LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Four residents of a Lincoln apartment complex were rescued from a fire sparked when a resident inside one of the units tried to check the gas level in his scooter’s tank using a cigarette lighter.

No people were injured, but a dog and cat died in the Friday afternoon fire.

Lincoln Fire and Rescue received a call about 5:25 p.m. Friday, and learned that thick, black smoke had filled the hallways. Firefighters rescued four residents from two balconies.

Investigators say the fire started in a second-floor apartment while a resident was trying to repair a Moped inside the unit. The lighter he used to check the gas tank ignited gas vapors and caused a flash fire, causing extensive damage to the unit.

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A rally near downtown Omaha in support of President Donald Trump saw the arrest of some who showed up to protest the president.

At least three arrests were made Saturday as a small group of anti-Trump protesters showed up at the rally held on the steps of the Douglas County Courthouse. The protesters held signs and flags, but were quickly intercepted by a line of police on bicycles and horses to keep the two groups separated. Chants shouted by the group where drowned out by shouts of “USA” from the rally crowd of about 200. The group of protesters dispersed soon after arriving.

Omaha police did not immediately return phone and email messages Saturday seeking more information on the arrests.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska 16-year-old who admitted throwing her newborn out a second-floor window has been sentenced to probation and sent to a group home for causing the baby’s death.

A judge also told the girl Friday that she must undergo therapy, delete her Facebook account and perform community service.

The girl had pleaded guilty. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles charged with crimes.

Police say she gave birth Sept. 30 at her mother’s apartment in Omaha, Nebraska, tossed the child out the window, then told her mom.

Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine has said that what the girl did wasn’t planned, that “it was more of a panicked reaction.” An autopsy determined the baby was in her seventh month of development.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 31-year-old convicted sex offender will spend at least a dozen years in prison for his latest conviction for a sex crime against a child.

Christopher Jackson, of Lincoln, was sentenced Friday to 25 to 35 years in prison after he pleaded no contest to attempted first-degree sexual assault of a child. The earliest he will be eligible for parole will be in 12 ½ years.

Jackson was already behind bars after being convicted in 2014 of three counts of third-degree sexual assault. He was charged last year in the latest case after a girl reported that Jackson had molested her when he babysat her in 2011. She was 6.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A plane carrying about 80 people has made an emergency landing at Omaha’s airport.

Officials say the American Eagle jet made the emergency landing around 3 p.m. Friday. The plane had left Omaha’s Eppley Airport earlier bound for Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, but returned when its landing gear failed to retract.

The plane made multiple circles above the airport to burn off fuel before safely making the landing. No one was injured.

American Eagle is a regional affiliate of American Airlines. The plane was operated for American by Mesa Airlines.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — A grand jury has cleared a Cass County deputy sheriff in the shooting death last year of an unarmed motorist in eastern Nebraska.

The grand jury on Thursday found that Deputy Tyler Reiff had reason to believe his live was in danger when he shot 23-year-old Austin Baier five times on Sept. 21. Reiff says he fired after Baier ignored his commands to stop.

The deputy had stopped Baier’s vehicle in Louisville shortly after 7 p.m., because it matched the description of a vehicle being driven recklessly. A Nebraska State Patrol investigation says Baier got out of his car and ran at Reiff.

Cox says Baier wasn’t holding a weapon, but that a hunting knife was found on the dashboard of his car.

BENNINGTON, Neb. (AP) — A school bus driver and a student walked away from a crash that saw the bus turn over onto its side.

Officials say the crash happened around 3 p.m. Thursday near Highway 36 and 156th Street in Bennington, just northwest of Omaha.

Officials say the bus overturned after colliding with a pickup truck. The bus driver and a student on the bus suffered only minor injuries in the crash. No one else was on the bus.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln authorities say a 21-year-old man who was found unresponsive in a hot tub has died.

Police say Samson Goitom died at a hospital around 6 p.m. Wednesday after his family decided to discontinue life support. He was found around 6:45 p.m. Monday in the hot tub at the Fallbrook YMCA on north side of the capital city.

It’s unclear how long Goitom was under the water. An autopsy has been ordered.

STANTON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been injured in an accident on a Stanton County farm.

Medics and deputies were sent just after noon Wednesday to the farm about 10 miles southeast of Stanton. The Stanton County Sheriff’s Office says 60-year-old Richard Prokopec was working alone in a trailer when he became pinned under heavy metal farm gates. He used his cellphone to call for help.

The Sheriff’s Office says Prokopec was flown to an Omaha hospital for treatment.