LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Lincoln home of Nebraska football coach Scott Frost.

Lancaster County District Court records say 21-year-old Andrew Williams entered the plea Thursday. His sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 22.

Frost told police on July 29 that burglars entered an unlocked garage door at his house, which was unoccupied while being renovated.

Football helmets and artwork were reported missing, along with the athletic shoes. Frost originally reported 14 championship rings from his time at three schools as a player and coach also were taken. The rings were later found in the garage.

Two teenagers also have been accused of involvement.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s preliminary November unemployment rate of 2.8 percent matched the three previous months’ figures, according to figures released Friday by the Nebraska Labor Department.

The department said in a news release that the rate is down a tenth of a point from the year-ago figure of 2.9 percent. Last month’s Nebraska rate was well below the U.S. number, which also was unchanged: 3.7 percent.

“November was another strong month for manufacturing, with a 3 percent employment increase over the year,” said state Labor Commissioner John Albin. “The month also saw historical highs for both statewide labor force employment and Lincoln labor force employment.”

Nonfarm employment was 1,039,938, up 12,753 over the year and up 2,263 over the month, the report said. Private industries with the most growth year over year were professional and business services, up 4,881; leisure and hospitality services, up 3,546; and manufacturing, up 3,028. Month to month, the largest gains were seen in trade, transportation and utilities, up 4,024; education and health, up 468; and other services, up 26.

The preliminary Omaha-area rate for November declined to 2.5 percent from 2.6 in October. The new rate was a tenth of a point lower than the 2.6 percent of November 2017. Lincoln’s preliminary rate dropped three-tenths of a point, hitting 2.2 percent, compared with 2.5 percent in October. The year-ago figure was 2.3 percent. Grand Island’s preliminary rate for November was 2.6 percent, down a tenth from October’s 2.7 percent. The November 2017 figure was 2.7 percent.

The unemployment rates for Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha have not been seasonally adjusted, so they cannot be directly compared with the state unemployment rate.

Here are preliminary area labor market unemployment rates for November, followed by the October rates:

— Beatrice: 2.4, 4.1

— Columbus: 2.3, 2.5

— Fremont: 2.2, 2.5

— Hastings: 2.4, 2.7

— Kearney: 2.0, 2.2

— Lexington: 2.3, 2.5

— Norfolk: 2.0, 2.3

— North Platte: 2.5, 2.8

— Red Willow: 1.9, 2.5

— Scottsbluff: 3.0, 3.0

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Visitors to the Nebraska Capitol can still take building tours on Christmas Eve even though most state offices will be closed.

The Capitol will be open for tours Monday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the hour, except for at noon. The Capitol will be closed on Tuesday for Christmas Day.

The Capitol’s 20-foot-tall Christmas tree is decorated with more than 150 specially commissioned ornaments celebrating Nebraska’s diverse landscape, culture and agricultural heritage. The tree will remain on the second-floor rotunda through Thursday.

The new Nebraska-shaped ornaments can be viewed at https://ne150.org/ornaments/ .

The Capitol’s 14th-floor observation decks are open on Monday, weather permitting.

Anyone seeking more information can call the Capitol at 402-471-0448.

Investigators with the WING (Western Nebraska Intelligence and Narcotics Group) Task Force and Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office have arrested two men and seized dozens of firearms and controlled substances during an operation in Scotts Bluff County.

WING investigators, with the assistance of the Scotts Bluff County Sheriff’s Office and the Nebraska State Patrol, executed a search warrant on a residence at 160264 Spring Creek Road in Mitchell during the evening hours of Tuesday, December 18. During the search, investigators discovered 47 guns, one pound of methamphetamine, one pound of marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.

Shaun Turner, 40, and David Loos, 66, were arrested for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony, and no drug tax stamp. Both men were lodged in Scotts Bluff County Jail.

The investigation is ongoing and additional charges may be added.

WING is a multi-agency drug and violent crime task force that includes investigators from the Nebraska State Patrol and seven panhandle police and sheriff’s departments.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man convicted of a 1988 double murder in western Nebraska is seeking a new trial based on new evidence and sworn testimony from two women that a different man is responsible.

Attorneys for Jeffrey J. Boppre presented the evidence Thursday in a motion in Scotts Bluff County District Court.

Boppre is serving two life sentences for the murders of Richard Valdez and Sharon Condon in a Scottsbluff home. Boppre has maintained for three decades he was framed, but the Nebraska judicial system has upheld his 1989 convictions numerous times.

The filing includes testimony from Sheila Janis that another man, John Yellowboy, admitted to the killings after kidnapping her and raping her at the murder scene. Another woman, Melissa Martinez, says she was hiding in the home during the murders.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s and Iowa’s populations continued growing at a slow, steady pace over the past year, according to estimates the U.S. Census Bureau released Wednesday.

Nebraska gained 11,693 residents in the year ending this past July 1, a growth rate of 0.61 percent. Iowa’s estimated population grew by 12,508 residents, a rate of 0.4 percent.

The United States population grew by more than 2 million to 327,167,434. The nation’s population grew at a rate of 0.62 percent.

Researcher David Drozd with the University of Nebraska’s Center for Public Affairs Research said Nebraska’s growth over the past decade is good news for the state.

“With Nebraska again having an annual growth rate near the U.S. average, it is now almost certain that Nebraska will keep its current three congressional seats after the 2020 census,” Drozd said.

In both Nebraska and Iowa, most of the population growth is in metropolitan areas while rural parts of both states continue to lose residents.

Nebraska’s and Iowa’s populations have both now increased for 31 years in a row. The last decline happened in 1987 during the farm crisis.

Gary Krob, coordinator of Iowa’s State Data Center, said Iowa recorded more births than deaths in the past year and saw more increases in people moving to the state.

Krob said that helped Iowa grow faster than the neighboring states of Illinois, Kansas, Wisconsin and Missouri.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — A judge has ordered a man who authorities say killed six members of a Nebraska family more than 40 years ago to remain in state care.

Lincoln County District Judge Michael Piccolo said Wednesday that 73-year-old Erwin Charles Simants is still mentally ill and dangerous, based upon a diagnosis by experts at the state psychiatric hospital in Lincoln. He’s been diagnosed as schizophrenic.

Prosecutors say Simants shot and killed Henry and Audrey Kellie, their son David and three of their grandchildren in 1975 at the Kellies’ Sutherland home.