LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Six Nebraska prison staff members have been disciplined in the wake of an escape of two inmates from the Lincoln Correctional Center in June.

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services announced the action Friday in a news release but declined to name the staff members. The release says the discipline involved firing, demotion, suspension and disciplinary probation. No criminal wrongdoing by staffers was found.

The action came after convicted sex offenders Armon Dixon and Timothy Clausen escaped from the Lincoln prison in a laundry truck. Both were recaptured within a week. Director Scott Frakes has said the inmates escaped because staff members failed to follow security procedures.

Criminal charges related to the escape have been filed against Dixon and Clausen, who are now housed at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says rooster pheasants were released at several wildlife management areas before special youth hunts this weekend.

The birds were released at 14 wildlife management areas before the hunts Saturday and Sunday. Special regulations are posted at each of the 14.

The 14 include those in Custer, Sherman, Madison, Lancaster, Johnson, Platte, Nemaha, Hall, Gage and Cass counties.

Adult mentors must be licensed hunters age 19 or older to accompany youths.

For more information may be found online at outdoornebraska.gov.

From the North Platte Police Department:

As a reminder: According to North Platte City Ordinance § 76.21 Parking of Boats and Trailers.  “During the months of November, December, January, February and March of every calendar year, it shall be unlawful for any person owning or being in custody or control of the boat or trailer to park or leave standing on the streets of the city any boat, boat trailer, pontoon or pontoon trailer, except for the purposes of loading and unloading, and then only for the length of time necessary to load or unload the boat or trailer.”

Also:  Vehicles parked on city streets need to be at least 30 feet away from stop signs and 15 feet away from crosswalks.  There is also a 72 hour maximum time limit when parking on city streets unless otherwise posted.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new report says Nebraska’s unemployment rate remained stable at 3.2 percent in September, matching the August figure.

The Nebraska Labor Department said in the report issued Friday that the preliminary September rate remained well below the preliminary national unemployment rate of 5 percent. The national rate rose a tenth from the August rate of 4.9 percent but came in a tenth of point under the 5.1 percent recorded for September 2015.

Nebraska Labor Commissioner John Albin says the state’s nonfarm employment rose in September, citing the start of the school year as “a big employment driver.”

The U.S. Labor Department says only New Hampshire’s and South Dakota’s preliminary rates of 2.9 percent and North Dakota’s 3 percent were lower in September than Nebraska’s rate.