OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The family of a 12-year-old boy who drowned at an Omaha school last fall is seeking $1 million from the district.

James Martin Davis submitted a claim to Omaha Public Schools this week on behalf of Demariont’e Brown-Elliott, who died on Nov. 13 at Nathan Hale Middle School. Ten students were being supervised by one teacher during a gym aquatics class when Brown-Elliott was pulled from the pool.

In the claim, Brown-Elliott’s family alleges his death was the “direct and proximate result” of the district’s negligence.

The district has six months to respond. If the deadline passes or the claim is denied, the family can file a lawsuit.

Davis says the family is hoping that sending the claim will prevent future drownings.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two Sioux City brothers have been sentenced to federal prison for the armed robbery of two drug dealers.

Officials say 23-year-old Jamal Dean was sentenced Thursday to life in prison after being found guilty of several convictions, including carjacking and two counts of robbery, among other convictions. His 25-year-old brother, Levon Dean Jr., was sentenced to more than 30 years.

According to a release, Jamal Dean was already serving a 25-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to attempted murder in the April 2013 shooting of a Sioux City police officer.

The release says the two traveled together from Nebraska to Iowa and conspired to rob local drug dealers on two occasions in April 2013. After each attack, the brothers returned to Nebraska.

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A former suburban Omaha teacher and her husband who were accused of serving alcohol to minors have been sent to jail and given probation.

Online court records say 50-year-old Ann Urwiler and 48-year-old Jon Urwiler on Thursday were each sentenced to 39 days in jail and two years of probation and fined $1,000 each. They’d pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a child. Sarpy County prosecutors dropped charges of procuring alcohol for a minor in exchange for their pleas.

Police say officers saw teenagers fleeing from a party at the Urwilers’ Papillion home in July.

A school district spokeswoman says Ann Urwiler in September quit her job as a first-grade teacher at Papillion’s Trumble Park Elementary School.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two men have pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder charges and attempted robbery.

23-year-old Derick Lewis entered a written not-guilty plea Wednesday. Nineteen-year-old Joshua Nootenboom-Carr submitted his plea last month.

Police say the two are believed to have shot to death 21-year-old Maurice Williams in August when they went to his home to rob him. Police say the men entered Williams’ apartment with a rifle and shot Williams in the chest.

Nootenboom-Carr also faces two counts of using a firearm to commit a felony and possession of a stolen firearm.

Attorneys for the men could not be located. Their trial dates have not yet been set.

___

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Douglas County crime lab director has been suspended and an investigation has been ordered for several cases handled by the lab.

Sheriff Tim Dunning put Tracey Ray on paid leave in October, and then on Jan. 6 suspended her without pay for 30 days. She’s appealing her suspension to the Douglas County Civil Service Commission.

A letter from Douglas County Chief Deputy Sheriff Tom Wheeler to Ray’s attorneys says a status review of cases she was working on “brought to light several potential issues involving the improper handling of evidence, to include packaging, labeling, storage and security.”

Ray was hired in 2010 after former crime lab chief David Kofoed’s (KOH’-fohd’s) conviction for planting evidence in a Cass County double murder.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man whose wife’s body was found in a self-storage unit has pleaded not guilty to a charge that he killed her.

Thirty-three-year-old Kevin Miller entered the plea on Wednesday. He’s charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the slaying of 28-year-old Kelsey Miller. Her body was found Dec. 7 in the Lincoln storage unit.

Authorities say she was beaten and shot in the head.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police have arrested a Lincoln youth baseball coach following accusations he sexually abused a 12-year-old boy during private training lessons.

Prosecutors charged 33-year-old Jeff A. Hawks on Tuesday with third-degree sexual assault of a child.

Investigators say the child told them Hawks inappropriately touched him outside his clothing while they were alone during their sessions between August and December. Hawks’ attorney declined to comment to the Lincoln Journal Star.

Hawks recently served as board president of Lincoln Sox Baseball and has been involved with the organization for about three years.

The group’s vice president says it’s investigating the matter. He says Hawks is no longer involved with the organization.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are investigating the deaths of two men in different areas of Omaha.

The Police Department says officers were dispatched a little after 6:30 a.m. Thursday to investigate a report of shots fired in north-central Omaha. Officers found an adult male with a gunshot wound, and he was declared dead at the scene.

The second shooting was reported a little after 8:30 a.m. in southeast Omaha. The wounded man was taken to Nebraska Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The men’s names haven’t been released.

No arrests have been reported in either shooting, and there’s no word yet on whether the shootings are related.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An American health care worker who has been under observation at an Omaha hospital after he was exposed to the Ebola virus in Sierra Leone did not develop the disease and has been released.

The Nebraska Medical Center said in a statement that the patient was released Thursday morning after 21 days of monitoring, the virus’ incubation period. The patient arrived in Omaha on Jan. 4.

The hospital has released no identifying information on the patient at the patient’s request.

Nebraska Medical Center treated three people with Ebola last fall. One died and two recovered. One of the survivors, Dr. Rick Sacra, said earlier this month that he’s returning to Liberia, where he was infected.