STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Childersburg: Officials say inmate Anthony Scott Marler was recaptured eight days after escaping from a work-release center.
ALASKA Bethel: Alaska Village Electric Cooperative has sent letters to residents warning that their power could be turned off if home electrical devices aren’t repaired by August.
ARIZONA Phoenix: Authorities say there’s no estimate when two highways will reopen after being closed due to brush fires.
ARKANSAS Harrisburg: Mayor Randy Mills is searching for a new police chief after demoting the previous one for “disrespectfulness.”
CALIFORNIA Edwards Air Force Base: A pilot and a passenger ejected before their single-engine turboprop crashed during a test flight in the Mojave Desert.
COLORADO Aspen: A man has pleaded guilty to dumping bottles filled with chemicals such as bleach, rubbing alcohol and titanium oxide into the Roaring Fork River.
CONNECTICUT Hartford: The state will be hand out nearly $81 million in grants and loans to 16 companies.
DELAWARE Ellendale: The police department’s “Coffee With a Cop” program led to the arrest of a woman wanted for violating probation.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Rock star Jack White gave a surprise 45-minute performance to Woodrow Wilson High School students on the final day of classes.
FLORIDA West Palm Beach: A sheriff ’s deputy was fired for racist and inappropriate social media posts.
GEORGIA Savannah: Ben Affleck’s 87-acre estate has been listed for sale for $8,900,000. The property includes three separate homes.
HAWAII Honolulu: A Japanese couple who apparently interrupted a group of men injecting drugs in a restroom faces $50,000 in medical costs from being assaulted.
IDAHO Coeur D’Alene: Coeur d’Alene Resort estimates that some 30,000 golf balls have accumulated on a lake bed near a floating green.
ILLINOIS Glen Ellyn: Former state Rep. Sandra Pihos, arrested last year for shoplifting, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor retail theft.
INDIANA New Albany: A judge has ruled that a man who served 21 years of a murder sentence but says he’s had trouble keeping a job since his November 2016 release can’t legally change his name.
IOWA Waterloo: The police chief wants to hire a violence reduction officer to focus on stemming gun violence.
KANSAS Topeka: Ten stretches of roadways are being designated as memorial highways to honor fallen Kansas law enforcement officers.
KENTUCKY Pikeville: The Pikeville Medical Center has cut 100 employees.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to expand the state’s medical marijuana program.
MAINE Augusta: The state opened its rivers, streams and lakes for free fishing over the weekend.
MARYLAND Hagerstown: The Maryland Theatre, which was built in 1915, is undergoing a $13 million expansion and renovation.
MASSACHUSETTS Holyoke: A church slated for demolition was instead sold for $50,000 to the city, which plans to keep it open for community use.
MICHIGAN Paw Paw: A man who told police that he was shot in the neck with an arrow while searching for deer antlers was charged with filing a false felony report. Police say he actually fell on the arrow.
MINNESOTA Henderson: Prince fans will celebrate what would have been his 60th birthday with a festival where Purple Rain was filmed.
MISSISSIPPI Shelby: Plans to merge Broad Street High School and Mound Bayou’s John F. Kennedy High School this fall are in limbo from a lawsuit to block the merger.
MISSOURI Jefferson City: Residents will be able to vote on raising the state’s gasoline tax this November.
MONTANA Manhattan: Gun holster and tactical accessory maker Blackhawk! was named the state’s Manufacturer of the Year.
NEBRASKA Lincoln: Brig. Gen. Wendy Johnson has become The first female commander of the Nebraska Air National Guard.
NEVADA North Las Vegas: Texas Roadhouse will open its second steakhouse in the state Oct. 1.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: The state Liquor Commission visited schools to educate students on alcohol safety issues during prom and graduation season.
NEW JERSEY Trenton: Gov. Phil Murphy plans to re-nominate Justice Anne Patterson to another term on the state Supreme Court.
NEW MEXICO Santa Fe: Three state parks were closed this week due to extreme fire danger: Fenton Lake, Hyde Memorial and Morphy Lake.
NEW YORK Albany: Officials are conducting a series of cybersecurity drills to test how vulnerable the state’s election system is to hacking.
NORTH CAROLINA Asheville: Authorities say recent heavy rain that caused flooding also washed garbage into the French Broad River.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: More than 100 teachers from four states are attending a seminar next week on lignite.
OHIO Dayton: A man pleaded guilty to using 41 fake $20 bills at a minor league baseball game.
OKLAHOMA Hominy: Five inmates were injured in a fight Saturday at the Dick Conner Correctional Center.
OREGON Salem: Officials lifted a drinking water advisory after tests determined the water in Detroit Lake is safe.
PENNSYLVANIA Manheim: Emergency personnel are investigating a reported crash of a passenger train and a farm tractor.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: Lawmakers are working on a bill to prohibit leasing arrangements for pets.
SOUTH CAROLINA Lancaster: A train carrying tons of soybeans derailed. No one was injured.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: The police bomb squad was called to a construction site after some old demolition explosives were unearthed. The squad detonated the devices.
TENNESSEE Knoxville: The University of Tennessee has reached a deal to buy out ousted chancellor Beverly Davenport for $1.33 million.
TEXAS Dallas: A tribute to Elvis Presley will take place on opening day of the State Fair of Texas, which runs Sept. 28-Oct 21.
UTAH Salt Lake City: Ninety-nine Utah National Guard soldiers have been deployed to the Middle East.
VERMONT Burlington: Work began last week on a new marina on the Lake Champlain waterfront.
VIRGINIA Virginia Beach: Jeffrey Dill reeled in a 68-pound flathead catfish in Lake Smith, setting a state record.
WASHINGTON Seattle: A judge has ordered a ski resort to control stormwater runoff from parking lots by Oct. 31 or face daily fines.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Overdose antidotes are being distributed to emergency first responders.
WISCONSIN Green Bay: A 157-yearold flag from the Civil War is on display at the Neville Public Museum.
WYOMING Jackson: Game wardens say hikers shot and killed a grizzly bear sow in self-defense.