(AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has decided to punish a fraternity for alcohol and fire code violations.

The university said Thursday that the punishment will include suspension of the Delta Eta chapter of Sigma Nu. Freshman members won’t be allowed to live at the frat house and must reside instead at university residence halls the rest of this semester.

Fire code violations forced inspectors to ban residents from the house after firefighters responded to a call there on Sunday. Several bottles of alcohol were found inside the house.

University administrators are working with the chapter’s alumni and advisory board and with Sigma Nu’s national office on steps the chapter could take to be reinstated on the Lincoln campus.

The national Sigma Nu has suspended the Delta Eta chapter as well.

(AP) — The York County Jail doesn’t have enough female guards, so female inmates likely will be going to jail in nearby Polk County.

York County Sheriff Dale Radcliff told the county commissioners that his jail was found to be noncompliant after a jail standards review. That’s because there are only enough female guards to cover 24 hours on five days, leaving a shortage for the two other days.

Radcliff says he’s making an arrangement with Polk County. York County would house Polk County’s male prisoners in exchange for Polk County housing York County’s female inmates.

The sheriff says his department will start looking for some part-time female guards to work the remaining overnight shifts.

(AP) — An Omaha home day care provider has been given three to five years in prison for shaking a 9-month-old girl.

Douglas County District Court records say 34-year-old Jennifer Story was sentenced on Wednesday. Story had pleaded guilty to negligent child abuse after prosecutors lowered the charge from intentional child abuse.

An incident report says Story contacted authorities on April 19 last year about a sick child. She told them the girl showed signs of vomiting and symptoms similar to a seizure. Investigators say they determined that Story had shaken the child while caring for several children in her west Omaha home.

(AP) — Plans for a new Lincoln career center hinge on voter approval of a $153 million bond measure that is aimed primarily at providing new schools and additions and renovations at existing school buildings.

The Lancaster County Election Commissioner will mail ballots Wednesday, and voters must have them back by Feb. 11.

The career center would be a joint project between Lincoln Public Schools and Southeast Community College. The two-story building would sit on the southwest corner of the college campus on the east side of Lincoln.

The bond measure includes $12.5 million for the district’s half of the Capital Career Center. The center would provide students with hands-on experience in various manufacturing and technical fields.

(AP) — Members of a state water task force have proposed $50 million in yearly funding for water sustainability projects in Nebraska.

The measure introduced Wednesday by Sen. Tom Carlson was inspired by a series of task force meetings over the summer. The group was formed to find ways to ensure a sustainable water supply for drinking, crop irrigation, wildlife and interstate water compacts.

The funding would begin in October 2015. Carlson says the funding is important to help Nebraska develop a long-term plan to conserve more water for drought years.

(AP) — Abortion clinics in Nebraska would have to post signs telling patients that no one legally can force them to have an abortion, under a new bill in the Legislature.

Sen. Bill Kintner of Papillion proposed the measure Wednesday for waiting and consultation rooms and admission areas.

The sign would say that it’s against the law for anyone to force a patient to have an abortion. It also would say that clinics can’t perform abortions without voluntary consent, and would notify patients of the right to contact law enforcement for protection against threats of violence.

The bill would impose a $10,000 penalty for violations. Abortion opponents say it’s intended to protect women and girls against coercion.

Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha called the measure “asinine” during legislative debate on Wednesday.

(AP) — A 22-year-old Beatrice woman has been accused of stealing prescription drugs that she picked up at a pharmacy for an acquaintance.

Authorities say Anika Pfannenstiel was arrested Sunday.

Gage County Court documents say Pfannenstiel was asked by Jason Young to go to the pharmacy and pick up his prescription for a narcotic pain reliever, Vicodin. She did so, but Young later told officers that she never turned over the 60 pills to him.

Officers say she had the pill bottle in her purse when she let them search her purse. Officers also she had other drugs in her purse.

A phone listed for Pfannenstiel is no longer in service. Online court records don’t list the name of her attorney in the case.

(AP) — An Omaha police officer fired following allegations of excessive force will be returning to work.

City officials said on Wednesday that an arbitrator in the case ruled that Officer Bradley Canterbury can return to work.

Canterbury was one of four officers fired in April after the March 21 arrest of three brothers, including 28-year-old Octavius Johnson. Johnson was grabbed from behind, thrown to the ground and later struck several times while on the ground by Canterbury. Police were unaware at the time that a neighbor was recording the arrest, and the footage surfaced online.

Canterbury, a Marine Corps veteran who was hired by the department in 2008, was the only officer to appeal his firing to an arbitrator.

(AP) — Anyone interested in learning more about effective giving from billionaire Warren Buffett and other prominent philanthropists can again sign up for a free online course.

Students in the class that’s scheduled to start in March will be able to help decide how to give away at least $100,000 of Buffett’s sister, Doris’, money.

The classes feature advice from prominent givers like the Buffetts, baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr., reporter Soledad O’Brien and others.

This will be the second time this class is offered. In the first class students helped pick 40 nonprofits to share $130,000 in grants.

The class is backed by Doris Buffett’s Learning By Giving Foundation and Northeastern University. Anyone interested in the course over the age of 13 can sign up now at www.learningbygivingfoundation.org .

(AP) — An Omaha businessman has been named to the Nebraska State College board of trustees.

Jess Zeiss is replacing trustee Bill Roskens, whose resignation was effective Dec. 31. Roskens served about 10 years on the board. Zeiss will finish the rest of Roskens’ second six-year term, which expires on Jan. 1, 2015.

The board oversees the state’s colleges in Chadron, Peru and Wayne.

Zeiss works at First National Capital Markets in Omaha. The office of Gov. Dave Heineman says Zeiss originally is from Wayne.