LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Trials have been scheduled for two men charged in the slaying of a Lincoln man last year.

Judge Paul Merritt Jr. on Tuesday scheduled a trial to begin Feb. 3 for 24-year-old Miguel Castillo. He’s charged with first-degree murder and two weapons crimes. A trial date of Feb. 10 is scheduled for 21-year-old Adrian Casares. He’s charged with being an accessory, terroristic threats and two weapons crimes.

Both men have pleaded not guilty.

The charges stem from the slaying of 25-year-old Tyler Schoenrock. His body was found Dec. 30 by a newspaper carrier on a rural road north of Lincoln.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A Fremont man has been sentenced to prison for threatening to kill his girlfriend.

According to court records, 39-year-old Gary O’Dey was sentenced on Monday in Dodge County District Court. He’d pleaded guilty to making a terroristic threat and domestic assault.

Prosecutors say a woman told Fremont police on April 19 that she and O’Dey had gotten into an argument the night before but she allowed him to stay in her basement while she went upstairs to sleep.

She told officers that she awoke to find O’Dey next to her. She says that before he struck her, he said: “If you didn’t have kids I’d murder you.”

The judge gave O’Dey consecutive sentences of 20 to 60 months for the threat and a year for the assault.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 32-year-old man accused of a liquor-fueled ruckus aboard a flight from New York to Omaha has been given probation.

Federal prosecutors said Monday that Deshaun Blackett, of Omaha, was given two years of probation and must perform 100 hours of community service.

Blackett was convicted of assault. He originally was indicted on a charge of interference with flight crew members and attendants. Prosecutors say that on an April 30 flight, an intoxicated and agitated Blackett grabbed an arm of a flight attendant and yelled at several attendants.

(AP) — Omaha police say a man has been arrested in connection with the October death of his girlfriend’s infant son.

Police spokesman James Shade says 27-year-old Ryan Mullen was in custody Tuesday at the Douglas County jail. He has been charged with felony homicide-child abuse.

Prosecutors say Mullen is responsible for the death of 8-month-old Payton Birtwell. The boy was brought to a local hospital on Oct. 18 after his mother told officers her son fell out of his stroller. Payton had a brain bleed and was taken off life support several days later.

Court records do not list if Mullen has an attorney.

(AP) — The estate of Mary Riepma (REEP’-muh) Ross has provided $7.7 million to establish a permanent endowment supporting the media arts center that bears her name.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced the donation on Tuesday. Ross was an attorney in New York City who died earlier this year. She lived in Lincoln during the late 1920s and early 1930s and began her college studies at the university.

Ross also has donated much of her art collection to the Sheldon Museum of Art, an intention she first announced in 1990.

In 1990 Ross established a $3.5 million trust at the University of Nebraska Foundation to support the university’s film theater program. The money helped pay for construction of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, which opened in 2003.

(AP) — Authorities say a cow from northeast Nebraska has been diagnosed with a case of bovine tuberculosis.

The Nebraska Agriculture Department said Tuesday that the cow was part of a small herd in Knox County. The department and federal experts are investigating to see how the cow became infected. The rest of the herd has been quarantined and has tested negative for the disease.

Bovine tuberculosis causes severe coughing, fatigue, emaciation and debilitation in cattle and results in reduced milk and meat production. It is spread by nose-to-nose contact and the inhalation of bacteria.

Although the incidence is rare, humans can catch the disease from infected cattle. Experts agree that as long as meat is properly cooked and milk is pasteurized, there is little danger of bovine tuberculosis spreading through food.