(AP) — A Nebraska meatpacking plant is reopening under new management, nearly five years after it was forced to close because of legal and financial problems tied to its sister facility in eastern Iowa.

Fred Hlava, the city manager in Gordon, Neb., said Thursday that officials have approved a deal with Open Range Beef, a company registered in Bellevue, Neb. The company will reopen the plant, which previously operated under the name Local Pride Kosher.

The old plant closed its doors in September 2008, shortly after an immigration raid at the Agriprocessors slaughterhouse in Postville, Iowa. The parent company of both plants declared bankruptcy, and Sholom Rubashkin, a top executive at the Iowa plant, is now serving a 27-year federal prison sentence for financial fraud.

(AP) — A woman and her boyfriend have pleaded guilty to abusing her 15-year-old son, who was kept inside their home in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for four years.

The guilty pleas came Thursday after the couple waived their right to a key hearing to determine whether there was enough evidence for trial.

Police say the boy rarely left a room made from tarps while being tortured and abused. He was rescued from the Escanaba home in April.

His 46-year-old mother pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse and torture. Her 47-year-old boyfriend pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse and no contest to aiding and abetting first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Sentencing is scheduled for August. They could face up to life in prison.

Their names are being withheld to protect the boy’s identity.

If you’re a Seattle Seahawks fan or a Starbucks junkie living in Nebraska, life just got a little bit sweeter for you.

Alaska Airlines says it will soon offer a daily nonstop flight between Seattle and Omaha.

The airliner announced Thursday that flights between the cities will begin on Nov. 7. Flights from Seattle are scheduled to arrive in Omaha at 3:45 p.m. Returning flights are scheduled to depart at 4:15 p.m.

The flights are part of the airliner’s service expansion. Its Seattle hub will also have a daily service to Colorado Springs, Colo.

(AP) — A former North Texas justice of the peace and his wife have been indicted on capital murder charges in the slayings of three people, including two prosecutors.

A local grand jury indicted Eric and Kim Williams on Thursday.

The couple is accused of killing Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse, District Attorney Mike McLelland and McLelland’s wife, Cynthia. Hasse was shot outside the county courthouse in January, while the McLellands were killed in their home in March.

Prosecutors allege Eric Williams was the gunman in both cases.

The two were arrested in April for what prosecutors allege was a meticulous plot to avenge Eric Williams’ conviction for stealing county computer monitors in 2012.

Eric Williams is being held on a $23 million bond. His wife’s bond is $10 million.

(AP) — The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says inmates selected to drive vans for the prison’s work release programs first go through a review of their driving and chemical abuse records.

The department released some details of the policy on Thursday, following a fatal crash. Authorities say 35-year-old inmate driver Jeremy Dobbe hit a minivan, killing its driver, 47-year-old Joyce Meeks.

A news release from the department Thursday says selection as an inmate van driver includes a review of the inmate’s driving record, with particular attention to recent history. The department says drivers also undergo weekly urine testing to check for chemical abuse.

Online court records show Dobbe has DUI and reckless driving convictions from 1999 to 2003. He is serving a 5-7 year sentence for drug and other offenses.

(AP) — Yahoo Inc. plans to expand its service center in Nebraska and add about 100 new jobs.

The Sunnyvale, Calif., based Internet company announced the expansion on Thursday. The new jobs will be a mix of customer service and logistics positions.

Yahoo’s Chief Marketing Officer Kathy Savitt says the company has been impressed with the workers in Nebraska since it opened its service center about three years ago.

Gov. Dave Heineman praised Yahoo’s announcement. He says the state is trying to create an environment that will encourage businesses to invest in Nebraska.

(AP) — A Nebraska subsidiary of a Minnesota food company has bought egg processing plants in Iowa and Minnesota.

The sale of Primera Foods Corp. to M.G. Waldbaum Co., of Wakefield, Neb., is expected to be completed Thursday. M.G. Waldbaum is a subsidiary of Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, Minn.

The $35.7 million deal includes the Primera Foods plant near Britt, Iowa, and one in Altura, Minn.

Primera processes eggs into liquid and dry forms used by bakeries, schools, restaurants and other customers.

Michael Foods spokeswoman Diane Sparish says her company expects to retain all 53 permanent employees at the plant near Britt.

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(AP) — Members of a Little Blue Natural Resources District committee have rejected plans for a dam north of Davenport in southern Nebraska’s Thayer County.

Tuesday’s vote was 6-2 against the proposal.

The Little Blue board of directors last fall OK’d a re-evaluation of a project envisioned more than 30 years ago.

The primary plan called for a reservoir with a surface area around 620 acres at a cost of $23.2 million. Its benefits would have included groundwater recharge, flood control and recreation.

A smaller dam, about one-third of that size and without recreation uses, had also been proposed. Its projected cost was $11.8 million.

(AP) — Omaha police are searching for a man they say has repeatedly and violently attacked a woman.

Police say 30-year-old Ardelle Dunlap is charged in an arrest warrant with felony strangulation for one such attack.

Police believe he attacked the same woman again on Tuesday, pistol whipping her and stealing her vehicle. Police found him later in the day, but he fled on foot and escaped capture.

Police say Dunlap is believed to be armed and dangerous and under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs.

Investigators are asking anyone who sees Dunlap no to approach him, but to call 911 to report his whereabouts.

(AP) — Texas has executed its 500th inmate since the state resumed carrying out capital punishment in 1982.

Kimberly McCarthy received lethal injection Wednesday evening for the 1997 slaying of her 71-year-old neighbor near Dallas. She’s the first woman put to death in the U.S. in nearly three years.

McCarthy was condemned for the robbery, beating and fatal stabbing of her neighbor, retired college professor Dorothy Booth. It was one of three killings linked to the 52-year-old McCarthy.

McCarthy was the 13th woman executed in the United States and the fourth in Texas, since the Supreme Court in 1976 allowed executions to resume.

Booth was attacked at her home with a butcher knife and candelabra. Evidence showed McCarthy used the knife to sever Booth’s finger to steal her wedding ring.