OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to spend at least 15 years in prison for his role in a fatal collision that killed one man.

39-year-old Davis Hadi was convicted on Monday of drunken driving and motor vehicle homicide.

Sixty-year-old Carl Gauff was driving west on L Street in Omaha on March 13 when Hadi’s SUV hit him head-on. Gauff later died at a hospital.

Police say Hadi’s blood-alcohol level was four times the legal limit at the time of the accident.

Hadi didn’t address the court during sentencing, but his lawyer said he showed remorse by agreeing to a plea deal instead of putting the Gauff family through a trial.

Hadi must serve 15 years in prison before he is eligible for parole and must be released after 25 years.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A judge has ruled in favor of a meat company accused of mistreatment of Somali Muslim workers.

The judge ruled in U.S. District Court in Omaha last week that she found no evidence of a discriminatory motive on the part of JBS Swift, now known as JBS USA.

The lawsuit was filed in August 2010 by the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission on behalf of more than 80 Somali Muslims. It said JBS failed to make reasonable religious accommodations at its Grand Island plant, violating the workers’ civil rights since at least December 2007.

A JBS official had told the workers he believed the prayer time requests violated some requirements of the employees’ collective bargaining agreement.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lincoln Police Department is trying to determine before a new year rolls around whether its police officers will be required to wear body cameras.

Police Chief Jeff Bliemeister said he’s a firm advocate of the technology. But he says it’s expensive to implement and maintain.

He says it would cost his department about $500,000 to outfit ever officer with a body camera. He says maintenance costs would add another $250,000 a year.

The city is seeking public comment in crafting a policy that would dictate how the cameras are worn, when they are activated, and whether officers are free to use and purchase their own cameras.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A five-year transportation plan for Lincoln and Lancaster County aims to handle growing traffic by helping vehicles move through intersections more efficiently, eliminating the need for streets to widen.

The new direction is part of the proposed Long Range Transportation Plan.

A half dozen streets previously considered candidates for future major widening projects are now on a different list of streets the city plans to study to look for ways to improve traffic without widening.

City planners predict that traffic on city streets will increase from about 6 million vehicle miles traveled per day in 2015 to close to 9 million vehicle miles traveled in 2040.

Planning director David Cary says the corridor studies will include looking at using smarter traffic signals and physical improvements at intersections.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An actuarial analysis shows the city of Omaha and its police and firefighters are putting enough into their pension fund for the first time in at least a decade.

It has been less than a decade since the city instituted a pension reform package intended to prevent a collapse of the fire and police system. It included payments from both the city and employees as well as reduced pension benefits.

In 2010, the city was at its low point as it put in less than 44 percent of what an actuary said it should contribute to the fund. A 2015 actuarial report shows that contribution figure rose above 100 percent for the first time last year.

The city contributed $42.1 million. The actuary had determined $41.9 million was required.

TILDEN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say two people were injured and five head of cattle were killed in a northeast Nebraska highway accident.

The accident occurred around 11 p.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 275, about a mile west of Tilden. Antelope County Sheriff”s Deputy John Shaver says John Kight, of Neligh, was headed west when the sport utility vehicle he was driving struck the five black animals on the roadway.

Kight and his passenger, Jackie Sparr, were treated at a Neligh (NEE’-lee) hospital and released.

Shaver says it was lucky that the cattle the SUV struck were yearlings and not full grown.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska at Omaha Chancellor John Christensen will step down at the end of this school year.

Christensen said Monday that he plans to retire next spring after 10 years as chancellor. But he will remain in the job until his successor is chosen.

Christensen has spent nearly 40 years at UNO, and he is the first UNO alumnus to have led the university.

He oversaw dropping the sports of football and wrestling when UNO moved up to Division I. UNO also built its own arena for its hockey and basketball teams.

And during Christensen’s tenure, UNO improved its already strong engineering and business programs and earned recognition for its doctoral research from the Carnegie Foundation.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials say a vehicle left running in a garage at a north Lincoln apartment complex caused carbon monoxide levels to rise inside the building, killing one person.

Firefighters called to the apartment found one person dead Friday night. The person’s name has not been released.

Other residents in the 24 apartments were evacuated. Battalion Chief Jeremy Gegg says no one at the scene required medical attention, and no pets were injured.

Residents were allowed to return after officials used fans to clean out the poisonous gas from the building.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha suburb of Bellevue, a blue-collar city that home to Offutt Air Force Base, could become one of the few municipalities outside California to ban smoking in rented apartments.

The proposal isn’t meant to protect the health of the city’s 50,000 residents, but prevent fires.

Councilman Don Preister proposed the ban after cigarette smoking at a single Bellevue apartment complex led to two fires in July. The second fire destroyed the building, displacing dozens of people, and injured four, including a firefighter.

But some residents see the proposal — set for a vote on Monday — as an example of government overreach.

Brent Clatterbuck, who owns three apartment buildings in Bellevue, says he doesn’t see “how you’re going to tell people what they can do in their homes.”

MADISON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman who was killed in a Madison County crash.

The crash was reported around 8:30 p.m. Thursday just south of Madison on U.S. Highway 81. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office says the woman was driving her car north when it went out of control and then airborne, struck a tree and rolled onto its top.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office identified her as 28-year-old Daisel Diez-Sanchez, of Norfolk. The office says her husband, 31-year-old Yoandys Sanchez-Ruiz, was treated for minor injuries at the scene.