OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been given more than four years in prison for evading federal taxes while he lived and worked in Nebraska.

Prosecutors say 59-year-old Chet West, of Nebo, on Tuesday was sentenced to 51 months and ordered to make restitution of nearly $440,000.

The Internal Revenue Service says West earned taxable income of more than $272,000 while living in Omaha over the tax years of 2007, 2008 and 2009 but didn’t file federal returns for those years. Officials say he should have paid nearly $53,000 in federal taxes. Officials also say that after being informed he was required to file returns, West continued efforts to evade federal taxes.

Prosecutors say the restitution total includes amounts for years beyond the counts of conviction and includes interest and penalties.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 66-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to being involved in running a prostitution ring out of an exotic dance club.

Ruby Venditte pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to transport a woman between Iowa and Nebraska to engage in prostitution. A plea deal would allow the co-owner of Goodfellas to avoid jail time and be placed on probation. The judge may reject the plea agreement.

Prosecutors say Venditte and her 68-year-old husband, Louis Venditte, managed the club as a front for prostitution-related activities from 2003 to October 2013. According to the plea agreement, the couple persuaded women they hired as exotic dancers to engage in sex acts with customers.

Louis Venditte has pleaded guilty to four federal prostitution charges.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Officials for a farm implement plant in Grand Island say 70 more employees will be losing their jobs.

CNH Industrial America said in a news release Monday that the indefinite layoffs result from market conditions and that they will occur in October.

In February the company announced the layoffs of 136 workers, and in August last the year the company announced layoffs of 170 full-time company staffers and 68 agency employees.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — A 39-year-old man has been taken into custody after a nearly four-hour standoff with state and local officers in York.

The man was sought Tuesday after an altercation with another person, and he was seen going into the York house around 3:30 p.m. He refused to speak to officers at the front door or leave the house, and officers could be seen taking cover as a precaution in case the man was armed.

After negotiations, officers eventually entered the house and left it around 7:15 p.m. with the man in handcuffs. No shots or injuries have been reported.

Online court records don’t show that the man has been charged for anything that occurred Tuesday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 46-year-old police officer has retired from the Omaha force after being convicted of first-offense drunken driving.

Online court records say Jason Christensen pleaded guilty on Tuesday and was sentenced to six months of probation and fined $500. His driver’s license was revoked for 60 days.

Christensen’s lawyer told Judge Craig McDermott that Christensen was given an opportunity to retire and took it so he could continue working on some personal issues.

ORD, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators say a Nebraska gravel mine failed to correct the safety problems that contributed to a worker’s death, but the company plans to appeal.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday investigators found issues at Ulrich Gravel’s mine in July that hadn’t been corrected since a March death.

Regulators say a 44-year-old worker died after the truck he was driving fell into a pond at the mine in Valley County.

Ulrich’s attorney Josh Schultz says the company believes the citations are inaccurate. He says Ulrich Gravel has a strong safety record after more than 35 years in business.

Inspectors say the mine failed to erect berms or guardrails on roads next to water and failed to repair a cracked windshield on a front-end loader that could impair visibility.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The owners of two Lincoln businesses face federal charges that they conspired to acquire and sell synthetic marijuana and commit other crimes.

Court documents unsealed Tuesday say that between October 2013 and April this year, Allen Peithman Jr., Sharon Elder and Jacie Sanne bought and sold synthetic cannabinoids that were mislabeled to avoid drug regulations. The stores are Dirt Cheap and Island Smokes.

Prosecutors say drug labels didn’t suggest the drugs were not intended for human consumption, and the labels didn’t include federally required warnings of possible side effects.

Elder’s lawyer, Bob Creager (KREE’-gur), declined to comment Wednesday. Online court records don’t list the names of attorneys who could be contacted to comment on behalf of Peithman and Sanne.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Court of Appeals has rejected a father’s request for custody of his daughters to get them out of the home of a registered sex offender.

The Central City man argued that a Phelps County District judge was wrong to find there was no significant risk to his 16- and 14-year-old daughters if they remain in the house with their stepfather. Court documents say the stepfather testified that he served four years in prison for sexually assaulting his 15-year-old stepdaughter from a previous marriage.

A three-judge panel of the state appeals court said Tuesday that the lower court relied on a therapist’s testimony that the stepfather wasn’t likely to reoffend. The appeals panel also said the lower court properly considered what was in the best interests of the children.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal appeals court has decided that Tyson Foods doesn’t have to pay workers at two of its Nebraska plants for the time they spend putting on and taking off safety gear and preparing for work.

The 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Wednesday that Tyson doesn’t owe workers at its plants in Dakota City and Madison for that time.

The appellate rulings will eliminate two lower court decisions ordering Tyson to pay more than $20 million.

The workers who sued argued that Tyson should pay them for the roughly 30 minutes they spend putting on uniforms and safety gear, sanitizing equipment, sharpening knives and other duties. They said they’re only paid for their time on the assembly line plus four minutes for all the pre- and post-production chores.