COZAD, Neb. (AP) — A man has died in a rollover crash after hitting a deer near Cozad.

The crash happened just before 7:30 a.m. Friday a mile west of Cozad.

Deb Collins with the Nebraska State Patrol says the man’s Jeep Wrangler was eastbound when it hit the deer. Collins says the driver overcorrected, sending the Jeep into a guardrail and through a fence before coming to rest in the south ditch.

The driver was the only occupant and was thrown from the Jeep in the crash.

The patrol has not released the name of the driver pending notification of his family.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are planning to protest next week, joining students from New York to California in protests like those seen earlier this week at the University of Missouri and Yale University.

The Lincoln protest is scheduled for Thursday at UNL’s City Union.

Started by UNL student Trevor Obermueller, who is white, the event has the backing of the UNL African Student Association, the Afrikan Peoples Union and other groups representing students of color.

The event corresponds with the #NotAtUNL campaign, which will run on Twitter from Monday to Nov. 20. The campaign aims to spread awareness of race-related issues that have occurred on the Lincoln campus by encouraging students to share their stories of racism.

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — Buffalo County District Judge John Icenogle has announced his plans to retire by the end of the year.

The 66-year-old Icenogle has served nearly 40 years on the bench.

He has notified both the Nebraska Supreme Court and Gov. Pete Ricketts of his plans.

Icenogle’s retirement will be effective Jan. 1. Applications to fill Icenogle’s vacancy are being accepted.

Icenogle graduated from Lincoln Southeast High School in 1967 and received his juris doctorate in 1974 from Tulane University. He worked in private practice for two years in Kearney before becoming a county court judge in Buffalo and Hall counties in 1976.

In 1990, he was appointed to his current judgeship in the 9th Judicial District.

 

SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) — A woman inadvertently caused the Scottsbluff airport to shut down for several hours by trying to return a bag that wasn’t hers.

The problem was that the woman left the bag sitting in the luggage screening area at the Western Nebraska Regional Airport Saturday afternoon after she couldn’t find anyone to help her.

The unattended bag triggered an evacuation and a call to the bomb squad when it was discovered around 3 p.m. The tags on the bag didn’t match Great Lakes Airlines or any of the airlines passengers.

While the bomb squad’s robot x-rayed the bag and took it to a remote location to examine it, authorities examined surveillance video.

The woman who dropped off the bag heard reports of the bomb scare and called authorities to explain.

• Dustin Tyler Hale, 20, North Platte and Samantha Lynn Jo Parkhurst, 19, North Platte

 

• Ross Allen Bricker, 24, Paxton NE and Victoria Jenssen Sangaline, 23, Paxton NE

 

• Steven Leroy Morrison, 36, Thedford NE and Shalee Ann Paxton, 42, Thedford

 

• Aaron James Schartz, 53, North Platte and Jana Larae Schartz. 50, North Platte

 

• Shawn Paul Krueger, 39, North Platte and Aleenia Marie Ebsen, 29, North Platte

 

• Colton James Courter, 25, North Platte and Tori Nicole Miller, 21, North Platte

 

• Lester Eugene Talbert, 61, Ulysses, KS and Joni Sue Olsen. 54, North Platte

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld first-degree murder and weapons convictions and the life sentence of a western Nebraska man.

Jason Custer was convicted and sentenced last year in Cheyenne County District Court for killing 35-year-old Adam McCormick, of Sidney, in November 2012.

Prosecutors say Custer shot McCormick at a Sidney house after the two men argued over $160 in drug money.

In his appeal, Custer argued prosecutorial misconduct, that there was not enough evidence to convict him, and that the trial court gave faulty jury instructions and excessive sentences.

The high court rejected those arguments and amended the sentence only to reflect that credit given for 508 days already served by Custer applied only to his weapons convictions, not his life sentence.

SIDNEY, Neb. (AP) — About 140 jobs will be lost with the closing of a copper cable plant in the western Nebraska city of Sidney.

CommScope, which is based in Hickory, North Carolina, says it will close the plant in phases and move some of the work to a CommScope facility in Claremont, North Carolina.

CommScope gained the Sidney plant in August as part of its recent acquisition of the Broadband Network Solutions business from TE Connectivity.

A CommScope news release says the Sidney plant is being closed because of underutilization and available production capacity elsewhere.

NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell Soup is recalling 355,000 cans of SpaghettiOs Original in the U.S. due to a possible choking hazard.

Pieces of red plastic, part of the can’s lining, were found in a small number of the 14.2 ounce cans.

Campbell Soup Co. announced the recall after receiving complaints. It said that the plastic is food grade and not harmful if swallowed.

The cans included in the recall have a date of February 22, 2017 that is stamped on the base of the can. The UPC code is 51000 22432 and is printed under the bar code.

The product should be returned to the store for an exchange or full refund.

Consumers can receive more information by visiting Facebook/SpaghettiOs or calling 1-866-535-3774 between 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. EST, Monday to Friday.

LOUP CITY, Neb. (AP) — Fifteen counts have been filed against a Loup City teacher accused of video recording girls in a locker room.

Court records say the charges against 24-year-old Anthony Rahe include unlawful intrusion, possession of child pornography and manufacturing a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct. Rahe was arrested on Oct. 9 and has since bonded out of jail. Rahe’s next court appearance is scheduled for Dec. 3.

He doesn’t have a publicly listed phone. His attorney didn’t immediately return a message Friday from The Associated Press, seeking comment on Rahe’s behalf.

District officials have said a student reported seeing the camera on Oct. 8 and that investigators subsequently focused their suspicions on a school staffer. Officials say Rahe has been suspended and has been barred from the junior/senior high school campus.