OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An arbitrator has ruled that Omaha must put deploy more firefighters and medics because the city’s response times don’t measure up to national standards.

The arbitrator ruled last week on a July 2013 grievance by the firefighters union. The union says the city violated a contract provision that says the city should try to meet the national standards.

The arbitrator also says city officials must write a report identifying deficiencies in response times throughout Omaha.

Mayor Jean Stothert (STAH’-thurt) says the city will appeal the arbitrator’s rulings.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A November sentencing hearing has been scheduled for a Beatrice man convicted of raping a 9-year-old boy.

On Monday 39-year-old Scott Taylor pleaded no contest to sexual assault of a child. Prosecutors had lowered the charge in exchange for Taylor’s plea. He faces up to five years in prison when he’s sentenced on Nov. 19.

Taylor was arrested at his home following an investigation conducted after the boy told his schoolteacher of the Nov. 18, 2013, assault. Court records say the assault occurred at the boy’s home while his parents were out.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — First, Pope Francis married 20 couples to highlight the role of families as the heart of the Catholic Church. Next up is a special Mass for grandparents.

Francis and 100 elderly priests will celebrate a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sept. 28 in honor of the elderly, part of his long-standing belief that old people shouldn’t be shut away in retirement homes but should be actively cherished for their wisdom.

Some 40,000 people from 20 nations are expected to attend. Francis plans to give each one a copy of the Gospel of Mark, written in large-sized type, said Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia, head of the Vatican’s family office.

Paglia said Tuesday that one of the elderly couples taking part in the Mass recently fled the Islamic militant crackdown in northern Iraq and would recount their family’s story to the crowd.

Francis was particularly close to his own grandmother Rosa. He has also said having Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, 87, in the Vatican was like having a “wise grandfather” living at home.

The Mass for grandparents, and the group wedding that Francis celebrated last weekend, are aimed at focusing attention on family life ahead of a major two-year church study on family issues starting Oct. 5.

One of the key events taking place during the process is a pep rally for families in Philadelphia in September 2015, which Francis is expected to attend.

Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput told a Vatican briefing Tuesday that if Francis comes as expected, 1 million people would likely attend his Mass.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — The FBI is investigating after a police officer in suburban Kansas City, Missouri, used a stun gun to subdue a 17-year-old during a traffic stop, leaving him hospitalized in critical condition.

Independence police say an officer used a stun gun on Bryce Masters of Independence Sunday afternoon during a car stop. Police say in a news release that Masters was uncooperative and physically resisted after he was stopped because the car he was driving had a warrant attached to it.

The officer has been placed on administrative leave.

Masters’ family issued a statement Monday seeking an investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. They said information from witnesses and video of the stop was inconsistent with police statements.

The FBI’s Kansas City office will investigate whether the officer used excessive force.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The crew member with the TV show “Cops” who was killed in Omaha last month when police opened fire on a robbery suspect will be remembered in a special episode of the show this weekend.

Langley Productions said Monday audio technician Bryce Dion’s work will be featured in an hour-long episode of “Cops” on Spike TV Saturday at 7 p.m. Central.

Dion was killed during an Aug. 26 shooting at a fast-food restaurant on Dodge Street as three officers interrupted an armed robbery. The suspect, Cortez Washington, fired a realistic air gun during the confrontation and officers returned fire.

Dion and Washington were both killed.

Dion was a seven-year veteran of the show. Co-workers say Dion will be remembered for his skill, his smile and his passion for life.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — Platte County officials want to know the source of a strange smell at the courthouse and whether it’s dangerous.

The Board of Supervisors has approved an air quality assessment by environmental firm Cardno ATC. The test will cost up to $2,000 and its date hasn’t been set.

County officials say visitors and employees to the treasurer’s and sheriff’s offices have complained of the unspecified odor and humidity over the past few months. Those offices are adjacent to each other in the courthouse.

Supervisor Tom Martens says the inside air quality will be compared to the outside and to various federal guidelines. He says the testing should determine if the air poses any health risks.

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Rock ‘n’ roll legend Ted Nugent says he doesn’t plan to expand his outdoor camps for children because he wants to ensure the camps are of high quality.

Nugent is an avid hunter and conducts four youth camps each year, in South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa and Colorado. More than 200 children and parents took part in the Ted Nugent Kamp For Kids on Sunday at the National Field Archery Association Easton Archery Center in Yankton.

Nugent says he gets requests to conduct camps in all 50 states and across Canada. But he says that since his name is attached, he has to be hands-on in ensuring that the participants at the existing camps get the best-quality tutoring possible.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — A Fremont-based organization has joined forces with Good Neighbor Community Health Center in Columbus to set up a community health clinic in Fremont.

Community Health Services and Good Neighbor intend to seek grant funding for a federally qualified clinic that would be a satellite operation run by Good Neighbor to serve primarily low-income people in Dodge, Saunders and Washington counties.

Executive director Terra Uhing (YOO’-ing) of the Three Rivers District Health Department says the clinic would be set up at the department’s location in Fremont.

The federal grant application must be filed by Oct. 7 and that officials should hear by May whether the grant was approved. The joint group is seeking $650,000 a year for three years.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A nearly $15 million federal grant will help Omaha develop a new rapid bus service linking Westroads Mall with downtown and major employers in midtown.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx visited Omaha Monday to announce the grant that will pay for half the estimated $30.6 million cost of the project.

The new service will include stops at the Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, University of Nebraska at Omaha’s campus, University of Nebraska Medical Center and the Old Market.

The city says it will use eight state-of-the-art vehicles to provide the new service along the Dodge corridor.

The Omaha project is one of 72 nationwide that will share $600 million in federal transportation grant money.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A 31-year-old Utah man has died in a bear attack in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in northwest Wyoming.

Officials aren’t certain yet what type of bear killed Adam Thomas Stewart of Virgin, Utah. The coroner says he assumes it was a grizzly, but he doesn’t have enough information right now to make that determination.

Fremont County Undersheriff Ryan Lee says Stewart was in a remote area checking on a research plot earlier this month.

He failed to return and he was reported missing on Sept. 7, prompting a search. His body was found last Friday between his campsite and the research plot.

Lee says Stewart was alone.

Authorities declined to release what details led them to believe it was a bear attack.