LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman with a felony record who used her son’s Social Security number to get a job has been given six months in jail.

Local media reports that Jeannette Johnson, of Ashland, also was sentenced on Thursday to three years of probation. The 38-year-old Johnson had pleaded no contest to criminal impersonation.

Johnson was working as a Medicaid biller for a child mental health center in Lincoln.

Police say that if she had used her own Social Security number on an application to get the job, a records check would have shown felony convictions for forgery and theft.

Authorities also say she checked “no” on the application where it asked whether the applicant had been convicted of a felony.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has imposed tougher fire restrictions for the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands because of extremely dry and hot conditions and the threat of wildfires.

The Forest Service says the entire area is under what the service calls Stage II Fire Restriction Orders. That includes no campfires, no explosives, no welding and no smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building.

The order covers the Nebraska and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests and the Buffalo Gap, Fort Pierre and Oglala National Grasslands, which have been under lighter restrictions since late March.

The Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands are situated in central and western Nebraska and western South Dakota. The area is made up of two national forests, three national grasslands and a tree nursery.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska cattle producers need to watch for signs of heat stress in their animals during periods of extreme heat like the state has been enduring.

Terry Mader, an animal science professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, says ranchers and feedlot operators need to take steps to reduce heat stress during the summer.

Making sure cattle have enough water is crucial. Mader says cattle’s normal intake of 5 to 8 gallons of water a day can double or triple during extreme heat.

Mader says cattle can be sprayed down with water to cool them off, but if feedlot operators start that, they’ll have to continue spraying the cattle until the heat eases.

Mader says producers should also avoid handling cattle when it’s hot because that can add to the stress.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two Democratic National Convention delegates from Nebraska are asking President Barack Obama to return a piece of the state to a South Dakota Indian tribe.

Frank LaMere says he and his daughter, Lexie, will present delegates with a resolution aimed at Whiteclay, Neb., at the party meeting in Charlotte, N.C. Both are members of Nebraska’s Winnebago Indian Tribe.

Whiteclay is known for beer sales on the border of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where alcohol is banned. It was part of Pine Ridge when Congress created the reservation in 1889.

The resolution seeks an executive order to restore a 50-square-mile buffer zone known as the Whiteclay extension, which was designed to protect Pine Ridge from whiskey peddlers. President Theodore Roosevelt opened all but one square mile to settlers in 1904.

BRIDGEPORT, Neb. (AP) — Officials say construction work will restrict traffic on U.S. Highway 385 in the Nebraska Panhandle.

The Nebraska Roads Department says the work will begin Monday a stretch of more than 10 miles southeast of Bridgeport. Work will include milling, repaving and guardrail placement.

The project will require lane closures and is expected to be completed this summer.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — State prison officials say a Nebraska Department of Correctional Services caseworker has been arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with an inmate.

Local media says 27-year-old Elizabeth Blake faces charges of sexual abuse/sexual assault of an inmate and prohibited acts of a correctional employee.

The department says it learned about a possible sexual contact between Blake and an inmate. Authorities say an investigation resulted in Blake’s arrest and resignation.

Blake was a unit caseworker at the Community Corrections Center in Omaha. She started with the department in November.

Blake’s case is not on the state’s online court system, and it’s unclear if she has an attorney.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Most in Nebraska’s congressional delegation derided the U.S. Supreme Court’s upholding on Tuesday of the federal health care law.

Only U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson, Nebraska’s lone congressional Democrat, lauded the opinion, saying it “ushers in a new era of affordable and accessible health care for all Americans.”

U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns, refrained from criticizing the high court, but called on Congress to redouble efforts to repeal the law.

U.S. Reps. Lee Terry and Adrian Smith issued statements saying they were disappointed in the decision.

U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry said Americans will decide at the polls whether they want the health care overhaul, adding, “I think we can do much better than a nearly 3,000-page law that shifts more costs to unsustainable government spending, cuts Medicare and erodes health care liberties.”