BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) – A man who was cleaning out his father’s home found what he thought was a grenade and wanted to turn it over to Bellevue authorities.
The man was going to take it to police, but the police lobby has been closed by construction.
So the man put the grenade into a bucket and took it to City Hall, where police have a reception desk.
The bomb squad from nearby Omaha was called in, and its experts determined the grenade was live.
The squad took it for disposal.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) – Two former students at Lindsay Holy Family school in Lindsay are accused of secretly making videos of the school’s girls basketball team in the locker rooms.
Petitions filed in juvenile court in Platte County accused the boys in the videotaping during a three week-period in January.
The county attorney’s office filed the petitions last week. One boy is accused of unlawful intrusion. The other is accused of aiding and abetting unlawful intrusion.
School officials and the county attorney’s office declined to release details of the allegations.
School Principal Neely Moser says the boys are no longer students Holy Family, but declined to say why they left. The court petitions don’t list the former students’ ages or grade levels.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A $10,500 per year raise for Nebraska lawmakers would go before the voters in November, under a measure approved in the state Legislature.
Lawmakers voted 28-9 on Monday to advance a constitutional amendment to boost salaries to $22,500 starting in 2013. The current rate of pay for elected officials is $12,000.
Omaha Sen. Scott Lautenbaugh introduced the measure in an effort to adjust lawmaker pay for inflation. The last time salaries were raised was more than 20 years ago.
Supporters say everyday people can no longer afford to serve in the Legislature. Some lawmakers say that the Legislature has become a place for the retired and the rich.
Opponents say the state should spend its money elsewhere.
The measure faces one more round of voting in the coming weeks.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A bill that would encourage film crews to shoot against a Nebraska backdrop has cleared a first-round vote in the Legislature.
Lawmakers advanced the measure (LB863) Monday with a 33-0 vote.
The bill by Lincoln Sen. Colby Coash allows cities to use state economic development money they receive to attract film, television and commercial productions.
Coash says the measure lets film crews avoid the bureaucracy that often comes with larger, state-based film tax credit programs.
He says the bill will also give Nebraska an advantage over other Plains states, which lack local incentives.
Coash introduced the bill in response to a film project in Valentine, which raised questions about whether cities can use their state money for movie productions. City officials approved $5,000 for local businesses that assisted the crew.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say two schools and several government offices were locked down after an armed robbery at a pharmacy in downtown Beatrice.
The holdup at Poling Drugs happened Monday morning. No one was hurt, and police continue to search for a suspect.
Police say the man, who was armed with a handgun and wearing a ski mask, demanded drugs and then ran out of the business.
An elementary school and the high school were locked down for about an hour as a precaution. Gage County Sheriff Millard Gustafson says county offices, including the courthouse, also were locked down for a time.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The Nebraska Republican Party is questioning the legality of U.S. Senate candidate Bob Kerrey registering to vote with his sister’s address.
Kerrey announced last week that he will run for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Nebraska this year and try to reclaim the seat he once held.
State GOP Chairman Mark Fahleson filed a formal complaint with Douglas County officials Monday because Kerrey doesn’t live with his sister.
Douglas County Election Commissioner Dave Phipps said last week that Kerrey’s registration met state law requirements.
Kerrey is a former U.S. Senator and former Nebraska governor who has lived in New York for the past decade.

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) – A 29-year-old Oregon man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing marijuana for sale.
A news release from the Nebraska State Patrol says Patrick Ondrozeck, of Bend, Ore., was stopped for speeding on Saturday near the Kearney interchange of Interstate 80 in south-central Nebraska.
The trooper says a state patrol dog indicated there were drugs in the car, so it was searched. Authorities say a total of 40 pounds of marijuana was found in luggage in the trunk and rear seat.
Online jail records say Ondrozeck wasn’t in custody on Monday. A public phone listing for Ondrozeck could not be found. Online court records don’t list the case yet.

 LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Authorities are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy who hanged himself at a Lincoln detention center.
Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly said the boy died at a Lincoln hospital Friday. The boy hanged himself in his cell last Sunday in what appeared to be a suicide attempt.
State law requires a grand jury to investigate because the boy was in custody when he died.
The teen had been a state ward since last April. He was sent to the detention center because of concerns about drug use and behavior dangerous to himself.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A 3-month-old boy who was hurt by a falling television in a Lincoln motel room has died.
The boy was injured early Friday at the Economy Lodge and then flown to an Omaha hospital for treatment.
The boy died later at the hospital.
Lincoln police are trying to determine why the television fell on the boy, who was staying at the motel with his mother and two siblings.
The television was an older 27-inch model that was sitting on a dresser.