SIBLEY, Iowa (AP) — A 39-year-old former football coach and teacher accused of sexually assaulting a child in northwest Iowa has been convicted of a similar crime in Nebraska.

Court records say Kyle Ewinger was found guilty Tuesday of sexual assault in Omaha. Prosecutors say that in 2012 and 2013, he assaulted the 9-year-old son of a woman he was dating. Ewinger’s sentencing is scheduled for March 28.

Iowa records say the Sibley-Ocheyedan coach was fired after the district superintendent found Ewinger sleeping in his classroom next to a 10-year-old in October 2015.

Ewinger has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. His trial in Osceola County is set to begin April 10.

MAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials at a convention center in Omaha hope to sell the facility’s naming rights for top dollar.

The current 15-year, $14 million naming rights contract for the CenturyLink Center will expire in the fall.

The Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority voted Wednesday to hire a consultant to create a new naming rights contract that could go to a new sponsor. The authority hopes to get at least $10 million for the naming rights for an undetermined number of years. That money is used to help fund upkeep and upgrades, said Kristyna Engdahl, MECA spokeswoman.

CenturyLink officials said they’re interested in keeping the company’s name on the complex.

“We’ve been known in the greater Omaha area by our CenturyLink Center Omaha sponsorship for the last 14 years. Omaha is an important market for CenturyLink and we would welcome the opportunity to continue our relationship,” said Rachel Woodward, a spokeswoman for the company.

While the convention authority has had a good working relationship with CenturyLink, officials wanted to explore other options, Engdahl said.

The authority has contracted with Professional Sports Partners to create a new agreement. It will pay the company $10,000 for at least six months and an additional 3 percent of the gross naming rights deal if the company secures a naming rights agreement.

The arena and convention center opened in 2003. Qwest had a 15-year agreement with the city, but the complex was renamed in 2011 after CenturyLink acquired Qwest. When the naming rights first were discussed in the early 2000s, Mutual of Omaha, ConAgra and Cox Communications were all likely candidates.

Naming rights for an arena will likely attract a business that values being philanthropic, said Phani Tej Adidam, professor of marketing and entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

“It’s like giving back,” he said. “They want to show they’re a good citizen.”

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Florida woman who drowned a puppy in a central Nebraska airport toilet won’t be punished for violating terms of her probation.

Judge Teresa Luther ruled 59-year-old Cynthia Anderson incompetent to stand trial for the alleged violation and said it’s unlikely Anderson “will become competent within the foreseeable future.” The judge also ordered Anderson freed.

Anderson had been given two years of probation in July 2015 after pleading no contest to a charge of cruel neglect for the Grand Island airport incident. She also was barred from possessing animals. She admitted this past May that she’d violated that provision.

Police in Edgewater, Florida, say Anderson had a dog with her when she was arrested there in October 2016 on a theft allegation.

ST. EDWARD, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 39-year-old man died after a fire at a rural Boone County residence in eastern Nebraska.

Firetrucks were sent to the scene outside St. Edward around 5:30 a.m. Friday. Firefighters kept the flames from escaping the house’s basement. The man was found unresponsive in a basement bedroom.

He was pronounced dead later at a hospital in Albion. His name hasn’t been released.

The fire cause is being investigated.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have filed three charges against a man shot while trying to flee officers in Lincoln.

Court records say 25-year-old Thomas Sailors, of Beatrice, faces charges of assault on an officer, theft and operating a vehicle to avoid arrest.

Jail records say Sailors remained in custody Monday, pending $250,000 bail. The court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

Lincoln police say two of its officers and the federal marshal tried to serve Sailors with a warrant Jan. 5 while Sailors was in a sport utility vehicle in an apartment building parking lot.

Police say Sailors tried to drive away and hit at least four cars, including one driven by a U.S. marshal. The marshal then fired shots into the SUV, wounding Sailors.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a pedestrian injured earlier this week in a hit-and-run near downtown Omaha had died.

Omaha police say 47-year-old Julian Flores, of Omaha, died Friday at a hospital where he had been since being hit by a car Wednesday morning at 21st and Cuming streets.

Police believe Flores was walking or running around 7 a.m. Wednesday when he was hit by a car driven by 24-year-old Justin Peters, of Bellevue. Police say Peters fled the scene and was found and arrested about half-an-hour later.

Police have charged Peters with leaving the scene of an injury crash and driving under the influence in an injury crash. His could now face more serious charges in the wake of Flores’ death.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have arrested a man suspected in the shooting death of an Army soldier in Omaha.

Police say 27-year-old Larry Goynes was arrested and booking into the Douglas County Jail on Friday night on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder.

The warrant was issued for Goynes earlier Friday in the early morning Jan. 6 shooting death of 27-year-old Kyle LeFlore outside the Reign Lounge in north Omaha.

LeFlore was a staff sergeant in the Army who was visiting family in Omaha for the holidays when he was killed. His father, Kay LeFlore, tells the Omaha World-Herald that he believes his son was killed in a robbery.

It was not clear Saturday whether Goynes yet had an attorney.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old girl found unresponsive along with her mother in a Council Bluffs apartment fire has died.

A’Nyia Patton died Friday night at Children’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, where she was taken after being found by firefighters in the burning apartment Wednesday morning.

An autopsy has been ordered.

The girl’s mother, 37-year-old Michelle Patton, remained in critical condition at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Firefighters were sent to the blaze 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Within minutes, they had the fire under control and found the mother and child in a bedroom. At the time, neither had a pulse and CPR was started to revive them.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in Sarpy County south of Omaha say a wrong-way driver caused a head-on crash that killed him and left two others — including a child — seriously injured.

The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened early Saturday morning on Highway 75 when 32-year-old Juan Pablo Muro, of Lexington, was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of the highway. Officials say a police officer was on the way to the area to check on reports of a wrong-way driver when Muro’s car hit a sport utility vehicle driven by a 32-year-old Bellevue woman.

The woman and her 2-year-old son, who was in the SUV, were seriously injured and remained hospitalized Saturday. Muro died at the scene.

Authorities continue to investigate.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man with a criminal history of drunken driving who was found passed out beside a riding mower has been sent to prison.

Court records say 35-year-old Ryan O’Toole was sentenced Thursday to six to eight years. He’d pleaded guilty to refusing to submit to a sobriety test. Prosecutors dropped a charge of driving under the influence, fifth or subsequent offense. He also was credited for 176 days already served.

Officers found O’Toole lying near the mower on May 25. Police say he’d been driving it south against one-way traffic and fell off when he tried to turn west. Officers say he’d been drinking beer while driving from house to house.