LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln’s mayor has made a public confession: He was speeding.

Mayor Chris Beutler (BEYTE’-lur) was given a ticket Saturday morning, while on his way to get his car serviced.

Beutler reported the news himself later in the day on his Facebook page, saying he was ticketed for going 12 mph over the limit.

He says in his post: “The Lincoln Police officer was polite, helpful and efficient. I admired his professional conduct even as I winced at the fine.”

Beutler says he’s already paid the penalty of nearly $130, using the county courts online system.

HENDERSON, Neb. (AP) — Officials say a southeastern Nebraska woman is dead following a crash on an Interstate 80 off-ramp.

The York County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened Monday evening, killing 70-year-old Sandra Davis, of Henderson.

Investigators say Davis was driving a minivan when she left I-80 at the Henderson interchange and failed to stop at a stop sign there. Officials say the van hit the side of a semitrailer.

Investigators say Davis was not wearing a seat belt.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted efforts by six people wrongfully convicted of a 1985 Beatrice murder to collect the millions they won in a lawsuit against Gage County.

On Monday the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the county’s request to delay the collection efforts until an appeal filed by the county in October is decided.

In July a jury awarded $28.1 million to the six wrongly convicted of the rape and killing of 68-year-old Helen Wilson. The six spent a combined 75 years in prison until DNA evidence cleared them and instead pointed to a man who died in 1992.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A Columbus man has been given two years behind bars for injuring his girlfriend’s infant daughter.

Court records say 24-year-old Francisco Villatoro was sentenced Friday in Platte County District Court. Villatoro had pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of negligent child abuse, false reporting and attempted witness tampering. Prosecutors lowered the abuse charge from a felony in exchange for Villatoro’s pleas.

Authorities say Villatoro called 911 on May 23, 2015, to report that the baby was choking. The infant was taken to Columbus Community Hospital and then transferred to an Omaha hospital. Investigators say the little girl suffered a head injury that doctors say was not consistent with Villatoro’s accounts of what happened.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating five suspected arson fires in a north Lincoln neighborhood.

The latest was set early Monday in the common room of an apartment complex for senior citizens, Aspen Haus. One of the residents suffered cuts to a hand, but she and the rest of the residents escaped.

Damage was estimated $125,000 to the building and $100,000 to the building contents.

Authorities say the fires under investigation have been set since October, including two fires at Belmont Baptist Church on Oct. 3 — one early in the morning and another late that night.

No arrests have been reported.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man has asked the Nebraska Supreme Court to overturn his resentencing to 90 years to life in prison, saying the new sentence is, effectively, a life sentence that’s unconstitutional in his case.

Brian Smith originally got life for a kidnapping in 1983 that led to the death of Mary Jo Hovendick. Smith was 16 then.

In 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court barred sentencing juveniles to life without parole in nonhomicides. In February a Washington County judge resentenced Smith.

On Monday Smith’s attorney told the Nebraska justices that the new sentence amounted to life without parole, saying Smith was being denied a meaningful opportunity for release, which is prohibited by the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court case.

The state’s high court will rule later.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 21-year-old northeastern Nebraska man has been killed in a fiery crash involving two semitrailers on U.S. Highway 77 just north of Lincoln.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says Brandon Gerdes, of Osmond, was driving a grain truck south on the highway when he was broadsided by a semi hauling rock.

Investigators say the grain truck rolled onto its side and burst into flames. Gerdes was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials say the driver of the rock truck, 67-year-old Gary Jacobsen of Garland, was taken to a hospital with critical injuries. Officials say he is expected to survive.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha City Council is considering a proposal to create a nonprofit that would provide subsidies for groups bringing conventions to the area.

The nonprofit would allow the Convention and Visitors Bureau to get around rules that give the public and City Council oversight on how tax money is spent.

Bureau Director Keith Backsen says Omaha has more than $1 million set aside for incentives. Money would move into a separate fund when a group commits to a convention, and the nonprofit would give out the money.

The city’s finance director, Steve Curtiss, says the nonprofit will keep other cities from figuring out how much Omaha subsidizes conventions.

Councilman Franklin Thompson says he’s excited about the proposal but concerned about the lack of transparency.

CENTRAL CITY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have confirmed the names of two 17-year-old girls who were killed in a Merrick County crash.

Grand Island Senior High School communications coordinator Jack Sheard said Cheyenna Urbauer, of Grand Island, and Shania Rivera, formerly of Grand Island, died in the accident Saturday. Sheard says Urbauer was a senior at the school and says Rivera attended the school before moving and transferring.

Authorities say the crash happened just before 2 a.m. Investigators think the car was eastbound when it ran off the rural roadway. The driver overcorrected, causing the car to roll several times before landing in a roadside ditch.