OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A power outage forced a lockdown at the Douglas County Jail in Omaha, and no escapes have been reported.

The jail and several dozen other Omaha Public Power District customers lost power in a section of downtown late Wednesday morning. The main grid had been taken offline for planned maintenance, but the backup circuit failed.

The jail’s generator started up but sputtered to a halt after 30 minutes because of a mechanical problem.

The jail was without power from a little after 11 a.m. until a little before 2 p.m.

Douglas County corrections director Mark Foxall says inmates were kept secure.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It’s back-to-school this week on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.

Thousands of students will be moving into residence halls on Thursday and Friday, although some students at The Village and The Courtyards campus residences began moving in on Monday.

University officials are warning visitors and Lincoln residents to be aware of traffic delays around the campus because of lane closures and traffic from those moving in.

Classes for the semester begin this coming Monday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has been given 80 months in federal prison for distributing child pornography.

Federal prosecutors say 24-year-old Matthew McCann must serve 10 years of supervised release after he leaves prison and must pay $2,500 restitution to one of the people depicted in his collection of child porn.

Officers searched an Omaha residence where McCann was staying on May 9 last year. Prosecutors say McCann admitted downloading child porn daily, and investigators found more than 60 videos on McCann’s computer.

Prosecutors also say FBI technicians found sexually explicit texts that McCann had sent from his cellphone to a 13-year-old girl.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say Head Coach of Nebraska volleyball John Cook suffered minor injuries when his bicycle was hit by a car.

The accident happened Wednesday morning.

Cook says the impact cracked his helmet and he landed on his right shoulder. He wasn’t seriously injured.

KETV says police ticketed the driver of the car who turned in front of Cook.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A donkey who became a friend to some U.S. Marines in Iraq has died at his new home near Omaha.

Smoke died late Tuesday or early Wednesday at the Miracle Hills Ranch and Stable.

Ranch owner Brenda Sheets says Smoke looked fine Tuesday morning, but was lethargic by the afternoon.

Smoke became a friend to the Marines in Iraq three years ago. Col. John Folsom was among those who took care of him until 2009, when the Marines left the area.

Folsom, now retired, was the driving force behind the operation to bring Smoke to the U.S. in May 2011. He says Smoke was a “battle buddy.”

In Nebraska, Smoke became a therapy animal to help military personnel recover from post-traumatic stress disorder.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former firefighter and paramedic for the city of York is suing the southeastern Nebraska city, saying she was wrongly fired following surgery for an injury.

Lisa Peter says in her lawsuit that the city discriminated against her because she’s a woman and because of her disability. Her attorney, Kathleen Neary of Lincoln, says Peter had surgery for a broken leg in 2010. The injury was not work-related.

Peter says she asked for light duty work until she could heal, but city officials refused, even though they had done so for an ill male firefighter. Peter was fired within months of her injury.

The federal lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for lost past and future wages, among other damages.

A city attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment.