BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — A recall effort against a Bellevue City Council member has been put on hold while a court considers whether the effort can continue.

Sarpy County District Judge William Zastera issued the hold Wednesday in the effort against Councilman Pat Shannon. A hearing on Shannon’s complaint that the recall affidavit is too vague to defend will be held July 27.

The recall effort was launched earlier this month days after Shannon was found not guilty of violating electrical license requirements for a building he owns. Last month, the City Council voted to give Shannon until the middle of this month to come up with plans to fix a car wash he owns that residents say is an eyesore.

BRUNSWICK, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a South Dakota teenager has been killed in a car accident in northeast Nebraska.

The accident was reported around 6 a.m. Monday, about 3 miles (5 kilometers) southwest of Brunswick. The Antelope County Sheriff’s Office says the car was northbound on Nebraska Highway 14 when it ran off the roadway into the west ditch and rolled before hitting a tree. The 16-year-old driver was ejected.

The Sheriff’s Office says the boy died later at Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk. His name and hometown haven’t been released.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man has died after his speeding motorcycle crashed on the west side of Omaha.

The crash occurred around 1:30 p.m. Monday. Omaha police say the motorcyclist lost control of his bike while changing lanes. It ran off the roadway, and he was thrown down an embankment.

Police say he died later at a hospital. He’s been identified as 40-year-old Bryan Muhlbach, who lived in Fremont.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — A former Nebraska City teacher accused of debauching a minor has been given jail time and probation.

Court records say 27-year-old Emily Lofing was sentenced Monday in Nebraska City to 90 days in jail and two years of probation. She also must serve 240 hours of community service.

Lofing had pleaded no contest to an amended charge of contributing to the delinquency of a child. The original charge was debauching a minor.

Lofing was accused of arranging a meeting last summer to have sex with a 16-year-old boy. Otoe County Attorney David Partsch has said the boy was old enough to legally consent to sex, so debauchery was the most serious charge that could have been filed in the case.

She has resigned her position at Nebraska City Middle School.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say someone stole an assault rifle, a radar gun and other items after breaking into a Nebraska State Patrol sport utility vehicle.

The theft occurred early Sunday when the SUV was parked in a southeast Lincoln residential driveway. Police say the thief pried open the front passenger door.

A handgun also was stolen from a car parked in the home’s garage.

No arrest has been reported.

RULO, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 16-year-old boy has been killed in a southeast Nebraska collision.

The crash was reported around 2:30 p.m. Monday on U.S. Highway 159, about 1½ miles (3 kilometers) west of Rulo.

The Richardson County Sheriff’s Office says an eastbound pickup truck crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a pickup truck and then a trailer it was towing.

The Sheriff’s Office says the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene. He’s been identified as Easton Vonderschmidt, who lived in Rulo. The other driver has been identified as 48-year-old Bob Campbell, of Rulo. He was taken to a Falls City hospital and then to a Lincoln hospital.

CHAPMAN, Neb. (AP) — A Colorado man has been killed in a central Nebraska highway accident.

The collision occurred Friday afternoon on U.S. Highway 30, about 2 miles (3 kilometers) southwest of Chapman. Merrick County authorities say a westbound minivan and an eastbound pickup truck collided. It’s unclear what led to the collision.

The minivan driver was pronounced dead at the scene. He’s been identified as 74-year-old Robert Campos, who lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Authorities say his passenger and the pickup driver were taken to a Grand Island hospital.

MCCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 65-year-old man has died after being pinned under an all-terrain vehicle in eastern Nebraska.

The accident occurred in a pasture about 3 miles (5 kilometers) west and a half-mile (1 kilometer) north of McCool Junction. York County Sheriff Dale Radcliff says Harry Herron’s body was found around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.

Herron had been seen in the field around noon Saturday, spraying weeds, so it’s assumed the accident occurred later Saturday. The sheriff says it appears Herron was driving up a steep embankment when he hit a washout, and the four-wheeler tipped over, pinning him underneath.

PILGER, Neb. (AP) — A number of businesses have been rebuilt in and around an eastern Nebraska village since experiencing severe damage from a tornado.

Businesses and homes had been destroyed in a 2014 tornado that ripped through Pilger (PIHL’-gur). The wreckage included Pilger’s Village Office, where building permits for homes and businesses go through the village clerk and utilities superintendent.

The village has since rebuilt the office, which includes improvements such as a storm shelter and storage space.

A ribbon cutting ceremony this month celebrated the reopening of the village’s Midwest Bank. Pilger Pride general manager Aaron Becker says his convenience store opens this month as well.

Village Clerk Kim Neiman says that she’s glad “to have everything in one place again.”

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A committee is recommending schools in Lincoln do away with class rank and replace it with a recognition system of academic achievement based on different ranges of grade-point averages.

The Lincoln Public Schools committee studied class rank for a year before recommending the district get rid of the system and replace it with a system similar to colleges that recognize students for graduating with distinction.

Jane Stavem is an associate superintendent of instruction at the district. Stavem says the suggestion was based on a national trend away from using class rank, the inability to compare one school’s rank to another and an unhealthy competition it creates among students.

The Lincoln Board of Education will discuss the issue July 25.

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