STATE-BY-STATE

ALABAMA Huntsville: Madison County is spending $3 million to buy land for a county service center. ALASKA Juneau: The cruise industry projects about 80,000 more passengers this year vs. 2017. ARIZONA Flagstaff: The area is seeing a bountiful apple harvest months after avoiding a late spring frost. ARKANSAS Little Rock: The U.S. Department of Education awarded a $23 million grant to the Arkansas Public School Resources Center. CALIFORNIA San Francisco: The Sheriff’s Department will let inmates up for release decide if they want to leave at night or wait until morning. COLORADO Colorado Springs: Fort Carson is planning prescribed burns from October to late December to clear dry grass from training areas. CONNECTICUT Groton: A ceremony will commemorate submarine Cmdr. Dudley Morton and the USS Wahoo. DELAWARE Dover: A New York man may have netted nearly $73,000 selling counterfeit Apple products. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Councilman Jack Evans is “very confident” he has the votes to advance the Sports Wagering Lottery Amendment Act. FLORIDA Jacksonville: An off-duty police officer rescued a girl and baby left in a hot car atop a parking garage. GEORGIA Savannah: Savannah/ Hilton Head International Airport is getting a $7.6 million federal grant. HAWAII Honolulu: The Department of Education is proposing policy changes on sexual harassment. IDAHO Coeur D’Alene: The Coeur d’Alene Tribe approved plans for a youth and family recreation center. ILLINOIS Urbana: The University of Illinois is dedicating the Yingying Zhang Garden to a Chinese scholar kidnapped and killed last year. INDIANA Tipton: Superintendent Kevin Emsweller says a new solar farm should save more than $2 million over 20 years. IOWA Thompson: The remains of Army Pvt. Donald Brown have returned home after over 70 years. KANSAS Manhattan: Kansas State will stop offering the $9,000-a-year Putnam Scholarship. KENTUCKY Frankfort: Gov. Matt Bevin honored two police officers who helped save state NAACP President Raoul Cunningham’s life. LOUISIANA Clayton: Mayor Josephine Washington said officials are considering water rate hikes. MAINE Millinocket: Nonprofit group Our Katahdin is getting over $5 million to turn Great Northern Paper Mill into an industrial park. MARYLAND Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University will name a new building after Henrietta Lacks. MASSACHUSETTS Marion: The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife completed habitat restoration for the endangered roseate tern. MICHIGAN Lansing: The state will spend up to $7.4 million to help Upper Peninsula communities address damage from June flooding. MINNESOTA Brooklyn Park: A squirrel apparently stunned by a car was revived by the driver, who performed chest compressions. MISSISSIPPI Starkville: Michael Wayne Devaughn is charged in two 1990 sexual assaults and killings. MISSOURI Sedalia: A former Pettis County Museum volunteer got five years’ probation for artifact theft. MONTANA Helena: Kim Phillips has harvested about 20 acres of hemp after a year of battling to gain access to irrigation water. NEBRASKA Lincoln: Taylor Michael Wilson, who pulled an emergency brake aboard a train, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison. NEVADA Las Vegas: Green Valley High School canceled classes Monday because of a water-line break. NEW HAMPSHIRE Durham: The University of New Hampshire will host the Craft Brewery Startup Workshop on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from Oct. 23 to Nov. 1. NEW JERSEY Trenton: The annual bear hunt began Monday but was banned from state-owned lands. NEW MEXICO Albuquerque: Some University of New Mexico faculty and students want murals removed from a library for their depictions of Hispanic and Native Americans. NEW YORK New York: The organics collection program stalled because not enough people are participating. NORTH CAROLINA Raleigh: Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler seeks over $300 million for Hurricane Florence cleanup and recovery. NORTH DAKOTA Ellendale: The Organization of People in Ellendale for Restoration of the Arts is trying to raise $560,000 for renovations of the Ellendale Opera House. OHIO Grove City: A tranquility garden is being created at Scioto Grove Metro Park in memory of a slain Ohio State University student. OKLAHOMA Midwest City: An anonymous call led to the arrest of Camron Bryan Callaway, a suspect in a man’s fatal shooting. OREGON Cannon Beach: Communication dead spots are frustrating emergency responders. PENNSYLVANIA Allentown: Animal welfare workers removed 71 beagles from “deplorable conditions.” RHODE ISLAND Narragansett: U.S. Rep. James Langevin will talk extreme weather with experts Oct. 16 at the Coastal Resiliency Symposium. SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia: Former Vice President Joe Biden praised Democratic state treasurer nominee Rosalyn Glenn on Monday. SOUTH DAKOTA Mitchell: The city is seeking part-time help to finish the murals at the Corn Palace. TENNESSEE Morristown: The Vietnam War Memorial Moving Wall will be on the Walters State Community College campus Thursday to Monday. TEXAS Fort Worth: More than 100 items by designer Cristobal Balenciaga are up at the Kimbell Art Museum. UTAH St. George: Richard Farnsworth has been sworn in as police chief. VERMONT Vergennes: Invasive zebra mussels are threatening an underwater preserve in Lake Champlain. VIRGINIA Sterling: Investigators are checking out possible skeletal human remains found near schools. WASHINGTON Seattle: A statue of late Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell was unveiled at the Museum of Pop Culture at Seattle Center. WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown: West Virginia University has announced a $4 million gift for two scholarships. WISCONSIN Spring Green: The Hillside Theatre at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin estate will be restored. WYOMING Cody: The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is looking into the killing of a bull elk. From staff and wire reports