LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has announced it will burn brush piles, as weather and snow cover allow, at several sites across the state.

Brush piles are created by the removal of invading trees in grassland or timber stands or from trees damaged in storms. The commission says removal of brush piles will open grasslands and timber for continued management, eliminate fuel for wildfires and eliminate sites conducive to the germination of noxious and invasive plants.

The brush pile burns are scheduled for state recreational and wildlife management areas in 11 counties, including Antelope, Burt, Knox, Jefferson, Lancaster and Otoe counties. Other counties are Saline, Seward, Thayer, Pawnee and Washington.

CRETE, Neb. (AP) — A rural Nebraska man has died after his pickup slammed into a tree.

Sixty-six-year-old Dale Workman of Crete died Friday morning.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says Workman may have suffered a major medical problem before the collision. That’s because investigators believe speed, distracted driving, weather conditions and alcohol use were not contributing factors.

Workman was alone in his pickup and not wearing a seat belt. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a northwest neighborhood apartment.

Police say a suspect in the man’s death is in police custody.

Police said in a news release that officers were sent to the apartment late Friday morning to check on the well-being of a person and found the body of the man there.

Police have not yet released the identities of the man found dead or the suspect being held, but say no other suspects are being sought. No details of how the man died have been released.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police in Lincoln say a computer store has been burglarized for the second time in nine months.

A city employee called police at 2:30 a.m. Friday after seeing men dressed in masks hauling equipment through a broken window.

Lincoln police chief Jim Peschong says investigators were still waiting Friday for staffers to determine what was missing. But the value of the stolen equipment could be as much as $30,000.

The store was robbed by two men wearing masks and carrying a machete, a stun gun and a baton in March. Police arrested three people from Omaha suspected in at least seven Lincoln-area robberies.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska attorney general’s office is seeking disciplinary action against a Lincoln orthopedic surgeon and former Husker football player who is accused of practicing medicine while impaired.

The petition filed this week alleges that Dr. Scott E. Strasburger arrived at work on Nov. 26 in an impaired state that prevented him from performing surgeries.

According to the petition, Strasburger refused to submit to a drug test. The petition says Strasburger failed a drug test in July, months after completing an outpatient treatment program. It says Strasburger initially tested positive for a controlled substance in October 2013.

A phone message left at Strasburger’s office wasn’t immediately returned. A home phone number rang unanswered.

Strasburger was a defensive end for the Huskers and was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1985.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A police officer has suffered minor injuries in a collision with a firetruck on the way to a blaze in northeast Omaha.

Omaha police say the accident occurred a little before 3 a.m. Friday. The Police Department says Officer Anthony Barnes was headed south in his cruiser on North 16th Street and was struck on the driver’s side by the southbound firetruck.

The cruiser was knocked into a parked vehicle and then off the roadway into a couple of fences, stopping in a yard.

Barnes was taken to Nebraska Medical Center for treatment. The Police Department says none of the firefighters on the truck were injured.