(AP) — A 51-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to three counts of sexually assaulting children in Gage County.

Michael Pangborn made his pleas on Thursday in Gage County District Court. His trial is scheduled to begin on Oct. 29.

The Beatrice Daily Sun reports (https://bit.ly/12NYZxy) that Pangborn’s accusers say the assaults date back to 1984. Two women say Pangborn assaulted them at his Beatrice home when they were children. They contacted Gage County officials after he was cleared of a child sexual assault in nearby Lancaster County.

He was arrested on May 13.

(AP) — Participants at the Boy Scouts of America’s National Jamboree are turning each other into virtual zombies as part of an educational game that Virginia Tech researchers designed to show how disease spreads.

The Virus Tracker program combines technology with the game of tag.

At the Jamboree, Scouts earn points by “infecting” other players through bar-coded labels.

Codes can be activated at scanning stations or by troop leaders whose smartphones have the Virus Tracker app. The goal is to stay human. Individuals and troops that amass the most points each day win.

Scout Colin Slavin from Germantown Hills, Ill., says the chance to turn other Scouts into zombies is “really cool.”

Kristy Collins of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech says about 3,000 Scouts have participated.

(AP) — A former U.S. postal worker in Fremont has been federally indicted on charges that he stole money, then lied about it in reports.

Federal officials say 48-year-old Michael Peitzmeier, a former counter worker at a Fremont post office, is charged in a two count indictment handed down Thursday.

The indictment says from 2011 through June of this year, Peitzmeier converted more than $1,000 that into his hands as a postal employee to his own use. It also says Peitzmeier made a false report of such monies.

If convicted of both counts, Peitzmeier faces up to 20 years in prison.

A public phone listing for Peitzmeier could not be found. It is not clear whether he has an attorney.

(AP) — Several dozen people have been forced from their homes by a fire at a Bellevue apartment complex.

Firefighters were sent to The Chateau Apartments about 12:05 a.m. Friday. A fire had spread from the kitchen of a second-floor apartment.

Firefighters say at least three apartments were damaged. As many as 60 people were displaced, though, because electricity and water service had been shut off.

No injuries have been reported. The fire cause is being investigated.