A wildfire has blackened about 20 square miles of land in the western Nebraska Sandhills.

Grant County Sheriff Mike Roth says the blaze started in Grant County around noon Wednesday and stretched into Arthur County. At least 10 agencies fought the flames for more than seven hours.

No injuries have been reported, nor any damage to buildings.

Another blaze was reported Tuesday afternoon in south-central Nebraska. Authorities say sparks from a passing train ignited fires along an eight-mile stretch east of Harvard. About 80 firefighters responded, and farmers used their tractors and discs to deny fuel to the flames.

No injuries or building damage have been reported.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The new chancellor of the University of Nebraska’s Lincoln campus has been selected from within the university system’s ranks.

Ronnie Green was named Wednesday as UNL’s new chancellor. He previously served as NU’s vice president for agriculture and natural resources and is UNL’s Harlan vice chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

The university began the search for a new chancellor last spring after Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced his plan to leave the office and return to the law school faculty.

Green grew up in Virginia and received bachelor and master’s degrees in animal science from Virginia Tech and Colorado State University, respectively. He completed his doctorate jointly at the University of Nebraska and the USDA-ARS U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in animal breeding and genetics in 1988.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska corrections officials say another staff member has been assaulted at a state facility in Lincoln.

The attack reportedly took place around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at the Lincoln Correctional Center.

The Department of Correctional Services says the inmate struck the employee without provocation after the employee told the inmate to leave the area. Nearby officers helped subdue the inmate and control the situation.

The staff member who was assaulted declined medical treatment. Another staff member who helped subdue the inmate was taken to a local hospital as a precaution and released.

The department is withholding all of the names until the investigation is complete. At least three other corrections staff members have been assaulted since March 1.

A North Platte man is facing felony charges following an alleged road rage incident on Tuesday afternoon.

At around 1:30 p.m., officers with the North Platte Police Department responded to a disturbance in a parking lot in the 1800 block of East 4th Street.

Officers met with a 19-year-old male and several witnesses who alleged that the male pulled onto East 4th Street in his vehicle, in front of a vehicle driven by Brian Johnson.

It was reported that Johnson began tailgating the victim, and both vehicles eventually pulled into the parking lot.

According to Investigator John Deal, Johnson approached the driver of the other vehicle and produced a knife and began making threats.

After a short time, Deal says witnesses reported that Johnson left the scene and went to a nearby parking lot, where they observed him place the knife under his vehicle.

As the officers were talking to the victim and witnesses, Johnson drove by the scene and was stopped by an officer.

The knife was located in plain view inside the vehicle, and Deal said it matched the description given by the victim and witnesses.

Johnson was placed under arrest and charged with felony terroristic threats and use of a weapon to commit a felony.  He was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.