(AP) — A fire has displaced a west Omaha family, but no injuries have been reported.

The fire began around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, while a woman and her two children were home.

Omaha Fire Battalion Chief Kathy Bossman says the flames damaged only a bedroom, but there was smoke damage in other parts of the house.

The fire cause is being investigated.

The American Red Cross is helping the family.

(AP) — A 12-year-old Salina, Kansas girl who was shocked in May while dancing in the rain in downtown Salina has died in a Nebraska hospital.

Jayden Hicks was 11 on May 29th when she was playing with friends during a thunderstorm in Campbell Plaza. She was shocked when she came into contact with the metal covers of in-ground electrical junction boxes in front of the plaza. She died Tuesday morning in Lincoln of respiratory failure.

Her father, Jaymie Hicks, posted a Facebook message saying Jayden died at 3:56 a.m. Her aunt, Kim Queen of Inman, told KWCH-TV Jayden’s death was heartbreaking, but that she wasn’t suffering anymore.

In September old wiring was removed from the city-owned electrical system in the area where Jayden was shocked.

(AP) — A woman has been given probation for stealing items from a casino hotel in northeast Nebraska.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas D. Thalken sentenced 48-year-old Terrie Whitman, of Norfolk, to two years of probation for a theft conviction in connection with stolen items from Ohiya Casino and Resort on the Santee Sioux Indian Reservation. She must pay restitution.

Whitman and three other people stayed at the casino hotel last March. They’re accused of taking numerous items, including curtains, pillows, sheets and mattress pads. Surveillance cameras also caught the group taking towels, a clock radio and an iron.

Resort management says the items taken were valued at $884, the amount Whitman has been ordered to pay back.

The three other people have pleaded guilty in the case. They still await sentencing.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A child found crying inside a frigid car in a northeast Omaha parking lot has been taken into protective custody and her parents have been cited for neglect.

The Omaha Police Department says officers were sent to the lot around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The department says the officers found an intoxicated woman on the ground and, in a nearby lot, a parked car with its lights on, its engine off and a wailing 2-year-old inside.

Officers say an intoxicated man soon approached and said he and the woman were trying to return merchandise at the nearby Wal-Mart store. But the store is still under construction and was closed.

Fifty-six-year-old Patrick Deleau and 41-year-old Kimberly Deleau were cited for child neglect. Online court records don’t list their attorneys’ names.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 20-year-old woman has been hospitalized in critical condition after falling from a third-floor window at an apartment in north-central Omaha.

Authorities say the incident occurred around 2 a.m. Wednesday.

Police say Courtney Reiser was at a party and was intoxicated when she decided to leave. Investigators say another person at the party told Reiser not to leave and instead go to sleep in one of the bedrooms.

The other person checked on Reiser about 10 minutes later and discovered that she’d fallen from the bedroom window.

Authorities do not suspect a crime was involved.

WAHOO, Neb. (AP) — A January sentencing is scheduled for a Cedar Bluffs man who made a plea deal and was convicted in a child sexual assault case.

Saunders County court records say Richard Strenger was convicted of sexual assault of a child, first offense; attempted sexual assault of a child; and felony possession of a controlled substance. Prosecutors dropped five other counts in exchange for Strenger’s no-contest pleas.

Investigators say a child was sexually assaulted at Strenger’s home on several different occasions.

The 50-year-old Strenger is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 27.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A fire in a metal outbuilding just west of Lincoln has destroyed three cars that had been lovingly restored.

Neighbors saw the smoke and flames and called 911 around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday. The property owners, Norman and Laurie Chrastil, had been in Lincoln for dinner and returned home to find firetrucks.

They lost a rebuilt 1946 Ford sedan, a 1972 Camaro and a 1976 Camaro to the flames. Other vehicles destroyed included motorcycles, boats and four-wheelers.

No injuries have been reported.

The fire cause is being investigated.