(AP) — Pheasants Forever and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission have scheduled training workshops on prescribed burns.

The workshops cover fire behavior, proper equipment, safety techniques and planning to minimize risk.

The workshop schedule:

— Jan. 21 in Chadron at the Upper White Natural Resources District office.

— Jan. 22 in Grand Island at the UNL Extension Office.

— Jan. 23 in North Platte at Mid-Plains Community College North Campus.

— Jan. 23 in Lincoln at the UNL Extension Office.

— Jan. 30 in Sidney at the South Platte NRD office.

— March 19 in Wayne at the Wayne State College Student Center.

They run 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The workshop fee is $10. Call 308-850-8395 or visit NebraskaPF.com for more information.

(AP) — Nebraska officials are looking for the best American history teacher in the state.

Nominations are now being accepted for the state history teaching award that comes with a $1,000 prize.

The winner of the state award will be eligible to compete for the national American history teacher award, which offers a $10,000 prize.

Online middle and high school teachers are eligible this year. Anyone familiar with a teacher’s work can nominate them.

Nominations must be submitted online by Feb. 1 at https://bit.ly/1cTCgjU .

(AP) — Someone has won $1 million from a Mega Millions ticket bought in Omaha.

The numbers 8, 28, 36, 37, 57 and Mega Ball 8 were pulled Friday night. The Nebraska Lottery says those numbers matched one ticket bought at the No Frills Supermarket on West Center Road. No ticket matched all the numbers, so the jackpot for Tuesday will be an estimated $30 million.

The winner has 180 days from Friday to claim his or her winnings at Nebraska Lottery headquarters in Lincoln.

(AP) — More passengers are flying in and out of the Lincoln Airport, with use up by 5 percent in 2013.

The Lincoln Airport Authority announced Monday that United, Delta and their partner airlines carried 283,690 travelers through the airport in 2013. That is nearly 14,000 more than in 2012.

December saw an especially large increase, with 9 percent more passengers than in December 2012.

John Wood, the airport’s executive director, says he expects new flights planned by Delta between Lincoln and Atlanta will lead to continued increases in passenger counts.

(AP) — Attendance at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium topped 1.6 million in 2013, making it the second-busiest year in the zoo’s history.

The zoo announced Monday that total attendance was 1,608,349. The figure was second only to the 2012 attendance of 1.7 million.

The total attendance includes those who attended some of 955 programs offered by the zoo, including classes, day camps, campouts and other activities. More than 38,000 children and adults took part in those activities.

Big crowds also were drawn by the births of animals, including five African lion cubs, a pygmy hippo and penguin chicks.

(AP) — Judith Cabanillas was just 13 when a middle-of-the-night phone call conveyed the shattering news: Her older sister had been found murdered in an Iowa farmhouse.

That was in 1974. The slaying went unsolved for years, but Cabanillas worked tirelessly to keep it from fading away.

Now, almost four decades later, her quest could be near an end as authorities put a suspect on trial Tuesday in the death of Mary Jayne Jones, a carefree 17-year-old who worked at a drive-in restaurant.

Cabanillas hopes the trial in Ottumwa provides some justice for her family and eases their grief.

The suspect is a man named Robert “Gene” Pilcher, who had been accused of luring another woman to the same house days earlier. Genetic testing in 2010 linked him to the crime scene.

(AP) — Hall County is considering spending $600,000 to buy a temporary courthouse to use while it upgrades the heating and air conditioning system at its current courthouse.

County supervisors will decide Tuesday whether to buy the former Workforce Development building in Grand Island from the city.

The county used to co-own the building with the city, and it has been used for several different purposes over the years.

Hall County board chairwoman Pam Lancaster says the building would work well as a courthouse while the existing building undergoes a yearlong $1 million renovation.

The county looked at doing the renovations while continuing to use the courthouse, but contractors said doing that would double the cost of the project.

(AP) — Pizza Hut plans to start offering pizza by the slice for the first time in two test locations this week, as the chain looks to keep pace with trendy competitors offering quick, made-to-order pies.

The chain says the two locations — one in York, Neb. and Pawtucket, R.I. — will open Tuesday.

A slice will cost between $2 and $3 and take 3 to 4 minutes to heat up. They’ll be made with new recipes more in line with the thinner pies sold in the Northeast.

The tests reflect how established restaurant chains are scrambling to reinvent themselves to keep pace with a rapidly changing industry. The challenge: figuring out how to serve food quickly, while also improving perceptions about their food.

(AP) — More Nebraska students could be eating grab-and-go school breakfasts or breakfasts in the classroom under a new bill in the Legislature.

Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln introduced legislation on Monday that would create a grant program to help schools expand participation in school breakfast programs.

Avery says 89 percent of schools have a standard breakfast program in place, but only 31 percent of students are using them. Avery wants to more than double that number. He says that children who eat breakfast perform better during the school day.

Avery says the problem with the current program is a lack of outreach to parents, and some students aren’t attracted to traditional breakfasts.

The grants would be funded by corporations in the food industry.

(AP) — Authorities are recommending an Omaha toddler who was cursed at and encouraged to curse in a video posted online be placed with his 17-year-old mom.

The mother and 2-year-old boy were among four children placed in foster care last week because of concerns about the home where the video was shot and a drive-by shooting that took place in October

The Nebraska Families Collaborative worker who asked for the removal said the 17-year-old’s mother had been in jail since Dec. 17 on weapons charges and known gang members were allowed in the home regularly.

The 17-year-old denies involvement in the video of adults teaching her son to curse.

While the court reviews the situation, none of the minors will move. Another hearing is set for Jan. 29.

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