LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman, her husband and some other relatives have found a gleam in a pile of garbage: the 2-karat diamond wedding ring that her husband had given her more than seven years ago.

Geralee Olson-Triplett says she accidentally had thrown away her ring Tuesday while tossing some trash into a can.

The couple contacted the owner of their garbage service, who told them all the trucks had dumped their trash at the landfill. But he called back an hour later to say that one of the trucks hadn’t arrived at the landfill by closing time so they could look through its load.

The next morning, the couple and relatives went through the trash and discovered the ring to Olson-Triplett’s relief.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are investigating after two men were fatally shot in a gravel alley behind a north Omaha home.

According to Omaha police spokesman Officer James Shade, the two men, whose identities have not been released, were shot around 7 p.m. Thursday.

Police say they do not have any suspects in custody.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha woman has been given nine months in jail for misdemeanor vehicular homicide.

Online court records say 41-year-old Lawanda Cook was sentenced Thursday in Douglas County Court. She’d pleaded no contest and was convicted on May 28.

Cook was charged after the Jan. 18 death of 55-year-old Joanne Smith. Police say Smith was struck by Cook’s car as Smith was unloading items from the trunk of her car. Smith’s legs were severed, and she died four days after the accident.

Police say Cook reported that she got distracted when her cellphone fell to the floor of her car.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A first-year student from Arizona is accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old student in a dorm at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

University officials say Christopher Petersen, of Scottsdale, Arizona, has been barred from campus following the Sept. 5 incident. His attorney, Bob Creager (KREE’-gur), declined to comment on Friday.

A court affidavit says Petersen and the woman went to the woman’s room and began kissing. The woman told investigators that Petersen continued kissing and groping her after she told him to stop. The affidavit says Petersen acknowledged during a subsequent interview with an officer that he’d made some “bad decisions.”

SPRINGFIELD, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska teenager has been accused of putting a chemical from a chemistry class into a water bottle and duping another student into drinking the tainted liquid, sickening him.

Authorities say the incident occurred Tuesday at Platteview High School in the rural Omaha suburb of Springfield. The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office says the 16-year-old was booked on suspicion of attempted second-degree assault and released to his parents. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles accused of crimes.

The Sheriff’s Office says the teen had dared the other 16-year-old boy to drink from the bottle, telling him it contained just old water that had been sitting in a truck. The other 16-year-old became ill and vomited within a minute of drinking the water. The chemical was believed to be copper sulfate.