BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Gage County is appealing a $28.1 million civil judgment it faces in a lawsuit filed by six people who were wrongly convicted of the 1985 rape and homicide of a Beatrice woman.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports the county is asking the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review the case and block the verdict a federal judge issued this summer.

The appeal should also buy more time for Gage County officials to come up with a plan to raise the money if the judgment is upheld.

Attorney Jennifer Tomka says the county can’t easily pay the judgment if it is affirmed.

The six people who sued spent a combined 77 years in prison in the death of 68-year-old Helen Wilson before DNA testing cleared them in 2008.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Nebraska man has died after a vehicle rolled on top of him at a home in Murray.

The Cass County sheriff’s office says 63-year-old Wayne L. Gerdes of Johnson was working the vehicle at a home in Beaver Lake on Wednesday. A sheriff’s deputy arrived shortly before 9:30 p.m. and administered CPR until an emergency medical services crew arrived.

Gerdes was taken to the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he was pronounced dead.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Native American mascots are popular among Kansas high schools even as a national debate brews over whether they should be eliminated.

The Manhattan Mercury analyzed a list of all the high school mascots in Kansas.

Fourteen schools have the mascot name “Indians,” making that the fourth most popular in the state. One of those schools is in Manhattan, where the school board is considering changing it. Advocates say the mascot is offensive or insensitive to American Indians.

Manhattan has used an Indian mascot since 1940. A push to change the mascot in 2001 was unsuccessful.

The list obtained from the Kansas State High School Activities Association also shows that three schools use Redskins; two use Redmen. Wamego uses Red Raiders. Two use Chieftains; two use Braves.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Navy seaman’s remains are returning to Kansas, 75 years after he was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Lewis Lowell Wagoner was 20 when he was declared missing after the Dec. 7, 1941, surprise attack that propelled the United States into World War II.

Wagoner was aboard the USS Oklahoma when it and other U.S. warships were hit by torpedoes. The battleship Oklahoma capsized quickly. Thirty-two men were rescued, but 14 Marines and 415 sailors were killed and largely were buried as “unknowns” in a Hawaii cemetery.

Many of those remains were disinterred for modern DNA testing that only recently identified Wagoner and roughly 30 others.

Wagoner’s remains are to be flown Friday to Wichita, with a memorial and interment ceremonies scheduled the next day in Harvey County.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Bail has been set at $500,000 for an Omaha teenager accused of throwing her newborn out of a second-floor apartment window.

The 16-year-old girl has been charged as an adult with felony child abuse resulting in death and remains in a youth detention center. Her public defender wants the case to be moved to juvenile court.

The defendant is identified as Antonia Lopez.

Investigators say the teen was alone in her bedroom early Friday morning when she went into labor and gave birth to the premature, two-pound baby. Police say she then threw the infant out the window and told her mother.

The baby and teen were taken to a hospital, where the baby was pronounced dead.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska wildlife officials are cautioning people to stay away from a moose that has been spotted roaming through eastern Nebraska.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports the bull moose was spotted northwest of Columbus on Sept. 26, and there were later sightings near Wayne and near Dixon on Tuesday.

It’s rare for moose to venture into Nebraska, though people reported seeing one of the animals last year in the North Platte River valley in the state’s panhandle.

Officials urge people to stay away from the moose, even if it appears docile.

Karie Decker, interim administrator for Game and Parks’ wildlife division, says when the moose encounters urban areas, it likely will move onto more rural parts of the region.

It’s illegal to hunt moose in Nebraska.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A three-judge federal appeals court panel is set to hear a dispute over the $3.8 billion four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is being asked to keep a temporary stop of construction in place while the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe appeals a lower-court ruling from September that didn’t block the pipeline.

The same appeals court earlier issued a temporary injunction against construction for 20 miles on either side of the Missouri River at Lake Oahe to give it time to consider the tribe’s request. The pipeline is otherwise nearly complete.

The tribes say the construction and operation of the pipeline, which is being built by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, would damage and destroy sites of historic, religious and cultural significance.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A task force appointed by Kansas Republican Gov. Sam Brownback suggests ending the monthly reports that compare the state’s tax collections to projections of how much money it’ll bring in.

A proposal released Tuesday would do monthly reports only comparing tax collections to the previous year. Task force Chairman Sam Williams said the goal is to focus on actual tax collections rather than imperfect projections.

Monthly comparisons of tax collections against projections have long provided a look at how the state’s budget is faring, but have become a political problem for Brownback as tax collections have regularly fallen short of expectations.

Balancing the budget has been difficult for Kansas since GOP legislators slashed personal income taxes in 2012 and 2013 at Brownback’s urging.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Journalists are expected to arrive at Washington University in St. Louis as early as Wednesday to cover the presidential debate.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that by the time Sunday’s debate commences, as many as 2,000 news professionals will be in place.

Leaders from the Commission on Presidential Debates call this media turnout “unprecedented” compared to past election years. Debate officials say the boom of online-only news outlets has played a role in the high number of journalists covering the event.

Hordes of media covered the sparring between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candidate Donald Trump on Sept. 26 at Hofstra University.

The university isn’t spending money to host journalists except for waiving what was once a $200 wireless internet access fee.

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The University of St. Mary is mourning the death of former basketball player Marcus Mondaine.

The Kansas City Star reports that Mondaine was found fatally shot Saturday in a Kansas City, Missouri, house. An arrest warrant has been issued for a person of interest.

Mondaine was finishing his final semester at the private liberal arts university in Leavenworth. Before his last season ended this spring, he was twice been named the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Defensive Player of the Week. He also played for State Fair Community College in Sedalia, Missouri, and Lincoln College Preparatory Academy in Kansas City, Missouri.

University President Diane Steele described Mondaine in a statement as a “humble, gentle soul.” A prayer service is planned for Tuesday night at the university’s Annunciation Chapel.