LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — One of Lincoln’s oldest retail establishments — and a destination for fans before home Nebraska football games — is closing its doors.

The University of Nebraska has agreed in principle to buy the Nebraska Bookstore building and real estate for $4.75 million. The NU Board of Regents will vote on that agreement Friday.

Nebraska Bookstore has operated under that name at two different sites since 1937. It was once the flagship store for its owner, Nebraska Book Co.

But the company says the bookstore is no longer performing up to expectations.

The store, which employs 20, offers Big Red clothing lines in addition to textbook rentals. It will close next week.

The university has not said how it will use the property.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Salvation Army in Omaha is asking for donations to help with its summer fan distribution program.

Fans are free of charge to qualified individuals. Priority is given to people who are older than 50 years or those with medical disabilities. Proof of medical disability is required when applying for a fan.

The campaign begins Monday and runs through Aug. 28.

New fans and bottled water may be dropped off at The Salvation Army in Omaha any day of the week throughout the summer. Monetary donations to buy new fans are also accepted.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The girlfriend of a man accused of killing his 4-year-old half-brother and his mother in Omaha has been charged as an accessory and is being held on $5 million bail.

A homicide detective testified at a hearing Friday that preliminary autopsy results on the body of 45-year-old Jesus Ismenia Marinero indicate she was alive when she was dumped in a southeast Omaha ditch.

Police think 24-year-old Gabriela Guevara helped 25-year-old Roberto Martinez-Marinero to load his mother in a car and dump her body.

Guevara has been charged with being an accessory.

Prosecutors say that if final autopsy results show Marinero was alive when she was dumped, they will charge Guevara with aiding and abetting first-degree murder.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Forecasters are warning that severe weather could hit parts of the nation’s midsection during the weekend.

The Storm Prediction Center said there is a risk for tornadoes and very large hail in northeastern Colorado on Friday, with severe storms developing in Nebraska and Iowa during the day Saturday.

By Sunday, the storms could stretch from near the Oklahoma Panhandle into the Ohio Valley.

Heating during the day Friday could help form supercell thunderstorms in Colorado. The weather is expected to move into western Kansas in the early evening.

The threat of tornadoes during the day Saturday in the mid-Missouri River Valley is expected to evolve into a mass of storms with high winds.

Large hail and high winds are possible Sunday from northeastern New Mexico to western Ohio.

TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska inmate serving a sentence for sexually assaulting a child has died.

The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services says in a news release that 55-year-old Robert Nelson died Tuesday. He was serving a 60-year sentence at the state prison in Tecumseh for first-degree sexual assault of a child.

The cause of death hasn’t been determined, but Nelson was being treated for a medical condition.

He began his prison term in January 2014.

A grand jury will investigate his death. That is the policy whenever an inmate dies in prison.

LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — A tornado that touched down in northern Colorado has damaged several homes as storms brought flooding and marble-sized hail to some areas.

Larimer County emergency management director Lori Hodges says at least three homes were destroyed Thursday evening in the town of Berthoud, about 40 miles north of Denver. Crews checking on reports of about 25 other homes that were possibly damaged were hindered by heavy rain and hail.

No injuries have been reported.

At least two tornadoes touched down Thursday afternoon near Simla, about 60 miles southeast of Denver. Elbert County officials say at least five homes were damaged in the area.

No injuries were reported from that string of storms.

Forecasters had warned that the Front Range and the Eastern Plains could experience severe weather Thursday.

LOVELAND, Colo. (AP) — Family and neighbors say the man found shot to death along a street in northern Colorado was a cancer survivor who often took late-night walks through his quiet neighborhood.

They identified the man as 65-year-old William Connole, but police haven’t released his name.

He was found late Wednesday about two blocks from his home in normally safe Loveland. Police are looking into whether the man’s death is related to two other recent unsolved shootings nearby.

In one, a bicyclist was found dead along a rural road. In the other, a driver was shot in her neck on Interstate 25. She survived.

The incidents have raised alarm about a possible serial shooter in the area. Authorities have declined to comment on that and say it’s too early to know if the Loveland shooting is connected to the other two.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials in the Omaha School district are considering providing free meals to all students, regardless of the children’s ability to pay.

It would be an expansion of a pilot program the district kicked off in January at six elementary schools.

Omaha was one of two districts in Nebraska to participate in a federal initiative this year that pushed for schools with high concentrations of low-income students to serve free meals to all. Schools can participate in the program if many of their students already were receiving public benefits, such as food stamps or welfare.

In Iowa, participating districts included Council Bluffs and Des Moines.

WINNEBAGO, Neb. (AP) — A 31-year-old Nebraska man has been sent to federal prison for assaulting a federal officer.

The office of U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg (gihlj) says Thomas White Jr., of Winnebago, was given 33 months behind bars and must serve two years of supervised release after he leaves custody.

Prosecutors say the officer was employed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The officer was on duty at the Winnebago school Oct. 17 when he approached White, who’d been asked to leave the school earlier that day. Prosecutors say White charged the officer and struck him several times on his face, head, arms and side. The officer eventually gained control of White and put him in handcuffs.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — Police have arrested a man they say was the getaway driver in an armed robbery in Hastings.

A 23-year-old was arrested around 1 a.m. Wednesday. The suspect is accused of being involved in a robbery Tuesday at a local store.

According to authorities, a 26-year-old, who was arrested Tuesday, went into the store armed with a shotgun and demanded money.

An arrest affidavit says the 26-year-old admitted to the robbery and said the second suspect was his getaway driver. The affidavit also says they were supposed to split the money from the robbery.