WOOD RIVER, Neb. (AP) — The son of a fallen Nebraska firefighter is following in his father’s footsteps by joining the profession.

Wood River native Matt Woitalewicz received his badge as a firefighter in Lincoln in November. His father, Kenny, died after trying to save an elderly woman in a house fire in 2004.

Woitalewicz’s father was a captain with the Wood River volunteer fire department. He said he wants to honor what his father did.

His mother, Melissa, says she wanted to make sure her son wasn’t becoming a firefighter only because of what happened to his father. She says her son has “what it takes.”

Woitalewicz says he tries not to let worries creep in, but says that’s why all firefighters train and prepare.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln’s new, 17-block-long protected lane has proved popular with bicyclists.

But, they say, unfortunately, it’s also proved popular with a few car and truck drivers.

The $3.2 million N Street Bike Track connects the Haymarket district on the west side of downtown Lincoln with Antelope Valley trails and beyond to the east.

Cyclist Gary Bentrup said the lane’s curbs and dividers could be confusing some drivers.

The city plans to add more street striping at certain intersections this week to help keep cars in their designated lanes while turning. The city also intends to install more 3- or 4-foot tall reflective plastic tubes in and near the bike lane to deter motorized traffic.

WAYNE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot has been found dead at the scene of a plane crash in northeast Nebraska.

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office says the wreckage of the single-engine Cessna 172 was found around 1:30 a.m. Monday in rural Wayne County. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene. His name hasn’t been released, pending notification of relatives.

The Sheriff’s Office says the plane was reported overdue Sunday and had gone off radar. It had been diverted to the Wayne County airport from its destination of Sioux City, Iowa, because of bad weather.

Tom Becker manages the Wayne County facility, and he says Columbia, Missouri, was the last known stop for the aircraft.

Federal authorities will be investigating.

NORFOLK,Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died at a hospital after his all-terrain vehicle broke through ice on a pond near Norfolk.

Norfolk firefighters were sent to the pond a little after 4 p.m. Saturday. They pulled the man from the icy water. He was treated at a Norfolk hospital and then sent to an Omaha hospital. Authorities say he died there.

The man’s name hasn’t been released.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Department data show hundreds of incidents each year of the children of military service members being victims of sexual assault.

The abuse of military dependents is committed most often by male enlisted troops, according to the data provided exclusively to The Associated Press.

The figures offer greater insight into the sexual abuse of children committed by service members, a problem of uncertain scale due to a lack of transparency in the military’s legal proceedings. With more than 1 million military dependents, the number of cases appears statistically small. But for a profession that prides itself on honor and discipline, any episodes of abuse cast a pall.