NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — The collapse of part of a building facade has shaken downtown Norfolk.

The facade fell around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. No injuries have been reported.

Traffic was blocked as a contractor removed facade pieces that remained hanging and cleared away rubble from the sidewalk below.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been sentenced for killing his girlfriend’s dog.

Online court records say 48-year-old Francisco Rodriguez pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty after prosecutors lowered the original felony charge of intentional animal cruelty. The judge sentenced Rodriguez to a year in jail and credited him with 139 days already served.

A court document says Rodriguez’s girlfriend woman reported that when she and her daughter returned from a store May 21 she found her 12-year-old dog, Maggie, dead. She told a Lincoln police officer that Rodriguez probably killed the dog because he had expressed his dislike for Maggie and had kicked her before.

A necropsy showed the dog died from internal bleeding because of external trauma.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man charged with killing his girlfriend and her 2-year-old daughter has made a deal to avoid the death penalty.

Twenty-four-year-old Dontevous (dahn-TAYE’-vuhs) Loyd pleaded no contest Wednesday to two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and two weapons counts. Prosecutors dropped plans to seek the death penalty in exchange for Loyd’s pleas. Under state law he’ll be imprisoned for life. His sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 15.

Police say Destacia Straughn, who had dated Loyd on and off, told police on Dec. 6 last year that she was afraid of Loyd, and officers removed him from her apartment. Police say later that night Loyd kicked in Straughn’s apartment door and began shooting, killing Straughn and her daughter, Kenacia. Three other women visiting were wounded.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha health officials have confirmed that a Benson High School student has tuberculosis, exposing nearly 200 students and a dozen school staff members to the contagious lung disease.

Douglas County officials said Wednesday that 193 students and 12 staffers were exposed, and many will have to be tested.

Tuberculosis is relatively rare in the United States. State health records say only 137 cases were recorded in Nebraska from 2011 through 2015.

Tuberculosis is slow to develop, and it can take up to 10 weeks before a person who has been exposed tests positive for the infection. Common symptoms include unexplained rapid weight loss, profuse coughing, night sweats and fever. It is treated with a course of antimicrobial drugs.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 45-year-old Lincoln man has died after falling from a ladder while working in his yard.

Patrick Aden was on a ladder working on a tree in his yard Monday when he fell.

Lincoln Police Officer Katie Flood says Aden was taken to the hospital, but later died.

Flood says Aden’s death has been classified as accidental, but an autopsy has been ordered by the Lancaster County attorney.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A former Nebraska jail employee convicted in western Iowa of child sex and pornography counts has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Shawn Beu was sentenced Wednesday in a Council Bluffs courtroom.

The 37-year-old Beu was convicted in October of 10 counts of sexual abuse and video recording of young girls.

Prosecutors say videos of Beu sexually abusing a young girl and of young girls taken on a hidden camera in Beu’s bathroom were found in his home.

Beu, who lives in Council Bluffs, was a corrections sergeant at the Douglas County Jail in Omaha when he was arrested in March.

Beu has said he plans to appeal his convictions.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 46-year-old Omaha schoolteacher has been accused of sexual contact with a child.

Police say Daryl Clark faces a single count of sexual assault of a child. Douglas County Jail records say Clark remained in custody Wednesday. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be comment for him.

Omaha Public Schools spokeswoman Monique Farmer says Clark was arrested at Monroe Middle School around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday. Farmer says Clark has been placed on administrative leave. She also says the arrest was not related to Monroe or any school-related activities.

Police say Clark coaches girls softball in Papillion and Bellevue.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 22-year-old man who shot into a Lincoln residence and killed someone inside has been sent to prison for 70 years to life.

Brandon Benson was sentenced Wednesday in Lancaster County District Court. He’d pleaded guilty second-degree murder and a weapons charge after making a deal with prosecutors, who lowered the murder charge and dropped several other weapons counts.

He was charged in connection with a November 2015 robbery attempt of people trying to buy marijuana. Authorities say Benson later went back to the house where the robbery attempt failed and fired several handgun rounds, killing 19-year-old Richard Randall Jr., of Plattsmouth. Police say Randall had arrived at the house after the botched robbery. A Bellevue man, Angok Wal, was wounded.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha resident who lost a lawsuit over the golf putting green, pool, fire cauldrons and other outdoor amenities he added to his suburban property, has refused to abide by a court order to remove some of the elements in his sports wonderland.

The Fire Ridge homeowners association sued Eric Marsh four years ago, claiming his development strayed from approved plans. A judge ruled in favor of Fire Ridge last year and ordered Marsh to remove some items, including tee boxes and flagpoles.

Marsh appealed the case to the Nebraska Supreme Court, but the high court also ruled in favor of Fire Ridge. Marsh is to appear in court in December to explain why he hasn’t complied with the court order.

Marsh says he will continue to fight the case.