Nebraska officials will have a chance to learn more about the potential cost of different electric power options at a conference.

State Sen. Ken Haar, of Lincoln, says the Energy Choices conference will be held Monday on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus.

Haar says he wants to make sure Nebraska’s public power districts consider all the potential costs of relying on coal, natural gas and nuclear fuels for most of the state’s electricity.

Haar says Nebraska utilities should consider doing more to develop wind energy in the state.

Authorities say an Illinois man has been fatally injured and an Omaha man hurt in a northeast Nebraska collision.

The accident occurred about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday on U.S. Highway 75 near Macy.

The Nebraska State Patrol says 62-year-old Robert Meiron, of Springfield, Ill., was driving south when his car crossed the center line and ran into a sport utility vehicle driven by 35-year-old Gary Collins, of Omaha.

The patrol says Meiron was pronounced dead later at Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, and that Collins was taken to Burgess Health Center in Onawa, Iowa, for treatment. The patrol says Collins suffered a rib injury and was in stable condition.

Authorities say a 22-year-old Omaha man has been sentenced to federal prison for selling crack cocaine.

A news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg says Kaveh Ranson was sentenced to six years behind bars and must serve five years of supervised release after he leaves prison.

In June Ranson pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine.

A 35-year-old Seward woman has changed her plea to guilty in a federal embezzlement case.

Crystal Lankford made the plea change on Wednesday. Prosecutors say she stole nearly $662,000 while working for H.B.E. Credit Union from 2006 to 2011.

Her sentencing is scheduled for January. Lankford faces up to 30 years in prison, but as part of plea deal she made with prosecutors she won’t have to face more embezzlement or bank fraud charges.