STATE-BY-STATE

News from across the USA

ALABAMA Montgomery: State offices were closed Monday to observe Confederate Memorial Day, an official Alabama holiday that pays tribute to those who died fighting for the South.

ALASKA Fairbanks: A muck-filled car weighing more than 14,000 pounds has been pulled from the Chena River.

ARIZONA Mesa: Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left an unarmed man hospitalized.

ARKANSAS Little Rock: A 3% raise has been recommended for top elected officials and judges.

CALIFORNIA Sanger: Eight malnourished horses were rescued from a property that officials say was used for entertainment, Fresno Bee reports.

COLORADO Colorado Springs: Authorities say a fire that destroyed 23 homes last week could have been caused by a discarded cigarette or a passing vehicle.

CONNECTICUT Hartford: Gov. Dannel Malloy’s administration is nominating 72 low-income zones for the federal Opportunity Zone Program.

DELAWARE Dover: New Castle County would get a lodging tax up to 3% under a bill in the state legislature, in addition to the state’s 8% lodging tax.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Metro service on the Blue, Orange and Silver lines was disrupted after a man fell onto the tracks.

FLORIDA Ocala: A man accidentally discharged a pistol while teaching gun safety at a church.

GEORGIA Decatur: DeKalb County has gotten no takers for its “Lost Cause” Confederate monument at Decatur Square.

HAWAII Honolulu: The LinkedIn page of a state lawmaker running for Congress lists him as having a master’s degree, though he never completed the program.

IDAHO, Boise: Rebecca Poynter was named as the new publisher of the Idaho Statesman.

ILLINOIS Chicago: The city is trying to collect $23 million from two suburbs that owe for water service.

INDIANA Fort Wayne: A man plans to sell his collection of 16 Corvettes, some of which were pace cars for the Indy 500.

IOWA Des Moines: The Simon Estes Amphitheater will close for two years for construction of a replacement for the Locust Street Bridge.

KANSAS Wichita: The state is rolling out the welcome mat after Star Wars actor Mark Hamill tweeted about wanting to visit.

KENTUCKY Franklin: A doctor has been convicted of prescribing drugs for no legitimate medical purpose.

LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: “Civil War Life: Sex, Lies and Tintypes” is the theme of a gathering this weekend for the Baton Rouge Civil War Round Table.

MAINE Augusta: Crime victims must receive notification of a defendant’s escape from prison or jail.

MARYLAND Towson: Authorities arrested two suspects in the carjacking of a teacher and are seeking two others.

MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Officials released a map showing the Massachusetts Whale Trail, with points of interest from the tip of Cape Cod to the Berkshire mountains.

MICHIGAN Grosse Ile Township: Three members of a high school rowing team were rescued after their rowboat became flooded.

MINNESOTA Minneapolis: Urban Growler Brewing is partnering with conservationists to raise awareness about rainforest conservation.

MISSISSIPPI Parchman: State Penitentiary inmates growing tomatoes expect to harvest about 8,000 pounds by the end of May.

MISSOURI Kansas City: The family of a man whose body sat in a Kansas City International Airport parking lot for months is suing the company that monitors vehicles there.

MONTANA Billings: A prosecutor who was arrested after a disturbance at a Billings bar has received a six-month deferred sentence.

NEBRASKA Lincoln: A tractor safety course will be taught at a dozen locations across Nebraska in May and June.

NEVADA Reno: The Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe resort has been authorized to provide advanced medical care for emergencies.

NEW HAMPSHIRE New Castle: A fire damaged the University of New Hampshire Coastal Marine Lab at the U.S. Coast Guard Station.

NEW JERSEY Newark: The state is considering forming a cold case unit to examine unsolved murders.

NEW MEXICO Hobbs: The New Mexico Junior College Board is giving staff members and hourly employees pay increases

NEW YORK Kings Park: A former U.S. Merchant Marine Academy soccer player has filed a $5 million claim against the federal government amid a probe into allegations of sexual misconduct and hazing.

NORTH CAROLINA Greenville: Police have accused the director of a North Carolina day care of assaulting a child with a paint stir stick.

NORTH DAKOTA Minot: The city has assumed management of two downtown parking structures.

OHIO Toledo: A study finds that pollutants feeding Lake Erie’s toxic algae haven’t decreased over the past five years, despite reduction efforts.

OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: State forestry officials say widespread rain helped firefighters contain two major wildfires.

OREGON Portland: Police are investigating an assault on the clothing-optional Collins Beach by a nude man who was upset that the victim’s dog wasn’t on a leash.

PENNSYLVANIA Bloomsburg: State police arrested Mayor Eric Bower on charges of soliciting and patronizing a prostitute.

RHODE ISLAND Providence: Teens from across the state tested their projects last weekend in a preliminary round for the national Science Olympid.

SOUTH CAROLINA Holly Hill: At least 30 agencies battled a blaze that started at a scrap metal business.

SOUTH DAKOTA Emery: Seventhgrader Owen Fink won the South Dakota geography bee for the third consecutive time.

TENNESSEE Cleveland: A man who died in jail hours after he was arrested had more than 8 grams of methamphetamine on him when he was taken into custody.

TEXAS Grand Prairie: Authorities arrested five people on murder charges stemming from an arson investigation.

UTAH Salt Lake City: A church is finding it difficult to raise the $1 million needed to buy a 0.02-squaremile site to expand.

VERMONT Montpelier: Spring turkey hunting season opens May 1.

VIRGINIA Roanoke: Developers of a pipeline project want a judge to order the removal of a protesting family.

WASHINGTON Vancouver: Four teenagers hospitalized last week after showing signs of drug overdoses had taken Xanax and marijuana.

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: All but one of West Virginia’s public community and technical colleges plan to increase tuition.

WISCONSIN Ashwaubenon: Snow crashed through part of the roof of the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena.

WYOMING Casper: A judge has denied a new trial for a former gynecologist convicted of sexually assaulting patients during medical exams.