STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Montgomery: The Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice may expand. ALASKA Anchorage: The Alaska Zoo is receiving a 16-year-old female polar bear from the Denver Zoo. ARIZONA Phoenix: Travel website Orbitz designated Taco Guild’s tacos as the best in the state. ARKANSAS Little Rock: The state Department of Transportation is seeking federal approval of an environmental assessment that would allow a renovation of Interstate 30 to cost a more $630 million. CALIFORNIA Fullerton: The city is being sprayed with pesticide after an increase in mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus. COLORADO Steamboat Springs: A state trooper was fired after three women complained about inappropriate behavior after he arrested them for driving under the influence. CONNECTICUT Wolcott: Police say a man in a wig stole about $200 in lottery tickets from a gas station. DELAWARE Elsmere: The annual Christmas parade is off because of a $4.3 million bridge rehabilitation. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Viking ship Draken Harald Hårfagre will be docked at The Wharf’s Transit Pier through Oct. 15. FLORIDA Flagler Beach: A sperm whale calf died after washing ashore. GEORGIA Atlanta: Health officials say a woman in her 90s died from West Nile Virus. HAWAII Hilo: Officials say more than 15,000 people have visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park since it partially reopened last month. IDAHO Caldwell: The Canyon County jail is the first in the state to implement an iris biometric identification recognition system when booking inmates into custody. ILLINOIS Urbana: The University of Illinois is banning all smokeless tobacco products from its main campus. INDIANA Indianapolis: State regulators are investigating a chapter of the Knights of Columbus for problems and possible violations tied to bingo and poker games. IOWA Forest City: A group that studies paranormal activity wants to examine the former Winnebago County jail, but officials worry about liability problems. KANSAS Topeka: Damien Hager, 12, received the Keys to Character award from the Safe Streets Coalition for attending to his injured stepfather after a fall. KENTUCKY Lexington: The Trane plant is closing in the next 15 months, a move expected to cost 600 hourly workers their jobs. LOUISIANA Grand Isle: The state canceled a proposal to develop an airstrip on Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge after public pressure. MAINE Bangor: The federal government is making disaster loans available to businesses due to the drought that began in May. MARYLAND Baltimore: Col. Perry Standfield quit the police force after throwing a chair into a wall during a heated meeting. MASSACHUSETTS Boston: Authorities say at least 15 buildings in communities north of Boston that were damaged in gas explosions last month are uninhabitable. MICHIGAN Detroit: Work has started on the Gordie Howe International Bridge, between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit. MINNESOTA Gilbert: Residents are reporting that birds seem to be intoxicated because they are flying into windows and cars. MISSISSIPPI Yazoo City: A 911 dispatcher was robbed at gunpoint inside a sheriff ’s office. MISSOURI Columbia: The University of Missouri’s Sigma Chi fraternity was suspended pending the results of an alcohol investigation. MONTANA Helena: An event Saturday that will highlight property and civil rights is coming under criticism, saying it features antigovernment conspiracy theorists. NEBRASKA Waterloo: A 63-year-old man died after being trapped under his lawn mower. NEVADA Fallon: A cat taken in as a stray at Fallon Animal Control will be returned to its owners in Great Falls, Montana, after being missing for 18 months. NEW HAMPSHIRE Haverhill: A 79year-old hunter was rescued after being stuck in the mud for 33 hours. NEW JERSEY Trenton: New Jersey is the country’s most stressed-out state, according to a Zippia report. NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: A watchdog group is giving the state low marks for safeguards aimed at discouraging corruption. NEW YORK Syracuse: The 10th and final person part of 2017’s “Operation Hailstorm” drug bust was convicted. NORTH CAROLINA Lexington: Oak Grove High School postponed its football games last week after 25 players were affected by a skin infection. NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: Kelsey Roth was named North Dakota’s new chief people officer. OHIO Elyria: Bond was set at $1.25 million for Lawrence Grizzell, a former fire chief charged with rape. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Criminal charges are being considered after four high school students were accused of assaulting a teen boy. OREGON Bend: Authorities seized 36 animals from the home of two people previously convicted of second-degree animal neglect. PENNSYLVANIA Pittsburgh: Officials say they rescued at least six people from vehicles trapped in flood water. RHODE ISLAND Providence: A tanker truck carrying 11,000 gallons of gasoline overturned. SOUTH CAROLINA Greenwood: Caterpillar Inc. is spending more than $13 million on a plant in Hodges that will create 85 jobs. SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Threefourths of the state’s winter wheat crop is in the ground. TENNESSEE Knoxville: The University of Tennessee is closing Laurel Hall for the rest of the school year because of mold. TEXAS Dallas: The Dallas Independent School District proposed shuttering or consolidating 22 campuses. UTAH Salt Lake City: The Mormon church backed a deal that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. VERMONT Montpelier: Ten PACs have donated $78,000 to local candidates in the past month. VIRGINIA Radford: Radford University’s College of Business and Economics will be renamed for Sandra C. Davis and William C. Davis, who donated $8 million. WASHINGTON Seattle: The attorney general’s office says there are 6,460 sexual assault kits that have not yet been submitted for lab testing by state law enforcement agencies. WEST VIRGINIA Huntington: Marshall University is teaming with the Bureau for Public Health to deal with health disparities in the state. WISCONSIN Madison: A new memo shows property taxes went up $24 on the median-valued home last year. WYOMING Cody: Absentee voters within the Cody School District will receive new November ballots after an instruction error was discovered on the initial ones.