mLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Attorney General’s office is warning of an email scam targeting finance directors across the state.

Attorney General Doug Peterson’s office warned public and private finance directors of the scam on Friday.

The scam, known as “spear phishing,” involves emails sent to victims that appear to be from their supervisors. The emails request them to wire or transfer money from the organization’s financial account and typically express great urgency.

The rouse involves email spoofing, a technique that allows the scammer to trick the email recipient into thinking he or she is communicating with a trusted and regular contact within the organization.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) — A Denver-based small airline is seeking a bid to provide flights from North Platte to Denver.

Key Lime Air made its pitch Friday to city officials. It’s one of several companies seeking to provide the service.

The company has been providing service for United Parcel Service freight into the North Platte community for the last 19 years, but now wants to move into passenger service.

The plane that would be used for the flights is a Dornier 328 jet that seats 30. The company would provide two flights daily to and from Denver.

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — The chance to snag a piece of Kearney High School history is coming up.

There will be 15 murals from the present school in a silent auction at the annual C.L.A.S.S Act fundraiser for Kearney Public Schools.

Opening bids for the murals have not yet been determined.

The murals were created by KHS students beginning in 1986. They offer a variety of original pieces and replicas of famous artworks.

KHS art teacher Linda McFadden says people in the community have been very interested in the auction and supportive of selling the pieces.

School district leaders are currently mulling the fate of the current Kearney High School, set to be replaced by a new high school in the fall.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Getting approval for special license plates isn’t an easy task in Nebraska, prompting some lawmakers and groups to propose tinkering with the state’s process.

Under the current system, organizations can apply to the DMV for specialty plates, but they must have proof that at least 500 supporters will pay the yearly $70 fee.

Some organizations have struggled to obtain support. This session, groups have persuaded lawmakers to carry proposals directing the DMV to create specialty plates promoting an anti-abortion rights message and a breast cancer awareness theme.

Senators say license plates are harmless means of self-expression, but others say the state should not be responsible for authorizing promotion of controversial topics.

CRAWFORD, Neb. (AP) — Overnight visitors to Fort Robinson State Park may notice a special touch to their rooms this summer.

The park will be featuring the work of quilters in two of its officers quarters — big brick buildings that have proved popular with families and other large groups.

The park wants at least 30 quilts donated for the quarters. Quilts are reminiscent of bedding that would have been used when the fort was an active U.S. cavalry post in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Each quilt must cover a queen-size bed, and quilters should attach tags denoting who created the quilts.

They may be mailed to Becky Serres at Fort Robinson State Park, 3200 Highway 20, Crawford, NE 69339. Contact Serres at [email protected] or 308-665-2933 for more information.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will begin offering a bachelor of science in software engineering.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the new degree Friday. The approval makes UNL the first Big Ten university to offer the major to undergraduates.

The program will be housed in the College of Engineering’s department of computer science and engineering and offered at the Lincoln campus.

There are 22 software engineering programs in the United States, according to the regents’ research, and the need for specialists is rising. Labor statistics predict a 22 percent growth in the need for bachelor-level software engineers by 2022.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Tiger trout have been a rare catch in the state but are becoming more common with stockings by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

The fish are a hybrid of brown trout and brook trout. Thousands have been raised at a fish hatchery and are being stocked throughout the state. They can be identified by the wormlike scale patterns that cover their bodies.

The hybrids already have been released at Bessey Fish Pond in Thomas County, Blue Creek in Garden County, White River in Sioux County, Two Rivers State Recreation Area No. 5 in Douglas County, Lake Ogallala State Recreation Area in Keith County and Rock Creek Lake in Dundy County.

Plantings are scheduled at Alliance Golf Course Pond in Box Butte County and Wood Reserve Ponds in Sioux County.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska football wide receiver has been cited for driving drunk.

Officials with the Lincoln Police Department say 22-year-old Brandon Reilly was pulled over early Friday morning for speeding on Interstate 80 and making a turn without signaling.

Police say that during the traffic stop an officer noticed a strong smell of alcohol. Reilly took a field sobriety test and then was taken to a health center for further testing. His blood alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit.

He was cited for first-offense drunk driving, negligent driving and failing to signal. He has been released.

A phone listing for Reilly could not be located. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney.

Reilly had two passengers in the car who were picked up by a sober friend.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A legislative committee has advanced a bill that would prevent the state from punishing faith-based child placement groups in Nebraska that refuse to work with same-sex foster parents.

The bill advanced on a 5-3 vote Friday after a heated debate among committee members. Two senators stormed out of the room immediately after the vote, and Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha says he intends to mount a filibuster to try to block the measure.

Sen. Mark Kolterman of Seward has said he introduced the bill to ensure Nebraska keeps a strong network of child placement agencies, some of which are religious and object to same-sex marriage.

Opponents say the sweeping religious exemption would allow discrimination in the state’s foster care system.