SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — A Colorado man convicted of burglary for stealing copper wire from the Nebraska Public Power District has been sentenced to one to three years in prison.

Local media says that 27-year-old Brandon Vlcek, of Fort Collins, Colo., was found guilty of burglary and possession of burglary tools in October.

After being alerted by N.P.P.D., law enforcement officers followed and arrested Vlcek in the early morning hours of June 19, 2011. N.P.P.D. says a pile of copper wire spools had been stolen from a power station north of Scottsbluff.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The head of state government’s largest union says Gov. Dave Heineman is discriminating against rank-and-file state workers by proposing to give some leading state employees bigger raises.

Local media says that Heineman is designating some state employees as executive leaders. They get 4 a percent raise this year while most other state workers get 2 percent.

Nebraska Association of Public Employees union executive Julie Drake Abel says it’s despicable and damages employee morale.

Executive leaders are defined as those who report to a director or deputy director and handle broad, complex issues. The governor’s spokeswoman says people with more responsibility should receive more pay

As many as 128 state employees could get the 4 percent raise. About 10,600 union employees will get 2 percent raises.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln woman who drove an 85-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease to a bank to take cash from her account has been sentenced to probation.

Police say 28-year-old Megan Clark had only traffic fines on her record before being charged with attempted abuse of a vulnerable adult and theft.

Local media reports that in December 2010, the elderly woman’s daughter reported cash missing from her mother’s account and said she’d discovered several suspicious cash withdrawals earlier that year. They added up to just under $3,000.

Police says Clark, the woman’s home health care worker, was seen on bank video driving the woman through the drive-through to make a withdrawal.

Clark has pleaded guilty to both misdemeanors and was sentenced Monday.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Grand Island man has been sentenced to six years in prison and 10 years of supervised release for distribution of child pornography.

The U.S. attorney’s office says 31-year-old Arik Lemburg was charged after a computer crimes task force investigator identified Lemburg’s computer as one offering child pornography to others for download.

A search warrant was issued in November 2010. Investigators say they found more than 2,700 videos of young children.

During the investigation Lemburg told investigators he had child pornography on his computer.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The holding company for Nebraska Book Co. has emerged from bankruptcy as a smaller company with less debt.

The company restructured $450 million in debt and sold off 56 of its off-campus college book stores.

Nebraska Bookstore emerges from bankruptcy with about $210 million debt and ownership of 250 stores. Its textbook division serves more than 2,500 bookstores.

Nebraska Bookstore will now be a privately held company, and its largest shareholder is Mast Capital of Boston. There are more than 15 other shareholders with a stake in the firm.