OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Some residents oppose plans by a nonprofit that operates re-entry programs for federal prisoners to open a residential center in a riverfront industrial park near Omaha’s Eppley Airfield.

Dismas Charities Inc. wants to provide housing alongside job readiness and placement programs for up to 95 soon-to-be-released prisoners.

Several neighbors oppose the plan, including Neal Drickey of NBG Enterprises, who says he’s concerned about theft and the safety of his employees.

The Kentucky-based nonprofit wants to secure a contract with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons to build and operate the center. The bureau expects to pick a contractor by Friday.

The Omaha Planning Board has recommended that the city council grant Dismas a permit to allow transitional living in an area with industrial zoning.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — The mother of a Lincoln man killed by an Offutt Air Force Base guard during a police chase has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the guard and Air Force commanders.

The federal lawsuit filed last week alleges that shooting 21-year-old Zachari Johnson amounted to excessive force. Douglas Bickal, an Air Force security contractor, shot Johnson in the chest when he crashed a car through a base entrance in June 2012.

Air Force officials have said the guard was following procedure.

The Sarpy County sheriff’s office says Johnson was driving a stolen Honda Civic when he raced north and tried to leave the base. The guard fired at the car three times.

The defendants haven’t yet responded to the allegations.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Utility companies have restored power to most of their Iowa and Nebraska customers following the high winds and heavy rains on Christmas.

The National Weather Service says wind gusts of 70 mph were recorded Sunday night at the Norfolk and Wayne airports in Nebraska, and gusts exceeding 60 mph knocked out power to more than 4,300 customers in the Sioux City, Iowa, area.

MidAmerican Energy in Des Moines said Monday morning that fewer than 200 customers were still without power. Nebraska Public Power District says only a dozen or so of its customers haven’t gotten back their electricity.

In Nebraska, nearly an inch of rain was recorded in Fremont and Lincoln over the past 24 hours. In Iowa, more than eight-tenths of an inch was reported in Council Bluffs.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The demolition of the Civic Auditorium on the north side of downtown Omaha raises a question: What’s going up to replace it?

Developer Tetrad Property Group already has dropped its proposal for an office tower. Mayor Jean Stothert (STAH’-thurt) says Tetrad is looking at developing more public space for a nonprofit or a government entity.

Stothert acknowledged that there’s been discussion about moving the YMCA, the Children’s Museum or a city library to the four-block site. None of those organizations’ officials report any current plans to move, although a YMCA official says there have been talks with Tetrad about its plans.

Tetrad’s CEO and board chairman declined to comment on the project.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln program is helping to connect police officers, mental health providers and people who need mental health services.

The REAL Program provides contacts for those who need somewhere to sleep, a pamphlet of resources or someone who will listen to them.

The program run by the Mental Health Association of Nebraska also uses people who have struggled with mental illness to work with those who need hope.

Lincoln Public Safety Director Tom Casady says police officers have always had to deal with people with mental health issues, but the number of those calls has grown with the population.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 74-year-old man and his car are safe after he drove onto a frozen pond in Lincoln.

The man was pulling into the parking lot at CHI St. Elizabeth hospital when he lost control of his car, left the roadway, and dropped onto a nearby pond.

The pond was covered with a 6-inch layer of ice, which was thick enough to support the Buick Lucerne. Witnesses helped the man out of the car and off the pond and contacted authorities. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Firefighters and a towing company used blocks of wood to create a series of steps so they could walk the vehicle over a retaining wall surrounding the pond and onto dry ground.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are seeking information about a shooting that killed a 50-year-old man in western Omaha.

Omaha police say Michael Brinkman died from his wounds at a local hospital. Authorities responded to the shooting around 5:40 p.m. Friday. Lt. Jerry Siedlik says authorities are investigating the incident as a possible robbery but don’t yet know whether it was a factor in the killing.

Police offered few other details but issued a call for anyone with information to contact them at 402-444-5656. People with information can remain anonymous by calling the Omaha Crime Stoppers program at 402-444-STOP or by going online to www.OmahaCrimeStoppers.org. A tip that leads to an arrest is eligible for an award of up to $25,000.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — Residents who were displaced by a Nebraska plant’s gas odors are demanding to know what steps are being taken to let them return to their homes.

Residents have been out of their homes since October because of harmful hydrogen gas that a Big Ox Energy plant pumped into sewer lines. A plug was placed to block the residential sewer line from the industrial line Big Ox was using, but the smell has lingered.

South Sioux City Public Works Director Bob Livermore says a team of people will meet with each homeowner to assess the damages. The meetings will start next week.

The city has said that Big Ox will reimburse displaced residents for meals, laundry, hotels and other costs totaling about $336,000.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested an Omaha woman whose 2-year-old daughter’s blood tested out more than three times the legal limit for an adult to drive.

Online court records say 23-year-old Joann Powell is charged with felony negligent child abuse causing injury. Her attorney told a judge Thursday that Powell disputes the charge but did not say why.

The child was taken to a hospital early Tuesday morning after her mother called 911. Hospital staffers noted two burns on the child and told police they doubted the wounds were caused by what Powell said was incense being burned and a knocked-over iron.

The staffers also noted the child’s high blood alcohol content. Powell acknowledged leaving unattended a cup of cola spiked by brandy.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say an Iowa woman has been charged with murder in connection with the 2012 disappearance of a woman last seen alive in Omaha.

Police say officers Thursday arrested 41-year-old Shanna Goylar at her home in Persia, Iowa, a city of 300 people about 35 miles northeast of Omaha. Goylar was charged with 1st degree murder in the death of Cari Farver, who was last seen Nov. 13, 2012, in Omaha.

Farver’s mother reported her missing to the Pottawattamie County sheriff’s office on Nov. 16, 2012.

Weeks later, Farver’s vehicle was found in Omaha. In February 2016, Pottawattamie County detectives contacted the Omaha police cold case unit to assist in the investigation, which led to Goylar’s arrest.

Goylar was taken to the Pottawattamie County jail awaiting extradition to Omaha.