(AP) — Pot at the county fair? Why not?

Colorado’s Denver County is adding cannabis-themed contests to its 2014 summer fair. It’s the first time pot plants will stand alongside tomato plants and homemade jam in competition for a blue ribbon.

There won’t actually be any marijuana at the fairgrounds. The judging will be done off-site, with photos showing the winning entries. And a live joint-rolling contest will be done with oregano, not pot.

But county fair organizers say the marijuana categories will add a fun twist on Denver’s already-quirky county fair, which includes a drag queen pageant, tattoo competitions and a contest for homemade robots.

Denver County didn’t have a county fair until 2011. Organizers wanted an urban, hip element alongside traditional fair favorites like a Ferris wheel and cotton candy.

(AP) — Officials are looking for information related to the illegal shooting of a bald eagle in northeast Nebraska.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says the adult eagle was reported dead on Jan. 21. It was found near Verdigre, close to the Missouri River.

Officials say the bird had not shown decomposition and there was fresh blood on the beak.

Bald eagles are federally protected. Maximum penalties for violating the law include a fine of $250,000 and up to two years of prison.

Officials say callers who report any information about the shooting may remain anonymous and could be eligible for a reward.

(AP) — Nebraska retailers who specialize in e-cigarettes are supporting a bill that would ban minors from using their products.

The bill drew support Monday from store owners in Omaha and Lincoln and the Nebraska Grocery Industry Association.

Tim Bowen, the owner of Plumes, an Omaha e-cigarette store, says e-cigarettes helped him beat his addiction to cigarettes. Bowen says his store already prohibits sales to minors, but his clerks catch about four a week trying to buy products.

David Holmquist of the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network says research has yet to show whether e-cigarettes pose health risks. Holmquist also raised concerns that e-cigarettes could reverse years of work by advocates to make cigarettes socially unappealing.

E-cigarettes heat liquid and nicotine into a flavored, smokeless vapor.

(AP) — Police say a student is injured after he set himself on fire in the cafeteria at a suburban Denver high school.

Westminster Police Department spokeswoman Cheri Spottke says she doesn’t know if the student made any threats or statements before starting the fire Monday morning at Standley Lake High School in Westminster, northwest of Denver. He was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.

Spottke says the fire was contained to the cafeteria and was put out by an adult with a fire extinguisher. There also was extensive smoke in the building.

Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Lynn Setzer says Standley Lake High has been closed for the day and students were sent home.

No additional details about the injured student or the fire’s cause were released.

(AP) — A March sentencing hearing has been scheduled for a 27-year-old York woman who’s been convicted in a check fraud case.

Online court records say Cassandra Tritt pleaded no contest to a felony forgery charge after prosecutors lowered the charge. Her sentencing hearing is set for March 24 in York County District Court.

York police were told in November that a man’s checkbook was missing and that checks had been fraudulently written at numerous local businesses. Prosecutors say Tritt forged 29 checks on the account, totaling nearly $1,800.

Prosecutors say Tritt has already paid restitution to the man.

(AP) — The state of Nebraska says an Exeter husband and wife who run a gun shop in Exeter have failed to pay sales taxes and owe the state back incomes taxes.

Rob and Hope Androyna each face five felony charges in Lancaster County Court.

The Nebraska Revenue Department says the Androynas collected nearly $200,000 in local and state sales taxes through their Exeter Arms business from 2009 through 2012 but didn’t remit the money to the state. The state also alleges the Androynas didn’t report profit, income or wages from their business until October 2013.

A home phone listed for the Androynas rang unanswered on Monday. Their attorney didn’t immediately return a call from The Associated Press.

(AP) — The case against a Nebraska man accused of killing his girlfriend’s father and cutting up the body will move forward.

A judge decided Monday that there was enough evidence for a trial in 35-year-old John Moniz’s case. He is charged with first-degree murder, possessing stolen property and failing to register as a sex offender.

Prosecutors say Moniz killed Delbert Freemont Jr. The 52-year-old’s torso and legs were found Dec. 9 in a Washington County ravine.

Authorities found significant blood spatters on the ceiling and walls of Freemont’s home, and tests confirmed the blood was Freemont’s. Moniz and his girlfriend had been living with Freemont until shortly before his death.

Another man is charged with being an accessory after the killing.

Moniz is being held without bond.

(AP) — Women are invited to learn self-defense skills at a Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman workshop in Lincoln.

The workshop is for beginners ages 16 and up. It will provide verbal, nonverbal and physical techniques for preventing assaults. There will be interactive training and situational examples.

The registration deadline is Feb. 10 for the Feb. 15 workshop. To download a registration form, go online at NebraskaBOW.com and then click on Outdoor Workshops. The workshop fee is $24.

(AP) — An off-duty Lincoln fire captain revived a 6-year-old after a woman jumped into a motel pool and rescued the little girl.

The incident happened during a birthday party at the AmericInn in north Lincoln on Saturday afternoon.

One of the partygoers’ moms saw the girl on the pool bottom and jumped in. LeAnn Holexa says she began yelling for Lincoln Fire Capt. Guy Pinkman when she and the girl surfaced. Pinkman’s son was at the party.

Pinkman says the girl didn’t have a pulse, but he soon revived her with CPR. The girl was taken to a hospital but was expected to recover from her ordeal.

(AP) — Less than a year after lawmakers rejected Medicaid expansion in Nebraska, supporters are turning to a new group of allies: Low-income people who now realize that don’t quality for coverage.

While signing up for health care on the federal website, many learned that although they’re poor, they aren’t poor enough to qualify for coverage. Now, they’re coming forward and preparing to push for a revised measure along with advocacy groups and supportive state lawmakers.

The Legislature’s Health and Human Services Committee will hear from people Wednesday who would have qualified for Medicaid under the expansion proposal.

The hearing sets up another expected debate in the Legislature between Democrats and some moderate Republicans who support Medicaid expansion, and conservatives who have aligned with Republican Gov. Dave Heineman to oppose expansion.