OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The list of landowners suing the federal government over major flooding along the Missouri River since 2006 has grown considerably.

The lawsuit filed against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in March was amended Thursday to include 436 plaintiffs. The latest additions to the lawsuit include 38 North Dakota landowners and the Omaha and Winnebago tribes of Nebraska.

The landowners argue that the Corps’ decisions since 2006 have contributed to flooding especially during the extended 2011 flooding that devastated hundreds of thousands of acres of mostly farmland in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.

The federal government has denied the allegations and says the Corps shouldn’t be blamed.

Landowners say the recurring flooding deprived them of their land, so they should be compensated.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Pinnacle Bank has announced its agreement to buy Home State Bank in Louisville (LOO’-his-vihl).

The purchase was announced Thursday and is expected to close in January. Financial terms aren’t being disclosed.

Lincoln-based Pinnacle Bank has nearly $8 billion in assets and more than 70 branches in Nebraska and several other states. The one-office Home State Bank has nearly $83 million in assets.

Home State President Dave Pankonin says the sale fits into a succession plan that includes no family successors.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 32-year-old Omaha man is under arrest, accused of fatally beating a dog.

A news release from the Nebraska Humane Society says Brian Booker was taken into custody on Thursday morning, charged in an arrest warrant with felony animal cruelty.

The agency says a woman who had an argument with Booker on Sept. 28 left her house and her dog in Booker’s care that day. The agency says that when she returned that evening, her dog had died. A necropsy showed the 5-year-old Pomeranian had been bruised and had died from blunt force trauma to its head.

Douglas County Jail records say Booker is in custody. Online court records don’t list the name of his attorney in the case.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita authorities have charged a man in the sexual assault and burglary of a 100-year-old woman during a break-in at her home.

Thirty-five-year-old Kasey Nesbitt made his first court appearance Wednesday and was charged with rape and aggravated burglary.

The woman, who lives alone, told police that intruders forced open the door of her home on Sept. 29. She says they were in her home for several hours. Police say forensic evidence linked Nesbitt to the rape.

Nesbitt is being held in the Sedgwick County Jail on $250,000 bond. Online jail records didn’t indicate an attorney.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say an elderly Omaha woman who was found unconscious in her home after an attack has died from her injuries.

Seventy-six-year-old Mary McAndrews died Wednesday from unspecified injuries suffered in the Sept. 18 assault. Omaha police arrested 54-year-old John Gomez in connection to the attack on Oct. 8. He is charged with first-degree assault.

Police say amended charges are pending following the death. They haven’t released other details about the incident.

Gomez is being held on $500,000 bond in the Douglas County Jail. Online jail records didn’t indicate an attorney.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — Northeastern Nebraska authorities say a woman has been hospitalized after falling 25 feet off the roof of her home.

Norfolk Fire Chief Scott Cordes said the woman was injured Wednesday while painting the exterior of her home. She was transported to a nearby Salvation Army parking lot where a helicopter was able to land. She was flown to the Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.

The woman’s identity hasn’t been released. It’s unclear what caused the fall or how badly she was injured.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska at Omaha has received a $1.3 million federal grant to send graduate students in social work to rural Nebraska areas to help at-risk youth with behavioral health concerns.

The grant — one of the largest received by the school — comes from the U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that Nebraska employs nearly 1,900 social workers with a focus on child, family or school issues and only 420 health and substance abuse social workers. However, a large number are located in Nebraska’s largest metropolitan areas.

UNO associate professor Peter Szto says that has resulted in a critical shortage of behavioral health workers in rural regions.

The grant will provide $10,000 stipends for the graduate students who practice in rural areas.

EXETER, Neb. (AP) — A couple who used to run a gun shop in Exeter have been convicted on tax charges.

Online court records say 46-year-old Robert Androyna and 42-year-old Hope Androyna pleaded no contest on Tuesday to failing to pay sales tax and evading income tax. Prosecutors dropped three other felony charges filed against both Androynas in exchange for their pleas.

The Nebraska Department of Revenue says in court filings that the Androynas took in $3.78 million from their Exeter Arms business from 2009 through 2012. That included nearly $200,000 in local and state sales taxes that the department says they didn’t send to the state.

The state says the Androynas didn’t report profit, income or wages from their business until October 2013, when the Revenue Department was already investigating them.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 42-year-old Iowa man suspected in a hit-and-run accident has been fatally injured in a north Omaha crash.

Police say Robert Robison, of Carter Lake, Iowa, was pronounced dead at an Omaha hospital after Tuesday night’s accident.

Omaha police say officers were flagged down by someone who reported a hit-and-run on McKinley Street. A sport utility vehicle matching the description provided soon was spotted. Officers lost sight of the SUV but then found it after it had crashed. Investigators say SUV apparently had gone out of control. It clipped a tree and rolled, ejecting Robison.

Police say one of his passengers was hospitalized for minor injuries, and another wasn’t hurt.