(AP) — Two workers have been injured in the collapse of a temporary stairwell at a construction site on the east side of Omaha.

Rescue workers were sent to the site just south of the Old Market area around 2:30 p.m. Monday.

The two workers had fallen about 20 feet onto concrete below. No other workers were trapped or injured by the falling debris.

The injured workers were taken to a hospital. Their names haven’t been released.

(AP) — The brother of the Milford mayor has sued him over financial misdealings.

Robert Bruha is seeking more than $47,000 in damages from Dean Bruha. Robert Bruha’s attorney says Dean Bruha controlled his brother’s bank account to help pay his brother’s bills before 2008. Attorney Rick Boucher says that between 2008 and 2012, Dean Bruha issued credit cards in Robert’s name, made payments on those cards with funds from Robert’s bank account and also wrote himself unauthorized checks using that account.

Online court records say Dean Bruha is criminally charged with identity theft, theft and eight counts of forgery. He’s pleaded not guilty, and his trial is scheduled to begin March 18.

(AP) — Police say a fake bomb was found inside a suspicious package found on a Fremont street.

The package was reported about 10:30 p.m. Monday.

Nebraska State Patrol bomb experts were called in. Nearby residents were asked to take cover in their basements while the bomb experts deployed a robot to check the package.

Police say there was an item inside the package that had been “dressed up to look like a bomb.”

(AP) — A jury of seven men and five women has resumed deliberations on a lawsuit filed for six people wrongly convicted for a 1985 Nebraska murder.

The case was turned over to the jury members on Monday afternoon, and they resumed their work on Tuesday.

The complainants’ attorneys want the jury to hold two lawmen and the estate of a third responsible for imprisoning the six. James Dean, Kathleen Gonzalez, Debra Shelden, Ada JoAnn Taylor, Joseph White and Thomas Winslow served a combined 77 years in prison before DNA testing exonerated them in 2008. The tests pointed authorities to a man who died in 1992.

The five and the estate of White, who died in 2011, seek at least $14 million in damages.

(AP) — Democrat Chuck Hassebrook says he has raised more than $525,000 in his bid for Nebraska governor.

Hassebrook made the announcement at the Capitol on Tuesday as he formally filed his paperwork for office. The former University of Nebraska Regent says his campaign has recruited more than 1,500 volunteers in 91 Nebraska counties.

Hassebrook, the former director of the Nebraska Center for Rural Affairs, announced his candidacy in June. He is unopposed in the Democratic primary. Six Republican candidates are competing in the GOP primary.

Hassebrook touted his endorsements by the Nebraska Farmers Union and Planned Parenthood Voters of Nebraska, a group affiliated with Planned Parenthood of the Heartland.

(AP) — Lawmakers have begun debate on a bill that would end Nebraska’s practice of splitting its electoral votes in presidential elections.

The bill presented Tuesday by Republican state Sen. Charlie Janssen would have Nebraska adopt the winner-take-all system when awarding its electoral votes.

Nebraska split its electoral votes for the first time in 2008, when Barack Obama captured one from Nebraska’s 2nd District on his way to winning the presidency. The bill advanced out of committee last year on a 5-3, party-line vote.

Nebraska has five electoral votes. Three are split based on who won in each of Nebraska’s congressional districts.

Sen. Ernie Chambers calls the bill “strictly and purely partisan,” and promises an eight-hour filibuster.

Lawmakers adjourned for the day without reaching a vote.

(AP) — A Northeast Nebraska man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his ex-girlfriend and her new husband in December 2012 and setting fire to their trailer.

An Antelope County judge sentenced 34-year-old Matthew Hinrichsen Tuesday on two counts of first-degree murder and two weapons charges.

The Nebraska Attorney General’s office says Hinrichsen received two life sentences for the killings. And he was sentenced to 65 to 80 years on the weapons charges. All of Hinricksen’s sentences will run consecutively.

Hinrichsen was convicted in October of killing Victoria Lee and her husband, Alex Vargas.

Their bodies were found in a charred trailer in rural Antelope County, where the newlyweds were living. Prosecutors say Vargas died from three gunshot wounds, and Lee died of blunt force trauma to her head.

A southeast Nebraska high school teacher is facing criminal charges after being accused of having sex with a male student.

The Nebraska State Patrol arrested 24-year-old Carrie Miller of Tecumseh on Tuesday.

The State Patrol says investigators learned about allegations that Miller was having a sexual relationship with a male student on Monday.

Miller has been teaching Spanish at Johnson County Central High School.

Miller remained in custody Tuesday afternoon. She is facing charges of sexual assault and using an electronic device to entice her victim.

“A Bumper Crop of Fun” is the Nebraska State Fair’s new theme for 2014.

Marketing and sponsorship director, Shaun Schleif said, “Our new theme is a reflection of our renewed mission statement approved by the Board of Directors at their December 2013 meeting.”

The new mission statement is:  The Nebraska State Fair: The nation’s most innovative exhibition focusing on interactive agriculture and educational experiences promoting families, fun, and Nebraska pride.

“The new theme is very forward thinking, while still incorporating the important features that have been part of the Nebraska State Fair’s fabric for the past 145 years,” Schleif said, adding, “This forward thinking involves taking the staples of the fair, and making everything more interactive, fun and technologically advanced.”

The theme logo, designed by Barry Keller of Infuze Creative Marketing incorporates livestock, grains, our agricultural roots and of course the carnival midway.  All are integral parts of creating a one-of-a-kind experience for Nebraska families.

Schleif said, “Our ultimate goal in everything we do is to provide a safe clean family event that allows everyone attending to learn something, see something and experience something new—to create new memories that last a lifetime.  Most of all, we want everyone to have fun.”

The Nebraska State Fair runs from August 22 through September 1, 2014.

(AP) — Pot may be legal in Colorado, but you can still be fired for using it. Now Colorado’s Supreme Court has agreed to review a marijuana-related firing in a case that could have big implications for the state’s pot smokers.

The court agreed Monday to review the case of Brandon Coats, a quadriplegic medical-marijuana patient who was fired from his job at Dish Network in 2010 after failing a drug test. The company didn’t allege Coats was ever impaired on the job.

Dish Network argued medical marijuana use isn’t a “lawful activity” covered by a law intended to protect cigarette smokers from being fired for legal behavior off the clock. A Colorado appeals court agreed last year.

A Supreme Court hearing date hasn’t been scheduled.