PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A former Pine Ridge Indian Health Service administrator has been sentenced for failing to disclose a $5,000 gift from a pediatrician.

The South Dakota U.S. attorney’s office says 60-year-old Wehnona Stabler, of Nebraska, has been sentenced to 12 months of unsupervised probation. She was charged in June 2017.

Authorities say Stabler, while a Pine Ridge IHS employee, made a false statement in 2014 on a financial disclosure report about the payment from Dr. Stanley Patrick Weber.

Weber has been indicted for sex abuse of minors while he was a pediatrician at the Pine Ridge hospital.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A Council Bluffs man who shot his own mother while showing her his shotgun has been charged with a felony in the case.

The Daily Nonpareil reports that 20-year-old Seth Rennie has been charged with reckless use of a firearm resulting in serious injury. He posted $10,000 bond Friday and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted.

Police say Rennie’s mother was visiting him on May 20 when he showed her his .410 shotgun and how to use it. Rennie told police he thought it was unloaded when he fired a shot, hitting his mother in the torso. She was taken to an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital with injuries, including a damaged liver. She told police the shooting was an accident.

Rennie’s next court hearing is July 18.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged an Omaha man with robbing a Lincoln bank last week.

30-year-old Kevin Brown appeared before a judge in Omaha on Monday.

Prosecutors say Brown and another person went into the Great Western Bank branch in southeast Lincoln on June 22, acted as though they had a gun and demanded bank employees to lie on the floor.

Officials say the pair stole nearly $85,000.

No customers were inside at the time of the robbery, and no one was hurt.

Prosecutors say Brown has no prior record but characterized the bank robbery as a violent crime.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Metropolitan Community College will again offer Drone Flight School as part of its non-credit lineup.

The series is designed for people seeking to learn how to fly drones for leisure or business while preparing students for the FAA Aeronautical Knowledge Exam.

The series opens with “Intro to Drone Pilot Training” on July 14 at the college’s Fort Omaha Campus. Students will be introduced to rules and regulations needed to fly drones and will finish the course by navigating drones through an indoor obstacle course.

The series continues with FAA drone pilot certification training on July 21 and July 28. The 14-hour training class gives students in-depth instruction on FAA laws before they take a certification exam.

MCC is also adding another Drone Flight School course beginning in August.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The owners or directors of six child care centers in Lincoln and Omaha have been accused of stealing more than $350,000 by defrauding a federal program.

Federal prosecutors say five people were charged with theft. Two of them also were charged with money laundering.

They were accused of submitting false claims for reimbursement for dates and times they’d provided care for qualifying children. The children qualified for federal help under the Child Care and Development Fund Program. To qualify they have to be under 13 or up to 19 if physically or mentally incapable of caring for themselves, plus live with family members who qualify for the program financially and are working or attending job training or school.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha mayor wants to shorten the hours and days that fireworks can be set off in Nebraska’s largest city.

Mayor Jean Stothert has proposed an ordinance that would allow only five days of fireworks around the Fourth of July instead of 10. They couldn’t be used until noon each day from June 30 through July 3 but could be used starting at 8 a.m. on July 4.

The proposal also would bar fireworks from being set off until noon each day from Dec. 28 through Dec. 31. The current daytime start is 8 a.m. The season would run from noon Dec. 28 through 1 a.m. on Jan. 1.

Vendors still couldn’t sell fireworks during the New Year’s season.

The proposal goes before the City Council next month and so wouldn’t affect next week’s Independence Day celebrations.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — Eastern Nebraska authorities say a man has died after power arced from an overhead line into a truck boom.

Medics were sent to the Omaha Fish & Wildlife Club around 4:50 p.m. Thursday. The Cass County Sheriff’s Office says the man was operating the truck with the raised boom when the accident occurred. The sheriff’s office says witnesses reported that the boom didn’t touch the line, but electricity arced into it and down through the truck into the worker. He was pronounced dead later at an Omaha hospital.

He was identified as 31-year-old Justin Mason, who lived in Bellevue.

The club sits on the south side of the Platte River on the north end of Cass County.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The group that operates the city-owned convention center and arena in Omaha is refusing to disclose what companies bid for the naming rights that were won by CHI Health.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority has told the newspaper that the authority isn’t subject to Nebraska public records laws.

The authority also says the information sought by the World-Herald’s public records request would fall under exemptions covering trade secrets even if the authority were required to follow the records laws.

CHI Health acquired the naming rights in a 20-year deal will cost CHI Health almost $24 million. The facility opened in 2003 as the Qwest Center and was renamed CenturyLink Center in 2011 after CenturyLink acquired Qwest.

The facility will be called CHI Health Center Omaha starting Sept. 1.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was injured in a crash involving a drunken driver in northern Omaha.

The crash occurred around 3 a.m. Thursday. A police union tweet says the officer was treated and then released to recover at home.

It’s unclear whether the other driver was injured. The other driver’s and the officer’s names and other details haven’t been released.

The officer was in a sport utility vehicle cruiser.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s first problem-solving court for military veterans has graduated its first four participants to complete the program.

The Douglas County Veterans Treatment Court held a ceremony Wednesday honoring the graduates and dismissing their felony charges. The graduates were facing prison sentences before entering the diversion program.

The court requires participants to adhere to a strict regimen of keeping a job, treating addiction, paying restitution and frequently meeting with the judge. It’s the first of its kind to be funded by Nebraska lawmakers.

Larry Hart is one of the graduates. He says his program included addiction recovery and treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

District Judge Mark Ashford oversees the court. He says he’s glad Nebraska funded the court because PTSD and substance abuse are pervasive among veterans.