OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a second person has died from injuries received in a southeast Omaha house fire.

Fire officials said early Wednesday that a woman died after being found in the house, where a fire had started in the basement. Officials later said a man found in the house and taken to a hospital also died.

Firetrucks were dispatched around 4:40 a.m. Wednesday. Fire officials say the man and woman were found in the basement of the home. Their names haven’t been released.

Fire Battalion Chief Doug Krysl says six children and four adults had been in the home. The fire cause is being investigated.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man convicted of killing his father on Christmas Day in 2014 has been sentenced after his family asked the judge to give the defendant minimum time.

Judge Timothy Burns sentenced 26-year-old Nicholas Burden to five to eight years in prison Tuesday.

Burden had pleaded no contest to manslaughter and using a knife to commit a felony in the slaying of his father, Christopher J. Incontro. He’ll be eligible for parole in 30 months — one month for each time Incontro was stabbed.

Burden had faced up to 70 years in prison. Incontro’s sister, Jeanette Incontro, asked the judge for a light sentence, saying that a harsh sentence would compound tragedies that both sides of the family went through.

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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man accused of stealing from the IRS has pleaded not guilty.

Federal court records say 35-year-old Andrew Sutter entered the plea Tuesday. His trial is scheduled to begin May 9.

Sutter is charged with one count of theft of federal property. The indictment says Sutter stole more than $15,000 between July 2013 and September 2015.

Online court documents do not provide details on Sutter’s relationship to the IRS or what authorities say occurred. A spokesman for the U.S. attorney in Omaha didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press.

DORCHESTER, Neb. (AP) — A man found guilty of first-degree sexual assault of a child in 2014 has been granted a new trial by the Nebraska Court of Appeals.

The appeals court said 36-year-old Raymundo Perez-Cruz’s trial court judge abused his discretion by denying Perez-Cruz a jury trial because he waived it while trying to work out a plea agreement.

Prosecutors argued that Perez-Cruz grabbed a 13-year-old girl and put her in the backseat of his car before driving her to a lake near Crete, where prosecutors say the girl said he forced himself on her.

Perez-Cruz had been sentenced to 25 to 40 years in prison last year. The conviction and sentence have been reversed and the case will go back to Lancaster County District Court.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Douglas County Corrections Department is set to receive $1.75 million to start a re-entry program aimed at helping inmates avoid going back to jail.

The Sherwood Foundation’s three-year grant will pay for eight social workers, who will evaluate incoming inmates and work on plans for when inmates are released from jail.

Justine Wall, the department’s in-house program coordinator, told the Douglas County Board Tuesday that release plans for inmates will include connecting them with service providers in the community.

The grant will pay for the total cost of the program, as well as for researchers from the University of Nebraska at Omaha to track and evaluate the program’s effectiveness.

The Sherwood Foundation is a Nebraska-based organization that promotes social justice.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An autopsy report says an Omaha man who officers say killed a police dog during a standoff died because of water on the brain and low levels of sodium and chloride in his blood.

Fifty-nine-year-old Mark L’Heureux (leh’-ROH’) died in custody on Feb. 2, more than a week after the 25-hour standoff with officers.

Officials say L’Heureux was examined at a hospital after surrendering on Jan. 23. He was mildly dehydrated, had some minor cuts and was diagnosed with cold exposure and psychosis.

L’Heureux refused to eat or take medications after he was released from hospital and placed in the Douglas County Jail.

Police say L’Heureux shot the dog, named Kobus, as officers tried to serve a warrant ordering L’Heureux to undergo psychiatric evaluation.

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — La Vista has adopted a policy for responding to active-shooter scenarios in city buildings.

The policy approved by City Council March 1 outlines ways to protect employees, officials and citizens when someone is firing a gun on city property.

The policy says employees should evacuate, hide or fight. The policy offers tips for each option, such as improvising weapons, keeping one’s hands visible while leaving a building, picking a hiding spot that is easy to escape from and throwing things.

There are also guidelines for communicating with news organizations and employees following a shooting incident.

The city will also offer employee training for such scenarios.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln Animal Control and police are looking for the owner of a dog that investigators believe starved to death after being left in a cage.

Animal Control manager Steve Beal says a resident called animal control March 1 after finding the kennel. A female black Labrador retriever without a collar was found dead inside.

Beal says the dog was 3 or 4 years old, but its stomach was caved in as if it was dehydrated and starving.

Beal says investigators are hoping a necropsy done at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Veterinary Sciences will provide information to help find the animal’s owner.

A Lincoln police spokeswoman says police are assisting with the investigation by processing the crate for DNA and fingerprints.

TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) — Prison officials say three prison staffers at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution were assaulted by inmates.

Department spokesman Andrew Nystrom said in a news release Monday evening that just before 4 p.m., an inmate hit a staff member escorting him inside a maximum-security housing unit.

The news release said that three other inmates started assaulting the staff member before two other staff members responded to the assault. Officials say the inmates were forcibly restrained by guards.

All three staff members were taken to a hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

The housing unit has been locked down, pending an investigation by the department.