LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln’s mayor has made a public confession: He was speeding.

Mayor Chris Beutler (BEYTE’-lur) was given a ticket Saturday morning, while on his way to get his car serviced.

Beutler reported the news himself later in the day on his Facebook page, saying he was ticketed for going 12 mph over the limit.

He says in his post: “The Lincoln Police officer was polite, helpful and efficient. I admired his professional conduct even as I winced at the fine.”

Beutler says he’s already paid the penalty of nearly $130, using the county courts online system.

HENDERSON, Neb. (AP) — Officials say a southeastern Nebraska woman is dead following a crash on an Interstate 80 off-ramp.

The York County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened Monday evening, killing 70-year-old Sandra Davis, of Henderson.

Investigators say Davis was driving a minivan when she left I-80 at the Henderson interchange and failed to stop at a stop sign there. Officials say the van hit the side of a semitrailer.

Investigators say Davis was not wearing a seat belt.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted efforts by six people wrongfully convicted of a 1985 Beatrice murder to collect the millions they won in a lawsuit against Gage County.

On Monday the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the county’s request to delay the collection efforts until an appeal filed by the county in October is decided.

In July a jury awarded $28.1 million to the six wrongly convicted of the rape and killing of 68-year-old Helen Wilson. The six spent a combined 75 years in prison until DNA evidence cleared them and instead pointed to a man who died in 1992.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A Columbus man has been given two years behind bars for injuring his girlfriend’s infant daughter.

Court records say 24-year-old Francisco Villatoro was sentenced Friday in Platte County District Court. Villatoro had pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of negligent child abuse, false reporting and attempted witness tampering. Prosecutors lowered the abuse charge from a felony in exchange for Villatoro’s pleas.

Authorities say Villatoro called 911 on May 23, 2015, to report that the baby was choking. The infant was taken to Columbus Community Hospital and then transferred to an Omaha hospital. Investigators say the little girl suffered a head injury that doctors say was not consistent with Villatoro’s accounts of what happened.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating five suspected arson fires in a north Lincoln neighborhood.

The latest was set early Monday in the common room of an apartment complex for senior citizens, Aspen Haus. One of the residents suffered cuts to a hand, but she and the rest of the residents escaped.

Damage was estimated $125,000 to the building and $100,000 to the building contents.

Authorities say the fires under investigation have been set since October, including two fires at Belmont Baptist Church on Oct. 3 — one early in the morning and another late that night.

No arrests have been reported.