LYONS, Neb. (AP) — The Center for Rural Affairs in Lyons is getting a $99,000 federal grant to provide training and business assistance to two small businesses that will specialize in growing vegetables.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture says it is providing the money to support a Nebraska Native American community to help strengthen tribal business and create jobs.

The funding is from USDA’s Rural Business Enterprise Grant program which supports small and emerging businesses in rural areas.

Businesses in Santee and Macy will receive vegetable growing assistance.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack says the investments “will help deliver more products and services to local customers, boost residents’ earnings and improve the economic vitality of this tribal community.”

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man who tried to hijack a car in Lincoln has been shot by a friend of the car’s teenage driver.

Police Capt. Michon Morrow (mih-SHAWN’ MOR’-roh) says the man approached the teen around 2 a.m. Sunday as the boy sat in a car. The man punched the boy’s face and got into the car. The boy left.

Morrow says a 16-year-old friend of the boy inside a nearby house heard the commotion outside and grabbed a gun. He fired a warning shot and told the man to leave. Morrow says that when the man left the car and began to approach the house, the boy fired, striking the man several times. The man was taken to a Lincoln hospital.

The names of those involved haven’t been released.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators say overloaded storage bins on the roof of an Omaha livestock feed manufacturer’s plant caused the building collapse that killed two people in January.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced its findings Monday and cited International Nutrition for 13 violations of safety and health rules.

Regulators are proposing $120,560 in penalties and want to impose strict oversight on the company because of the violations.

International Nutrition officials declined to comment on the report Monday morning because they haven’t had a chance to review the decision.

OSHA says nine storage bins on the plant’s roof were overloaded, and the additional weight caused three floors to collapse inward in about 30 seconds.

The Jan. 20 collapse killed 47-year-old David Ball and 53-year-old Keith Everett and injured several others.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Installing a new credit card reading system for all parking meters in Lincoln could cost the city around $1 million.

According to the city’s parking manager, it would cost around $500 per meter to read new credit cards with computer chips instead of magnetic chips. He says Lincoln has about 2,400 meters. More than half can read credit cards.

The new credit cards that contain a computer chip require the cardholder to type a four-digit code to authorize the transaction.

The microchip cards makes it harder for people to steal credit card data and are more difficult to counterfeit.

Credit card companies Visa and Mastercard have announced they’re moving to the new cards by October 2015.

FULLERTON, Neb. (AP) — A 16-year-old Fullerton boy has died after being ejected from a car during a rollover crash in central Nebraska.

The accident occurred around 10 p.m. Saturday on Nebraska Highway 14, about four miles east of Belgrade.

Jayden Friend was a passenger in the car driven by a 15-year-old friend when the car rolled, ejecting Friend.

The Nebraska State Patrol says Friend was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was taken to a hospital.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha mayor and police chief say the city needs more law enforcement officers.

Mayor Jean Stothert plans to present a budget on Tuesday to the city council that includes money for new recruits. It’s unclear how much funding the mayor wants for new positions, but she says she wants to hire about 75 more officers by 2016.

The department currently has about 770 officers.

Stothert and Chief Todd Schmaderer say bolstering the ranks will reduce crime, improve response times and help staff special events. They say more police will help reduce gang violence.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating a fatal shooting of a man.

The department identified the man as 59-year-old Frank Sanders on Monday morning.

Police received a 911 call late Sunday night from a woman who said her boyfriend had been shot.

Authorities found Sanders dead in an area apartment with a gunshot wound to the chest. It’s unclear if he lived at the residence.

Police haven’t released information about the shooter.