OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 44-year-old Omaha woman has been given 60 days in jail for letting her 4-month-old puppy starve to death.

On Tuesday a judge also ordered Monica Andrews not to own another dog for at least five years.

Police say Andrews had left town in December without making provisions for the pit bull puppy’s food or water. The dog, Gotti, was dead when she got home.

Officials say Andrews then called the Nebraska Humane Society to ask it to pick up the dog’s carcass.

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Air Force officials say a security guard acted properly when he fatally shot a man leading police through Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha.

Brig. Gen. Don Bacon says the private security contractor who shot the man Monday afternoon followed procedure. But state law requires the shooting be reviewed by a grand jury because the man was being chased by police when he was shot.

Sarpy County Sheriff Jeff Davis says the man was driving a car deputies believed had been stolen. Officers chased the vehicle as it entered the base through an exit lane at the south gate. The man raced north and tried to exit at another gate, where the security guard fired.

The man died later at an Omaha hospital. He has not been identified.

The State Board of Education has scheduled a public hearing on a policy revision that would require Nebraska public schools teachers or administrators to lead students in saying the Pledge of Allegiance but wouldn’t require the students to participate.

The videoconference hearing will be available to the public for testimony at six sites across the state, including the Lincoln Executive Building, starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday.

The proposal says students who don’t participate “shall be required to respect the rights of those pupils electing to participate.”

The public comments will be included in a report by a hearing officer and presented to the board members for consideration at their July 10-11 meetings. The board will have an opportunity to vote on the proposal during those meetings.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The city of Lincoln has settled a claim filed by the family of a worker who was fatally crushed by a 1,200 pound lawn mower in August 2010.

The Lincoln Journal Star says (https://bit.ly/M8DSxd) a Nebraska workers’ compensation judge approved a lump-sum settlement of $265,000 the wife of Eric Kohles and $55,000 to his daughter, in addition to benefits already paid.

Kohles was found beneath the three-wheeled mower in a ditch on Aug. 16, 2010. He died four days later.

His co-workers filed formal safety complaints soon afterward but now say most of their concerns have been addressed.