LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln middle school has pulled its yearbooks to remove a memorial honoring a deceased student, citing district policy violations.

Irving Middle School Principal Jason Shanahan notified district officials about the yearbook Friday after talking with other middle school principals who had been dealing with student deaths. Shanahan says he previously approved the yearbook with the two-page memorial for 13-year-old Taylor Miller but later learned a yearbook memorial goes against district guidelines.

The decision is the latest in a recent string of student memorial prohibitions in the area. The incidents have resulted in angered parents speaking out on social media.

Taylor died in November after being hit by a car. The memorial in the yearbook had included her name, her graduation year and a Winnie the Pooh quote.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An inmate already serving 36 to 61 years for an Omaha murder and other crimes has been given three more years in prison for punching a guard.

Online court records say 25-year-old Adrian Garcia was sentenced Monday in Lancaster County District Court. He’d pleaded no contest to assaulting an officer after prosecutors lowered the charge.

Prosecutors say Garcia punched the guard on March 9 last year at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln, where he’s been serving time for killing the 2009 slaying and other convictions.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Private school administrators, parents and advocates say they’ll keep pushing Nebraska lawmakers to pass school choice legislation next year.

They gathered Tuesday at the Capitol to thank a legislative committee for endorsing a bill that would give tax credits to individuals and businesses that donate to private school scholarship funds. The committee’s action sets the bill up a one of the first issues lawmakers debate when they return in January.

Archdiocese of Omaha superintendent of schools Patrick Slattery says Omaha Catholic schools have seen 1,000 new students in recent years and don’t have enough financial aid. He says the tax credits will encourage donors and let all families have a choice.

Critics argue the tax credits are a back-door way of subsidizing private schools while taking money from public schools.

A Colorado man is facing numerous charges in Lincoln County after he allegedly caused a disturbance at the Platte River Mall in North Platte.

According to Investigator John Deal, officers responded to the report of a disturbance at the mall at around 4:54 p.m., on May 21. It was reported that the male subject involved in the disturbance, later identified as Michael Cook, had fled the scene on foot.

An officer saw a man matching Cook’s description near Sunmart, 601 East Francis Street, and made contact with him.

Officers spoke with a security guard and other witnesses and learned that Cook had approached several juveniles and told them he was the owner of one of the stores and could get them discounts. Deal says it was reported that Cook grabbed one of the females by the arm.

Additionally, a female employee at Claire’s reported that Cook entered the store and told her he was a “secret shopper.” The employee said Cook grabbed a Justin Bieber backpack and about $100 worth of merchandise, then made contact with the female employee’s breasts and told her she was “good looking.”

When it was determined that there was probable cause to arrest Cook, Deal says he told officers he, “wasn’t going anywhere with them,” and pulled away. Officers eventually got him into a patrol car and transported him to the Lincoln County Detention Center.

He’s been charged with five misdemeanor counts, including, assault, sexual assault, resisting arrest, shoplifting and disturbing the peace.