STATE-BY-STATE
ALABAMA Decatur: Decatur City Schools will no longer allow students to use cellphones in its high school and middle school classrooms.
ALASKA Anchorage: Because of the risk to recovery crews, efforts will end to recover bodies and wreckage of a small airplane that crashed, killing five people on board, near the summit of Thunder Mountain.
ARIZONA Mesa: Cognizant, a Fortune 500 company that provides technology services to corporate customers, is opening an office, bringing 500 jobs.
ARKANSAS Rogers: Counties are pushing to at least double the fee to 65 cents per month to help fund 911 emergency response services.
CALIFORNIA Sacramento: Venture capitalist Tim Draper is dropping the proposal to split California into three states.
COLORADO Boulder: A mountain lion that broke into a home and became trapped inside killed a house cat before officials were able to scare it out.
CONNECTICUT Newtown: A coiling wooded walkway leading to a sycamore tree in the middle of a reflecting pool has been picked as the design for a memorial to honor the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
DELAWARE Wilmington: Police say a man impersonating a law enforcement officer pulled over a woman and frisked her before fleeing the scene. The investigation to find the man is ongoing.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: Metro is closing a crumbling parking garage at the Huntington station after engineers worried about the concrete falling apart.
FLORIDA Cape Coral: A bone fragment that could be 2.6 million years old was uncovered by crews working on a project. The city plans to donate the bone – which may have belonged to a mammoth or mastodon – to the Cape Coral Historical Society.
GEORGIA Villanow: A 1.9 magnitude earthquake was reported last week.
HAWAII Honolulu: Donna Alms has been sentenced to 33 months in prison for stealing nearly $863,000 over four years from former employer Waste Management of Hawaii.
IDAHO Boise: The city saw its hottest day on record for Aug. 9 at 106 degrees, passing the 105 degrees set in 1875.
ILLINOIS Chicago: Norfolk Southern Railroad has apologized for using a bait truck loaded with shoes to lure potential thieves, and prosecutors have dropped charges against three people arrested during the sting.
INDIANA Terre Haute: The first festival dedicated to the Coca-Cola bottle has been announced for Sept. 22. The city considers itself the birthplace of the original bottle, which was created in 1915.
IOWA Des Moines: Officials are calling on volunteers to participate in the state’s annual wild turkey survey. The information is used to monitor trends and manage the turkey population.
KANSAS Topeka: A woman is suing the city for $75,000 after claiming she fell and “suffered a serious and permanent injury” from a pothole in front of her home. The pothole has since been repaired.
KENTUCKY Lexington: Registered sex offender James Ashley Fields has been arrested in connection with the 1993 rape of a 13-year-old girl. He was arrested after a sexual assault kit was tested.
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge: State troopers who improperly billed thousands of dollars of overtime and expenses, including a trip to Las Vegas, have had their punishments reduced. Two troopers had their ranks restored and their salary reductions reversed.
MAINE Augusta: Gov. Paul LePage is waiving entry fees for state residents at most state parks and historic sites through Labor Day.
MARYLAND Annapolis: Jerome Segal, who lost his U.S. Senate primary bid, has filed 19,500 signatures to form the Bread and Roses party, which he describes as a new socialist party. The elections board has 20 days to verify the signatures. He needs 10,000 legitimate ones to form the new party.
MASSACHUSETTS Swapscott: A time capsule, dated April 28, 1894, containing remnants from the Civil War has been found under the step of a school being torn down. It contained two newspapers, a war medal, remnants of Civil War uniforms and names of locals who fought.
MICHIGAN Fowlerville: Two children are among this year’s first detected U.S. cases of swine flu after being exposed to a sick pig at a fair.
MINNESOTA Minneapolis: A federal appeals court has upheld 30-year prison sentences for three Minnesota men who were convicted of plotting to join the Islamic State.
MISSISSIPPI Jackson: The state is sending 20 firefighters to help battle wildfires in Colorado.
MISSOURI Mountain Grove: Rough Country Rustic Furniture, which has accumulated more than 1,600 negative reviews and customer complaints with the Better Business Bureau, has suspended operations.
MONTANA Butte: Gov. Steve Bullock gave his support to 35 unionized employees of the talc-milling plant who have been locked out of their jobs for a week following contract negotiations.
NEBRASKA Omaha: The Summer Arts Festival may return to the area around the City-County Building and Douglas County Courthouse next year due to renovations at its current site.
NEVADA Las Vegas: A forklift knocked down 13 power poles in the south valley.
NEW HAMPSHIRE Concord: State Police say someone smashed a granite block inscribed with President Donald Trump’s name. The block showcases winners of the New Hampshire presidential primary.
NEW JERSEY Atlantic City: According to statistics, Atlantic City’s casino hotels employed 30,217 people in July, the first time since 2014 the city recorded more than 30,000.
NEW MEXICO White Sands Missile
Range: Brig. Gen. Gregory J. Brady has taken command of White Sands Missile Range, replacing Brig. Gen. Eric L. Sanchez, who is retiring.
NEW YORK Albany: With $1.5 million available statewide for farm-to-- school programs, schools can apply for up to $100,000 to help increase the amount of locally grown food on menus this year.
NORTH CAROLINA Garner: A fourstory, 2.6 million-square-foot Amazon distribution center is coming to town, creating 1,500 jobs.
NORTH DAKOTA Bismarck: The state health department says it has received 19 applications to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Fargo and Bismarck.
OHIO Chillicothe: Police say a newborn found inside a toilet at Burger King is expected to survive. A man and woman face criminal charges. OKLAHOMA Oklahoma City: Nowata, Rogers, Mayes and Delaware counties have been designated disaster areas because of drought.
OREGON Corvallis: Rising construction costs are among the issues responsible for pushing back the completion date until next fall for the College of Forestry building at Oregon State University.
PENNSYLVANIA Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Health System is eliminating sugary drinks at its facilities to help patients and workers stay healthy.
RHODE ISLAND Providence: The historic Betsey Williams Cottage opened for tours last week for the first time in 30 years. The cottage displays life on the Williams farm in the 18th and 19th centuries. SOUTH CAROLINA St. Matthews: The Honorable Edgar W. Dickson is being allowed to hold court wherever he wants in Calhoun County while the 105-year-old courthouse is being renovated.
SOUTH DAKOTA Sioux Falls: Law enforcement and school officials have unveiled an anonymous text messaging program, allowing for tips to be submitted to enhance school safety.
TENNESSEE Memphis: Four sites have been added to the National Register of Historic Places: the National Trust Life Insurance Co. Building, the Tullahoma Municipal Building (Tullahoma), Travellers Rest (Nashville) and Carverdale Farms (Granville).
TEXAS Crystal Beach: A 42-year-old man has been treated for puncture wounds to his leg after being bitten by a shark. His injuries are not lifethreatening.
UTAH Logan: Utah State University President Noelle Cockett will make $424,000 during the 2018-19 school year, 7 percent more than her predecessor when he retired in 2017.
VERMONT Burlington: The annual anti-rabies bait drop has started in much of the state. About 450,000 rabies vaccine packs are expected to be distributed, some by airplane.
VIRGINIA Richmond: Gov. Ralph Northam says he wants to make the earned-income tax credit fully refundable, which he said would benefit lower-income families in Virginia.
WASHINGTON Seattle: A low amount of radioactive material – known as radium 226 – was found inside a Goodwill warehouse. Officials say there didn’t appear to be any risk to the public.
WEST VIRGINIA Charleston: Cabell County Judge Paul T. Farrell was sworn in to serve as a temporary state Supreme Court justice during the suspension of Justice Allen Loughry.
WISCONSIN Three Lakes: The Three Lakes School District has created a policy that says employees and the board won’t engage in political activity or show any political preference during work hours.
WYOMING Cheyenne: Commercial air service is returning this fall when American Airlines introduces a daily flight to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.