LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 20-year-old Lincoln man has been arrested, accused of assaulting his mom and brother while trying to rob his mom.

Local media says  Daniel Herman was taken into custody on Wednesday morning.

Lincoln Police Capt. Jim Davidsaver says Herman took his mother’s purse and cellphone and told her he wouldn’t return them until she gave him some money.

Davidsaver says Herman and his mom went to an ATM to get the cash, but she refused to turn it over when they got home.

Davidsaver says Herman picked up a pedestal fan and struck his mom with it and also his brother when he tried to help his mom.

A Lancaster County jailer said Herman remained in custody on Thursday. Online court records don’t yet list the case.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have identified a man who died when his vehicle crashed in a field earlier this month.

Police say 31-year-old Oscar Gaytan-Moreno, of Omaha, died in the accident on June 2. Police released his name on Wednesday, saying his next-of-kin had been notified.

Police say Gaytan-Moreno’s Jeep was parked on a city street. He put it the vehicle into reverse and backed up in a reckless manner. The Jeep went over the curb at an intersection and into the field. Gaytan-Moreno was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene.

Police say speed and alcohol were factors in the crash.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — , a longtime reporter for The Associated Press who became correspondent in Lincoln, has died.

His wife, Cynthia, told the local media that he died on Tuesday in Lincoln after a lengthy illness. He was 63.

Howard was born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1948. He joined the AP in 1968, working in Columbus and Cincinnati before moving to New York City. He transferred to Omaha in 1971 and was named correspondent in Lincoln in 1974. He left the AP in the mid-1990s.

In recent years, Howard wrote for the online StatePaper.com and authored columns for the Nebraska Press Association. NPA executive director Allen Beermann says Howard was a “wonderful writer and a true wordsmith.”

Howard is survived by his wife and two children.

Funeral services are pending.

GERING, Neb. (AP) — Owners of more than 5,000 land parcels in Scotts Bluff will be getting new valuation notices because the ones they’ve been sent were wrong.

Scotts Bluff County Assessor Amy Ramos told the county commissioners on Monday evening that the printing company put last year’s valuation in the spot for this year’s valuation and vice versa.

Ramos says there was no pattern to where the parcels were situated in the county, and they varied between residential, business and agricultural land.

The commissioners took action Monday night as the Board of Equalization to approve mailing of new postcards with the correct figures.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 49-year-old Omaha man has been given 100 years in prison for killing his girlfriend before trying to kill himself.

Mitchel Hadan  on Tuesday was given 80 years for second-degree murder and 20 years on a weapons charge, to be served consecutively. Hadan had pleaded guilty after prosecutors lowered the murder charge and dropped a drug charge and another weapons charge.

Prosecutors say Hadan shot 35-year-old Rita Eckhout after police pulled over his vehicle on Jan. 1, 2011, and then he shot himself. Police say Hadan was high on methamphetamine.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Winnebago Tribe in northeast Nebraska will be awarded a cooperative agreement with the federal Justice Department to designate tribal prosecutors to pursue cases of violence against women in both tribal and federal courts.

The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women announced on Tuesday the agreements with the Nebraska tribe and three other tribes in South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and New Mexico.

The federal office will help cover salary, travel and training costs of the tribal special U.S. attorneys.

The program enables the new tribal prosecutors to bring cases of violence against women in federal court and to serve as co-counsel with federal prosecutors on felony cases from within their tribal communities.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — Two former students at Lindsay Holy Family school in the central

Nebraska town of Lindsay have been placed on probation for secretly making videos of the girls basketball team undressing in the locker rooms.

Local Media says a Platte County Juvenile Court judge sentenced the 15-year-old boys to six months of probation on Monday. The judge also ordered the boys to complete 40 hours of community service, undergo counseling and write letters of apology to the girls.

The teens, who were expelled from Holy Family, admitted their involvement in the January taping episodes in plea agreements with the Platte County attorney’s Office.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two Lincoln men have been selected to become county court judges in Lancaster County.

Gov. Dave Heineman has selected 43-year-old Thomas Fox and 55-year-old Timothy Phillips.

Fox is deputy Lancaster County attorney in the criminal and juvenile law division. The governor’s office says Phillips has civil and criminal trial experience in county and district courts.

One of the judgeship vacancies was created by the retirement of Judge Jean Lovell. The other judgeship was created by the Legislature this past session.

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities have released the name of the man who was fatally wounded while leading police on a chase through Offutt Air Force Base south of Omaha.

The Sarpy County Sheriff’s office says 21-year-old Zachari Johnson, of Lincoln, died at an Omaha hospital after being shot by an Air Force security contractor Monday.

Authorities say Johnson was shot when he crashed a car through a base entrance. Air Force officials have said the guard followed procedure when he shot Johnson.

Police say Johnson was driving a car that had been stolen from Lincoln. Johnson is homeless and has been charged with several other crimes in the past, including burglary and sexual assault.