STATE- BY- STATE

ALABAMA Birmingham: A mother of five shot to death inside her home — while her two youngest sons were in the house with her — had sought protection from the man suspected of killing her, then himself, AL. com reported.

ALASKA Fairbanks: The owners of a stolen food truck offered a reward of up to $ 1,500 for information leading to its recovery, newsminer. com reported. The Pretzel Chef trailer was stolen from a Goldstream- area property, co- owner Michelle Hajdukovich said.

ARIZONA Superior: A highway tunnel on U. S. 60 is closed to traffic nightly this week for installation of lighting to save energy and improve visibility. A 5- mile stretch of U. S. 60 that includes Queen Creek Tunnel will be closed in both directions from 10 p. m. to 4 a. m. nightly through Friday morning.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: Crews planned to pull down the Broadway Bridge arch after explosives failed to collapse it into the Arkansas River, Arkansas Online reported.

CALIFORNIA Los Angeles: Entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on the surging popularity of Halloween learned that the business of scaring can be frighteningly fickle. What could be more terrifying and deadly than seasonal boogeyman Michael Myers? Several mom- and- pop haunted attractions have been killed off by mounting insurance and extensive government regulations, the Los Angeles Times reported.

COLORADO Denver: Authorities asked for help identifying skeletal remains found by a family looking at fall foliage near Divide, The Denver Post reported.

CONNECTICUT Norwalk: Joe Lanoce, 60, was charged with first- degree larceny and accused of stealing $ 898,700 from a 77- year- old Riverside man who has Parkinson’s disease, the Greenwich Time reported. Lanoce had befriended and gained power of attorney status of the elderly man.

DELAWARE Townsend: A 62year- old man was found dead in his tent at the Playa del Fuego festival. He was discovered after the completion of the event, which is a Mid- Atlantic affiliate of the Burning Man festival. No foul play is suspected.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Metro officials weighing options to close a looming budget gap could move to raise fares, The Washington Post reported. The idea of fare increases is sure to infuriate droves of riders already frustrated with Metro’s unreliability and constant service disruptions.

FLORIDA Titusville: A person trimming trees fell 50 feet from a bucket truck and was seriously injured, Florida Today reported.

GEORGIA Lake Lanier: Gwendolyn Claire Truby, 41, was accused of leaving her 6- year- old son unattended in a car while she was at a wedding party, The Atlanta Journal- Constitution reported.

HAWAII Maui: Three Hawaiian Airlines baggage handlers were arrested for the alleged theft of guns from the checked bags of law enforcement officers, Hawaii News Now reported.

IDAHO Boise: Federal officials released a plan for two highvoltage transmission lines that avoid sage grouse habitat and private land but cross about 9 miles of conservation area for raptors. A final decision on the 2,200- page document would grant the power companies a right of way on public land to build the transmission lines and could be made by year’s end.

ILLINOIS Chicago: Mayor Rahm Emanuel delivered a 2017 budget proposal that includes a plastic bag tax and money to start hiring hundreds of police officers, the Chicago Tribune reported.

INDIANA West Lafayette: Another bar was added to the list of spots to grab a beer before a Purdue University home football game — and patrons won’t need to leave campus to find it, The Journal & Courier noted. This week, the university will begin piloting a makeshift pub for those 21 and older, called the 1869 Tap Room, on the ground floor of the Purdue Memorial Union.

IOWA Des Moines: The Airport Authority Board adopted a $ 500 million plan to expand the airport’s terminal. The board approved the plan Tuesday morning to build east of the existing terminal.

KANSAS Hutchinson: A corn disease infects crops and might contribute to this year’s decline in yield. The U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service confirmed the presence of bacterial leaf streak in a swath of land from Pratt County to Edwards County in late August, according to The Hutchinson News.

KENTUCKY Paducah: Residents in wet precincts across McCracken County will no longer be forbidden from buying alcohol on Election Day. The Paducah Sun reported the McCracken Fiscal Court voted unanimously to repeal the county’s longtime ban.

LOUISIANA New Orleans: The Audubon Nature Center said a young green sea turtle rescued by a fisherman was rehabilitated and released in the Gulf of Mexico, with help from the Coast Guard. Stranding coordinator Gabriella Vazquez said the turtle, dubbed “Peanut,” was sluggish and dehydrated when brought to the Species Survival Center on May 30.

MAINE Orono: The University of Maine said the student playing the role of Bananas T Bear, the school mascot, missed a men’s hockey game because he was a passenger in a car whose driver was arrested en route to the arena on a drunken driving charge.

MARYLAND Westminster: While most people at the second annual Oyster Stroll were there for the food, music and beer, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation was focused on collecting shells to help restore reefs in the bay, the Carroll County Times reported.

MASSACHUSETTS Newton: Three vehicles crashed trying to avoid an 80- year- old Westwood man who drove 3 miles in the wrong direction on the Massachusetts Turnpike, then struck a median barrier.

MICHIGAN West Olive: Authorities in Ottawa County are offering training to residents on the actions they can take if faced with an active shooter situation. The Citizen Response to Active Shooter Events class is scheduled for Tuesday in the main conference room of the county sheriff’s office in West Olive.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: A strike that has kept thousands of regular nurses from five Minnesota hospitals for five weeks could be coming to an end after the governor announced a tentative agreement between the nurses union and hospital operator Allina Health.

MISSISSIPPI Richland: Junier Carmenate, 45, was arrested after officials say they found 528 pounds of marijuana in the tractor- trailer he was driving on Highway 49. The pot had a street value of $ 4.7 million.

MISSOURI Kansas City: A hundred gallons of diesel fuel spilled into the Missouri River, the Coast Guard said.

MONTANA Billings: Flooding from heavy rains in Phillips County isn’t likely to have as large of an impact as predicted, the Billings Gazette reported. Flood warnings were lifted for much of the county but remained for the Milk River in Tampico until Saturday night.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: Gov. Ricketts has given another $ 100,000 to the group working to persuade voters to overturn the Nebraska Legislature’s repeal of the death penalty, the Omaha World- Herald reported. He has now given a total of $ 300,000 to the group.

NEVADA Reno: A pickup plowed through a crowd protesting in support of Native American rights on Columbus Day, leaving five hurt.

NEW HAMPSHIRE North Woodstock: Restaurants, motels and attractions in the White Mountains area had a successful Columbus Day holiday weekend when tens of thousands of people visited for the fall foliage. Lynne Gruskowski of Green Village Cabins in Lincoln said she had guests from as far away as Israel, the Netherlands and Australia.

NEW JERSEY Wayne: A man who was alleged to have told security guards at Willowbrook Mall that he thought there were bombs in the building was charged with creating a false public alarm.

NEW MEXICO Las Cruces: New Mexico State University is auctioning off the old gym floor, the Las Cruces Sun- News reported. Pan Am Basketball Floor, as it’s called on the auction site Public Surplus, went out to bid Sept. 29, and bidding continues through Thursday night.

NEW YORK Albany: The attorney general awarded $ 12.6 million in grants to 76 local governments to help them deal with “zombie homes,” vacant properties that often fall into neglect as the foreclosure process drags on. There are an estimated 16,000 statewide.

NORTH CAROLINA Durham: Ingrid Portillo, a high school student deported last month, was allowed to stay in the USA for nearly two years under one federal policy, then removed under another after she turned 18, The News & Observer reported. “Once you turn 18, you’re an adult,” said Bryan Cox, a spokesman for U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “The process is fundamentally different. ... It looks like she turned 18, and our officers went out looking for her subsequent to her 18th birthday.”

NORTH DAKOTA Williston: The city started construction on a $ 240 million airport. The city’s Sloulin Field International Airport saw a tenfold increase in passengers from 2008 to 2014, in large part because of record oil activity. The new Williston Basin International Airport is likely to be completed in fall 2018.

OHIO Oxford: Miami University President Gregory Crawford announced a $ 40 million donation to the Farmer School of Business during his official inauguration ceremony. University officials said the gift from Richard and Joyce Farmer and the Farmer Family Foundation is the largest from any single foundation or individual in Miami’s 207- year history.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety said the government has rejected the state’s request for an extension of time to comply with the federal REAL ID Act. But the agency said the Department of Homeland Security won’t begin enforcing the act until after Jan. 29.

OREGON Portland: A shark attacked a 29- year- old surfer north of Cannon Beach.

PENNSYLVANIA Media: A black bear that charged a motorcycle officer last month and caused two schools to lock down was trapped and relocated, the Delaware County Daily Times reported.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: The state Board of Elections proposed to give its commissioners a raise next year. The Providence Journal reported that the seven- member board proposed doubling stipends from $ 7,000 a year to $ 15,429, which is what lawmakers in the General Assembly make.

SOUTH CAROLINA St. Matthews: The Calhoun County sheriff said a man was shot and killed at a truck stop on Interstate 26 during an argument over the purchase of an item advertised on Craigslist.

SOUTH DAKOTA Pierre: Secretary of State Shantel Krebs said voters have requested about 28,000 absentee ballots for the 2016 general election.

TENNESSEE Knoxville: Authorities said a pilot and passenger suffered minor injuries in a plane crash.

TEXAS San Antonio: An independent architectural analysis of the San Antonio State Hospital ordered by the 2014 Legislature has determined 80% of the hospital’s structures are in critical condition and the entire hospital should be demolished, the San Antonio Express- News reported.

UTAH Coalville: A man who stopped to help a woman stranded on Interstate 80 had to have his leg amputated after he was struck by a car, KSL- TV reported.

VERMONT St. Johnsbury: Federal emergency officials gave local firefighters more than $ 178,000 for new equipment, The Caledonian Record reported.

VIRGINIA Lynchburg: Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said he believes Republican leaders leaked the “locker room talk” recording of Donald Trump in an attempt to sabotage Trump’s candidacy, the Richmond Times- Dispatch reported.

WASHINGTON Olympia: The secretary of State’s office said that on Monday 27,601 people registered to vote online. That broke the single- day record set the previous day, when 23,167 people signed up. More than 4.2 million people are registered in the state.

WEST VIRGINIA Kanawha County: The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimated that the floods that devastated parts of the state in late June caused $ 1.1 million in damages to the building and contents of the Clendenin branch of the Public Library system, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported.

WISCONSIN Madison: Gov. Walker asked for a federal disaster declaration for 12 western Wisconsin counties hit by torrential rains and flash flooding in September.

WYOMING Casper: The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees moved to reduce the number of sick days an employee is allowed to accrue toward retirement from 960 to 480 and converted the payout to a one- time cash payment based on salary, the Casper Journal reported.