FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A Fremont man has been given up to 18 years in prison for threatening and assaulting a woman.

The 29-year-old Ryan Lykens had pleaded no contest and was sentenced on Monday.

Lykens got six to 13 years on a weapons conviction. He’ll serve that time after he serves 20 to 60 months for terroristic threats and domestic assault.

Lykens was arrested in January after a woman told police that he had held her against her will, put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.

Lykens says he was under the influence of drugs at the time.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Doctors say Omaha Mayor Jim Suttle is doing well after suffering a mild stroke.

The 68-year-old mayor was admitted to Methodist Hospital in Omaha Monday night after returning to Nebraska from an economic tour of Europe. He was hospitalized in Ireland last Friday.

Suttle’s office said he was undergoing tests for what was believed to be a “transient ischemic attack” or TIA, which is like a stroke but causes no permanent damage.

At a news conference on Tuesday, Dr. Elizabeth Denman says Suttle suffered a mild stroke. Denman says he’s scheduled for a heart test Wednesday morning, then will be sent home to rest for a few days.

It’s unclear when Suttle might return to work.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say an 8-year boy was reunited with his mother after her car was stolen with him in the back seat.

Police say the woman left the car running when she went inside a home for about five minutes Tuesday morning. When she came out, the car — and her son — were gone. She saw her car headed up the street and flagged down a passer-by for help.

Police say they found the boy walking about two blocks away. He told his mom the carjacker stopped the car and told him to get out. The boy was not hurt.

No arrests have been reported.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Residents of Beatrice can now buy liquor on Sunday morning.

The Beatrice City Council on Monday approved the change to mirror what is now allowed in state law. The Legislature earlier this year allowed the sale of liquor from 6 a.m. to noon on Sunday. The previous restriction was that sales could begin at noon.

The change in the Beatrice ordinance was requested by the Beatrice Eagles Club.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal appeals panel has reversed the more than 12-year prison sentence for a gang member whose sentence was enhanced for his role in a jailhouse plot to murder a confidential informant.

Hugo Galaviz, of Grand Island, was among several members of a violent central Nebraska gang arrested in a 2010 federal raid. Galaviz pleaded guilty last summer to dealing methamphetamine and being a felon with a gun.

Galaviz received an enhanced sentenced based on the finding that he sought to obstruct justice by plotting to have an informant killed.

But on Monday, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a new sentencing hearing, saying Galaviz’s motive was to seek revenge on the informant, not to keep the informant from testifying in Galaviz’s case.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Speaker of the Legislature Mike Flood says he’s reaching out to rural Nebraskans as he ponders a run for governor.

The term-limited Norfolk senator told a Lincoln Rotary Club gathering Tuesday that he has traveled about 7,500 miles around the state since June, touring drought-stricken areas and talking to rural Nebraskans about their concerns.

Flood, a Republican, pitched himself as a conservative who would dig into complex policy issues and seek common ground if elected. He says Nebraska needs to increase road construction around rural parts of the state, maintain funding for K-12 education and find ways to help farmers cope with the drought.

Flood has served nearly eight years in the Legislature, including six as speaker. He says he will decide whether to enter the race sometime around September.

DENVER (AP) — A Denver television station is reporting that a psychiatrist who was treating the suspected Colorado movie theater gunman asked University of Colorado police for a background check on the man six weeks before the July 20 shootings.

Monday that Dr. Lynne Fenton called university police about a background check on James Eagan Holmes in early June. It cited unidentified sources it said were familiar with the investigation into the shootings. The station reports that Fenton didn’t ask that Holmes be taken to a hospital for evaluation and observation.

Separately, ABC News reports that Fenton told a campus police officer in early June that she had concerns about Holmes.

Fenton’s attorneys didn’t immediately comment on the reports. University police and a university spokeswoman say they can’t comment, citing a judge’s gag order.

Holmes was a graduate student at the university. He is charged with killing 12 people and injuring 58 at an Aurora theater.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln woman accused of having a sexual relationship with one of her foster children has been charged with one count of felony child abuse.

The 29-year-old woman was arrested last month. She faces arraignment in Lancaster County District Court on Aug. 15.

The Associated Press is not naming the woman to protect the identity of her foster son.

Police say the sexual relationship began in October 2010, when the boy was 17, and lasted two years. The now-19-year-old man told police in May about the relationship.

Police say the woman told investigators she began having sex with the teenager after her husband left her.

Authorities say two other foster children were taken from the woman’s home when she was arrested.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say two Nebraska brothers have been convicted of conspiracy and theft in a case of Social Security fraud.

A news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg  says a jury convicted 51-year-old Timothy Shirley of conspiracy, theft and Social Security fraud. Forty-eight-year-old Matthew Shirley was convicted of conspiracy and theft.

They are scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 29.

Prosecutors say that from 2004 to 2010, Matthew Shirley managed a family trucking company called Mare Inc. in Nebraska City. He employed Timothy Shirley although he knew his brother was receiving Social Security disability benefits.

Prosecutors say Timothy Shirley got about $135,000 in benefits he was not entitled to receive.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new survey shows most adults who received Nebraska state behavioral health services last year were satisfied with their treatment.

The state-commissioned report released Monday found that 84 percent were satisfied with the care they received in 2011, compared to 85 percent the previous year.

The survey asked about both mental health and substance abuse services. Results came from more than 1,400 adults.

The public system includes Nebraska’s six behavioral health regions, which offer direct services, and one of the state’s regional centers in Lincoln, which offers general psychiatric services.