OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two Omaha groups are collaborating to make sure thousands of Omaha-area children don’t go hungry this summer.

The Omaha Salvation Army and Food Bank for the Heartland are collaborating this summer for the Kids Cruisin’ Kitchen program. In its fifth year, the program brings hot, nutritious, free meals to the places where children live and play, such as parks, libraries and apartment complexes. Children 18 years and younger are eligible.

The meals are prepared by Westside Nutrition Services. Mutual of Omaha employees are donating more than 1,200 volunteer hours to help.

Utilizing four food trucks, the program distributes meals to 15 mobile sites in Omaha, Bellevue, Ralston, La Vista and Plattsmouth. Kids Cruisin’ Kitchen operates through Aug. 7 on weekdays. This summer’s goal is to provide 50,000 meals.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A woman in southeast Nebraska has been accused of putting carpet cleaner into her boyfriend’s mother’s drink in an attempt to poison her.

Court documents say 25-year-old Amanda J. Nelson, of Beatrice, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault after local authorities responded to a verbal disturbance at a residence. A woman there claimed her tongue went numb after drinking tea she had in the refrigerator. She threw up the drink.

Authorities say Nelson was angry with the woman. They say Nelson told officers she put carpet cleaner into the drink to poison the woman.

Nelson appeared in Gage County court Thursday. Records do not list an attorney.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Colleagues and friends of a slain Omaha police officer Kerrie Orozco will hold a benefit for her family later this month.

Orozco was shot and killed on May 20 while trying to help arrest a man wanted on a felony assault warrant in another Omaha shooting. She left behind her husband, Hector, two stepchildren and newborn daughter.

On June 28, a benefit will be held at the Ralston Arena from 11 a.m. through 7 p.m. All proceeds from the benefit will go directly to the Orozco family.

Admission is free, although donations will be taken at the door. The event will feature food, live music, children’s activities, raffles and silent and live auctions. There will also be a 5K run and 3K walk.

More information can be found online at Kerrieonbenefit.com.

FOSTER, Neb. (AP) — A pilot suffered only minor injuries after putting his crop duster down in a northeast Nebraska field, which overturned on its top in the process.

27-year-old Brandon Rosberg was flying for Bloomfield Ag and Aerial when he lost power just after noon Friday.

Rosberg reported that he made an emergency landing in the field just northwest of Foster. Rosberg said the plane skidded “a long way” before it came to a stop upside-down.

Pierce County Sheriff Rick Eberhardt said Rosberg was able to free himself and was assisted by witnesses. Rosberg complained of back and neck pain and was taken to a local hospital.

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Investigators say a Papillion man has died after the car he was driving hit a power pole in La Vista, just southwest of Omaha.

La Vista police say 29-year-old Alex Shives was killed in the 5 a.m. Saturday crash.

Shives was heading westbound on West Giles Road, apparently lost control and hit a utility pole near Westport Parkway.

Shives was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say he was not wearing a seat belt.

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Managers of The Archway monument that spans Interstate 80 at Kearney are optimistic that this year’s boost in attendance and revenue will continue throughout the year.

Through May, the monument has seen an increase in attendance and revenue this year from the first five months of 2014.

Officials acknowledge that the boost is due, in part, to the closure of the monument in January and February of 2014.

But officials say the attraction’s historically busiest months are June, July and August, giving them hope that the numbers will continue to grow.

The Archway features exhibits commemorating the Oregon, Mormon and California pioneer trails and the nation’s highway systems and railroads.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man doing time for shooting his girlfriend last year — marring her “happiness is a warm gun” tattoo — has been ordered to pay her medical bills.

Lancaster County District Judge Steven Burns entered a judgment of nearly $20,000 against Paul Boye and in favor of Andrea Eberspacher to help cover her medical bills from the February 2014 shooting.

A jury will be asked at a trial set for September to determine if she deserves more for pain and suffering.

Boye is serving 10 to 15 years in prison for the shooting.

Court documents say the shooting occurred during an argument between Boye and Eberspacher after they had smoked methamphetamine and consumed vodka.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Students at the University of Nebraska will pay more in tuition over the next two years after the university’s Board of Regents voted to end a two-year freeze on in-state tuition.

The board approved tuition hikes of 1.75 percent in 2015-16 and a 2.5 percent increase in 2016-17.

The increase will add about $3.50 per credit hour to tuition bills next year and $5 per credit hour the year after that.

NU President Hank Bounds told the regents that the tuition increases still keep the Nebraska university system’s costs below its peer institutions and fulfill the priorities of keeping the university affordable.