KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Police in central Nebraska say a Kearney teen suspected of shooting into a crowd of teens at the Buffalo County Fair has been arrested.

The 16-year-old boy is accused of shooting a handgun into the ground near the crowd of about 10 young adults around 10:30 p.m. Thursday.

Police investigator Doug McCarty says the incident happened as a fight seemed to be starting between some of the teens. No one was injured.

The teen was arrested on suspicion of attempted felony first-degree assault and weapons counts. He is being held at the Northeast Nebraska Juvenile Services Center in Madison until a hearing is scheduled.

MCCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska pheasant farmer plans to hatch 350,000 birds at his farm this year to supply hunting preserves around the Plains and Midwest.

90 percent of Dustin Chrisman’s birds at Double Barrel Game Farm are expected to be pheasants, but he also hatches some chukars and bobwhite quail.

Family friend Les Brozovsky sparked Chrisman’s interest in hatching when he was just a second-grade student. Chrisman would work for Brozovsky after school, collecting and washing eggs and cleaning incubators.

Before Brozovsky died just a few years later, he gave Chrisman a Sears-Roebuck incubator that was about the size of a small dresser and capable of holding about 300 eggs.

Now, Chrisman uses five climate-controlled incubators, each one capable of holding more than 21,500 eggs.

A juvenile is facing numerous felony charges after he allegedly discharged a gun at the Buffalo County Fair.

At approximately 10:25 p.m., July 27, 2017, Kearney Police officers responded to a unit call for a victim of a gunshot wound at the Buffalo County Fair.

Officers took a 16-year-old Kearney teen into custody after it was determined that he had allegedly fired a shot during a dispute just off the Midway portion of the Fairgrounds. The juvenile had been detained by carnival employees and Fairground security officers prior to KPD’s arrival.

It was determined that a single shot had been fired from a small caliber handgun and fortunately no one was struck by the bullet. The suspect has been placed in a secure juvenile detention facility. Pending preliminary charges are attempted first-degree assault, use of a weapon to commit a felony, terroristic threats, possession of a handgun by a minor, carrying a concealed weapon and discharge of a firearm in city limits.

The charges may change as the incident is still being investigated.

At approximately 9:20 p.m., July 27, 2017, Kearney Police Officers, Kearney Volunteer Fire Department, and Good Samaritan Paramedics were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident with injuries, in the 5100 block of 2nd Avenue, Kearney, NE.

Investigation at the scene revealed that a full-sized pickup was being driven northbound on 2nd Avenue, by a 61-year-old Buffalo County man.

The pickup struck a sign in the median at 50th Street and 2nd Avenue, near the entrance to the Kearney Hilltop Mall, before crossing into the southbound lanes of 2nd Avenue.  The truck continued to travel in a north-northwest direction before going over the west curb near Culvers.  The pickup struck a tree and then collided with two parked vehicles in the Culver’s parking lot. It continued north before colliding with the southeast corner of the Verizon store, located at 5110 2nd Avenue, where it came to rest.

The driver of the pickup was transported to CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney where he was later pronounced dead. The accident is being investigated by members of the Kearney Police Department and Buffalo County Sheriff’s Department Fatality Accident Investigation Team (F.A.I.T.).

Names are not being released at this time, pending notification of kin.  An autopsy has been ordered by the Buffalo County Attorney’s Office.

A Hershey man is facing felony child abuse charges after his daughter was severely burned by boiling water.

According to a statement from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, deputies learned that, on July 24, a five-year-old girl had been severely burned at a residence in Hershey.

The sheriff’s office investigated and learned that the girl’s father, 32-year-old Travis Cooley, had been using boiling water in an attempt to remove coloring from her hair.

Cooley told deputies that the girl had dyed her hair with Kool Aid and he had searched the internet for ways to remove it. His search reportedly revealed that this could be accomplished using boiling water and baking soda.

As Cooley was going through the process, he said the boiling water spilled on the girls arm and back causing severe burns.

Chief Deputy Roland Kramer says the girl was transported to Great Plains Health and then to St. Elizabeth’s Burn Center in Lincoln. Officials say she suffered burns to 20 percent of her body.

Upon her release from St. Elizabeth’s, the girl was interviewed at the Bridge of Hope Child Advocacy Center, in North Platte.

On July 27, after further investigation, deputies determined that there was probable cause to arrest Cooley and charge him with child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury through negligence, a felony.

Cooley was jailed at the Lincoln County Detention Center.

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — The trial of a former Scottsbluff High School golf coach accused of sexually assaulting two team members has been delayed again.

Court records say 62-year-old Michael Klein has pleaded not guilty to 15 felony counts and five misdemeanor counts of sexual assault. The records say assaults on the first girl occurred between November 2007 and November 2010 and between October 2015 and July 2016 for the second girl.

Klein’s trial had been set for May and then was rescheduled to begin July 31. On Wednesday a judge delayed the trial start until Oct. 23.

Klein has been dismissed from his district position.

CHADRON, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska county treasurer accused of forgery and official misconduct has resigned.

Barb Sebesta’s resignation Tuesday from her Dawes County position took effect immediately. She’ll be replaced on an interim basis by her chief deputy, Rhonda Schleuning.

Court records say she’s pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor counts of official misconduct. Prosecutors dropped three more misconduct counts and one of forgery in exchange for Sebesta’s pleas. Her sentencing is set for Sept. 8.

A state audit alleged Sebesta altered a check written by a taxpayer. Sebesta has said she was trying to clarify the proper amount for a bank. She also was accused of twice failing to collect sales tax and of failing to maintain trust balances in a timely fashion.