A Lincoln man has been sentenced to a year in jail for his part in a road-rage incident that left another man with seven stab wounds.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports, 35-year-old James Frank plead no contest in October. He was sentenced Friday in Lancaster County District Court.

The incident began in August 2009, when Frank and his father, Tommy King, were in a truck that nearly collided with a truck driven by Andrew Wiese. The men pulled over, and a fight ensued.

Wiese was stabbed in the neck, chest, back and shoulders, but did not see who stabbed him. He drove himself to a hospital, where he underwent surgery.

Both Frank and his father denied stabbing Wiese. King was charged, but found not guilty by a jury.

A western Nebraska woman is accused of misleading people who donated money to help an infant with cancer.

KRVN radio reports.  19-year-old Kelsey Kennedy of Edison is facing a felony charge of theft by deception.

The Furnas County Sheriff’s office says it learned in December that Kennedy had organized a fundraiser for a young boy with cancer. Authorities say she planned to sell t-shirts as a fundraiser.

The sheriff’s office says more than $1,000 was raised, but none of it was turned over to the boy’s family and no t-shirts were produced.

Kennedy was arrested and then released on $3,000 bond. She is scheduled to be arraigned in Furnas County Court on Monday.

A woman and her infant are in a hospital recovering after being rescued from their burning apartment in northwest Omaha.

Omaha television station KETV reports that firefighters were called to the apartment complex around 4:30 p.m. Friday. Crews had the fire controlled within half an hour.

Firefighters pulled the woman and her infant son from the second-floor apartment. The mother and son were taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Omaha Fire’s Assistant Chief Dan Stolinski the fire started in the woman’s apartment, but the cause has not yet been determined.

The damage was contained to the apartment, and no others in the complex were displaced.

A 22-year-old Scottsbluff man convicted last year of receiving illegal drugs through the mail plans to sue the state and local governments over hail damage to his impounded vehicle.

Andrew Vanderveen was sentence in November to probation. He and his 20-year-old girlfriend were convicted of receiving LSD and other drugs through the U.S. Postal Service. During the couple’s arrest, Vanderveen’s vehicle was impounded by police.

The Scottsbluff Star-Herald reports that Vanderveen has filed a tort claim with the city of Scottsbluff, saying his vehicle suffered more than $7,000 in damage during a hail storm that hit the area and impound lot.

Vanderveen’s claim indicates he plans to sue the city, the city of Gering, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska and the local drug task force that arrested him.