LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A legislative committee is telling an embattled Nebraska senator to resign by Friday or face consequences that could include expulsion from office.

The Legislature’s Executive Board voted 9-0 Monday to send a letter to Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion calling on him step down. Kintner was fined $1,000 for misuse of state property after admitting that he engaged in cybersex on a state laptop with a woman he met online.

Kintner has rejected previous calls for his resignation from high-ranking officials, including Gov. Pete Ricketts and Speaker of the Legislature Galen Hadley. Executive Board members say they’ll reconvene on Sept. 8 if he declines again.

The vote came after a hearing in which some conservative activists defended Kintner.

A Kintner staffer says the senator will respond in a statement.

A North Platte High School student is facing a criminal charge following an argument with a teacher.

Shortly after 11:30, The Post was made aware by students at NPHS that they had been told to leave a classroom by the North Platte Police Department’s School Resource Officer and school administration, during class, following a disturbance involving a fellow student.

According to Investigator John Deal, at around 11:30, a female student became involved in a verbal argument with a teacher.

“The student failed to follow guidance and instruction from the teacher, principal and school resource officer Jeremiah Johnson,” Deal said.

The decision to clear the classroom was made in an attempt to not further disrupt the school function, according to Deal.

Once other students were cleared from the classroom, the disruptive student was taken into custody, cited for disturbing the peace and was released to a parent.

Class resumed as normal as soon as the girl was removed.  Police say the other students were never in any danger.

It is unknown if the girl faces any disciplinary action from NPHS.

On Friday, August 26, the Nebraska State Patrol conducted alcohol compliance checks at retail outlets in Chase and Perkins Counties.

During the effort, five businesses were checked in Chase County and four businesses were checked in Perkins County. Two of nine businesses checked were found to be non-compliant after selling alcohol to a minor.

The two non-compliant businesses were in Chase County, and were identified as Tequilas Mexican Grill, 140 East 12th Street, Imperial and Broken Arrow Cellars, 73892 322nd Avenue, Imperial.

The retail outlets checked included convenience, liquor and grocery stores as well as restaurants and bars.

Law enforcement performs compliance checks to ensure businesses are complying with the state’s alcohol laws and to decrease youth access to alcohol. The compliance checks were conducted thanks in part to a grant from Region II Human Services.

A 26-year-old North Platte woman is facing felony charges after a disturbance at a local bar and a fight with police.

At around 1:42 a.m., on August 27, police responded to Shooters, 2221 East 4th Street, on the report of a disturbance in the parking lot.

Officers arrived and found Melissa Ohlson yelling at another individual.  Officers asked Ohlson to disperse but, according to Investigator John Deal, she insisted on continuing to “go after” the other person.

At this time, Deal says Ohlson pushed one of the officers in an attempt to get by him.  The officer ordered Ohlson to back away, but Ohlson pushed him again and was told she was being placed under arrest for obstruction of justice.

As officers attempted to place her in handcuffs, Ohlson allegedly continued to struggle and refused to put her hands behind her back.

She was eventually subdued, placed in a patrol car and taken to the Lincoln County Detention Center.

Deal says, once at the jail, Ohlson continued to put up a fight and it was determined that she needed to be put in a restraint chair.

As detention officers and police attempted to place Ohlson in the chair, she reportedly kicked a Detention Officer in the groin, kicked at another while she had metal ankle restraints on and hit the same officer she kicked in the groin in the hand.

Ohlson was eventually booked into the jail on charges of obstruction, felony assault on a police officer and resisting arrest.

She was still in jail on Monday morning, according to jail records.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — State Auditor Charlie Janssen may ask state lawmakers to find ways to enforce the findings his office makes after review spending by state agencies.

Currently, there is little that Janssen’s office can do besides call attention to bad management practices and questionable spending when it is found.

The latest example came earlier this month several problems were found in an audit of Nebraska Brand Committee. The director resigned, but was then offered a new job at the agency with the same pay.

Janssen says auditors often find the same lingering problems when they return to an agency three or four years after the last audit.

Auditors can ask prosecutors to look into a problem, but most cases don’t rise to that level.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific has unveiled a new campaign urging people to stay off railroad tracks when taking selfies and to patiently wait for trains at crossings.

The railroad has put together a series of videos highlighting the dangers of railroad crossings and asking people to remember that their life is worth waiting a few minutes.

Another video reminds people that railroad tracks are never a safe place to take a selfie.

Some of the videos are available online at youtube.com while others will air as paid advertising.

Union Pacific is one of the nation’s largest freight railroads. It hauls freight across 23 Western states.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska State Fair has welcomed its 2 millionth visitor since the moving from Lincoln to Grand Island in 2010.

Jeff and Amanda Thober, of Ravenna, and their four children, were given the honor Friday evening of crossing the 2 million visitor mark.

The Thobers were greeted by State Fair officials as they came through the main gate. The honor got them season passes to this year’s fair, concert tickets and carnival passes, a gift certificate for the fair’s gift shop and $100 in cash.

This year’s state fair runs from Aug. 26 through Sept. 5.