OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An anti-defamation group says it’s received hundreds of calls from Omaha residents upset over neo-Nazi books left in several Little Free Libraries.

The Plains States Region of the Anti-Defamation League says dozens of neo-Nazi books were found in outdoor book exchanges across Omaha. They say they’re working with law enforcement to combat the rise in hate speech.

Trendwood Neighborhood Association President Susie Dugan says the libraries are intended to bring the community together.

Signs encouraging citizens to report individuals living in the country illegally have also turned up on poles in Omaha neighborhoods. Residents have been taking them down.

Resident Dalila Rios says the signs are discriminatory and invite people to make false assumptions.

The Anti-Defamation League urges any residents who encounter such propaganda to report it.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Analysts say Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens could find a political revival challenging, especially in a #MeToo environment where he would be vulnerable to attack for allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman during an extramarital affair.

The Republican and former Navy SEAL officer has hinted at a possible political comeback, declaring during his resignation announcement Tuesday that “this is not the end of our fight.”

He is stepping down Friday amid allegations of sexual misconduct and campaign violations but is still defiantly asserting that he’s done nothing worthy of being forced out of office.

Even though he’s quitting amid scandal, some Greitens voters said they still like him. Retiree Wilma Nelson said she would be open to voting for Greitens again if he sought to re-enter politics.

North Platte – Sophomore North Platte Community College Lady Knight basketball player Naria Hall from Wichita, Kans., is going back home to continue her basketball career at Friends University in Wichita.

Hall played for the Lady Knights one season after transferring from Colby Community College.

During her season with the Lady Knights, Hall led the Lady Knights in scoring with a 14 points per game average.  She also averaged five rebounds per game. Hall was named to the Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference team during the 2017-18 season.

Friends University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Kansas Collegiate Athletics Conference.

Hall played her high school basketball at Wichita South High School.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska campaign organizers and political parties have shifted strategies to meet the rising number of early voters ahead of this month’s primary election.

About 44,000 Nebraska residents as of Tuesday voted early for the May 15 election. About 38,000 of the voters submitted ballots by mail and about 6,000 voted in person at a county election office, according to state figures.

Campaigns are spending more of their budgets on consultants to identify and motivate early voters, said Paul Landow, a political science professor at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

Organizers often use public records from the Nebraska secretary of state’s office to find early voters, Landow said. Campaigns can use phone calls, home visits and direct mail to reach those who wait to return an early ballot, he said.

Political parties are trying to boost early voting and reach nonpartisan voters who may be open to their candidates, said Kenny Zoeller, executive director of the Nebraska Republican Party.

Young voters increasingly tend to vote early because of convenience, said John Hibbing, a political science professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Older voters in Douglas County were more likely to vote early, according to the newspaper’s analysis of data from the latest presidential election and gubernatorial primary. But the average age of early voters dropped from 65 years old in the 2014 primary to 54 in the 2016 general election.

Female early voters in the county also outnumbered males in both races, according to the newspaper’s findings.

Whitney Coriolan, 23, picked up an early ballot when she recently registered to vote in Douglas County.

“I’ve just graduated college,” Coriolan said. “This is my first year as an adult, and this is a way to make sure it gets done and that I have enough time to think and research who I’m going to choose.”

Voters can still pick up a ballot and vote early in person through Monday, or return the ballot by mail before polls close May 15.

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team has announced the signing of two area players.  Mullen’s Luke Christen and North Platte St. Patrick’s Gary White III have signed letters of intent to play basketball for the Knights in the 2018-19 season.

Christen, a 6’3” guard, in his junior season at Mullen helped them win the Class D-2 state championship.  Christen, in his senior season averaged 12.2 points per game and 5.8 rebounds per game.  He also had 52 assists and 49 steals.  Christen was named to the Omaha World Herald Class D-2 First Team All- State Basketball team  and second team on the Lincoln Journal Star All-D2 Basketball Team.

Christen also played football and runs track for the Mullen High School Broncos and plans to pursue a degree in engineering.

White, a 6’1” guard, also is a three-sport athlete. Besides playing basketball, he was a All-District Cornerback for the football team and runs the 110 hurdles and a state qualifier on the 4 X 100 relay team for the St. Pats Irish track team.

White averaged 10.4 points per game and 2.8 rebounds per game, along with 51 assists for the Irish basketball team.  White shot 42.8 percent from the field, including 23 for 71 from behind the three-point line. White was Honorable Mention on the Omaha World Herald Class C-2 All- State Basketball team  and Honorable Mention on the Lincoln Journal Star All-C2 Basketball Team.

White is an academic all-stater in football, basketball, and track with a 3.79 cumulative grade point average.  He has made the “A” Honor Roll for seven semesters. White is undecided on his major in college.

The Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team is holding steady as it nears the end of its rodeo season.

The team competed at the Bobby Gottsch Jr. Memorial Hastings College Rodeo in Hastings on Friday and Saturday.

Lane Kennedy, of Orleans, and Reed Murray, of Belvue, Kan., won the team roping for MPCC, while Riley Weehler, of Maloy, Iowa, and Chandler Comfort, of Elwood, placed fifth.

Murray was also fourth in the tie down roping.

In the roughstock events, Garrett Wickett, of Norfolk, came in second in the bull riding.

JW Schroder, of Taylor, was second in the saddle bronc riding, and his teammate, Wyatt Kunkee, of Lexington, was fourth.

Mykelsi Schnose, of Oelrichs, S.D., ended up third in the breakaway roping, and Shania Macomber, of Whitman, was fourth in the barrel racing.

Overall, MPCC finished fifth in both the men’s and women’s team standings.

“Reed Murray did phenomenal, but we have to pick six members whose points will count toward the team standings before the rodeo,” said Garrett Nokes, MPCC Rodeo Team timed event coach. “He wasn’t one of them, so his points didn’t count toward the team points. What he did do was put himself in a good position to make the College National Finals Rodeo in team roping and to have a chance for the all-around if he can be that strong the next two rodeos.”

Depending on how they do this weekend, Comfort, Weehler, Kennedy and Schnose could also be heading to nationals.

“Mykelsi just continued her hot streak at Hastings,” Nokes said. “She has really roped well this spring, and that’s coming off a fall where she didn’t score a point. Now, she’s third in the region after three rodeos.”

Wickett also made a strong comeback at Hastings, after running into some tough luck at UNL the weekend before.

“I don’t know if you could numerically say it solidified him, but his points at Hastings gave Garrett a really good chance at winning the region again,” Nokes said. “He really stepped up and rode both bulls. I would say there’s a 90 percent chance or better that he will go to the CNFR.”

The spring rodeos will wrap up this week. MPCC will compete in Spearfish, S.D. on Thursday and Friday in a rodeo postponed earlier in the spring due to weather. The team will then head to its final competition of the season in Dickinson, N.D. on Saturday and Sunday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials say chemical agents were used to quell a disturbance by six inmates at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln.

Nebraska Correctional Services Department spokeswoman Dawn-Renee Smith said Tuesday’s disturbance lasted more than three hours. No injuries have been reported, but one staffer sought medical care for smoke exposure.

Smith says the incident began when inmates slid burning items out of their cells. The fires were quickly extinguished, but Smith says the housing unit gallery filled with smoke and had to be evacuated.

She says a chemical spray was used on one inmate who tried to strike a staffer, and two chemical munitions were fired from a tower to control other noncompliant inmates.

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a driver killed in a crash on a Scotts Bluff County road in the Nebraska Panhandle.

The crash occurred a little before 5 p.m. Monday, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) west of Lake Minatare. Witnesses say the vehicle was moving below the speed limit before turning slowly across the center line and into a roadside ditch, where it rolled onto its top.

Sheriff Mark Overman identified the woman Tuesday as 78-year-old Jean Roebuck, who lived in rural Minatare. He said in a news release that an autopsy showed she died of crash injuries, although it’s possible a medical issue caused her to lose control of her vehicle.