnesota State Fair topped 2 millon visitors this year for the first time .
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: Health insurance rates are projected to stay basically level next year.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: The state Highways and Transportation Commission has approved the creation of the Heartland Port Authority of Central Missouri.
MONTANA Missoula: The University of Montana is anticipating a 5 percent drop in enrollment this fall.
NEBRASKA Beatrice: Three lakes are on health alerts because of toxic blue-green algae blooms.
NEVADA Las Vegas: Pilots from a Nevada glider team flew an experimental sailplane to record heights above the Andes Mountains in Argentina using only wind.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Manchester: A
$23 million hotel with more than
100 rooms will be built in Manchester, WMUR-TV reports.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: The state’s health insurance rates will decline by an average of 9.3 percent in 2019.
NEW MEXICO Alamogordo: Schools Superintendent Adrianne Salas stepped down amid pressure after two schools received “F” grades.
NEW YORK New York: A state park in Brooklyn will be named for former U.S. Rep. Shirley Chisholm.
NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: National General Holdings Corp., will expand its North Carolina operations and add about 625 jobs.
NORTH DAKOTA Fargo: Prep work has begun on a $117 million high-rise project that will include condominiums, a hotel and office space.
OHIO Hilliard: A teacher was suspended after she gave a quiz on ethical dilemmas that included sex and violent behavior questions.
OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Country singer Blake Shelton has been appointed to the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Foundation’s board.
OREGON Portland: An Oregon man is suing a sword-fighting instructor after his attorney says he was stabbed in the eye and brain.
PENNSYLVANIA Altoona: Boyer Candy Co. bought the rights, recipes and equipment for the Clark Bar.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: JUMP Bikes, a new bike-sharing service owned by Uber, has opened.
SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Four men pleaded guilty to taking part in an international wildlife smuggling operation that involved hiding rare turtles in candy wrappers or socks.
SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: A Lawrence County Jail inmate and correctional officer have been indicted over a plan for the inmate’s escape.
TENNESSEE Elizabethton: The Elizabethton/Carter County Library has received so many books recently that it’s temporarily refusing donations.
TEXAS Houston: Health officials are seeking passengers from four Southwest Airlines flights who were exposed to someone with measles.
UTAH Provo: Whooping cough cases have doubled to 70 in Utah County this year.
VERMONT say they support Littleton: a proposed Town residents addition to the Route 18 bridge between Littleton and Waterford for snowmobiles.
VIRGINIA New Church: A woman who hoisted her 5-year-old child through an open window so she could burglarize a storage business was sentenced to 45 days in jail.
WASHINGTON Seattle: A judge has blocked the release of economic info about PacifiCorp’s coal-burning units sought by the Sierra Club.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Marcella Charles-Casto, a high school assistant principal, was reprimanded and fined for using a school purchasing card to buy items for her wedding.
WISCONSIN La Crosse: The remains of a serviceman killed during World War II have been identified as Navy Seaman 1st Class George Naegle.
WYOMING Laramie: Authorities say a fire Thursday at a Republican Party office is being investigated as arson.