LOUP CITY, Neb. (AP) — A former Loup City teacher accused of placing spy cameras in a girls locker room been convicted of a fourth crime.

Online court records say 25-year-old Anthony Rahe was found guilty of felony manufacture of visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct.

He’d made a plea deal and pleaded no contest to three other charges and underwent a brief nonjury trial on the fourth last month. Prosecutors dismissed or amended the original 15 counts against Rahe in return for his pleas. The judge’s decision on the fourth charge was filed Friday in Sherman County District Court.

District officials say a student reported finding the camera at Loup City Public School on Oct. 8. Investigators have said school security camera footage implicated Rahe.

His sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 18.

The North Platte Community Playhouse will kick off their 2016/2017 season with a classic mystery, Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap.”

In the show, a group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snowstorm, one of whom is a murderer. The suspects include the newly married couple who run the house, and the suspicions in their minds nearly wreck their perfect marriage. Others are a spinster with a curious background, an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef, a retired Army major, a strange little man who claims his car has overturned in a drift, and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. Into their midst comes a policeman, traveling on skis. He no sooner arrives, when the jurist is killed. Two down, and one to go. To get to the rationale of the murderer’s pattern, the policeman probes the background of everyone present and rattles a lot of skeletons. Another famous Agatha Christie switch finish!

Production dates for “The Mousetrap” are September 23, 24, 25 & 30 and October 1 & 2, 2016, with Friday and Saturday performances beginning at 8:00 pm and Sunday Matinees beginning at 2:00 pm.  Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students.  Individual and Family season tickets are available.  Tickets sales begin on Monday, September 19.  Tickets are available at the NPCP Box Office (301 East 5^th Street) from Noon-5:00 pm, online at www.northplattecommunityplayhouse.com or at the door prior to each performance.

This production is made possible, in part, by the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment of the Arts, as well as our Corporate Sponsors, Adams and Swanson Funeral Home and Carpenter Memorial Chapel.

“The Mousetrap” is directed by Carolyn Clark with Assistant Director Robert Allen.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers face a looming budget shortfall when they convene in January, but members of a key budget-writing committee say they still hope to boost funding for the state’s problem-plagued prison system.

Senators on the Appropriations Committee said it’s too early to know exactly how they’ll balance the budget while addressing major staffing shortages in the Department of Correctional Services. The options could include cuts to other programs, delaying action on other spending requests and tapping the state’s cash reserve.

The department unveiled a package Thursday that includes a $15.6 million budget increase to reduce staffing shortages and turnover in Nebraska’s prisons.

In addition, the department is asking lawmakers for $75.2 million over four years to build a reception and treatment center for elderly and mentally ill inmates.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The exhaustive reaccreditation process is winding to a close as University of Nebraska-Lincoln officials put the finishing touches on a report to the accrediting body.

The 100-page report will detail the university’s progress in five criteria areas, including instructional quality. The report will be submitted before a nine-member team from the Higher Learning Commission visits the campus Oct. 24-25. The commission oversees the accreditation of colleges and universities in 19 states, including Nebraska and Iowa.

University spokesman Steve Smith says accreditation’s goal is to ensure the education provided by institutions of higher education meets certain levels of quality. Without accreditation, for example, the federal government wouldn’t provide financial aid to a school’s students.