RAYMOND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say one person was killed in an early morning crash in eastern Nebraska.

The Lancaster County sheriff’s office says the crash was discovered shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday about one mile east of Raymond. Authorities say the person driving a black Ford F-150 pickup was headed west on West Raymond Road when the pickup crossed the center line and entered a ditch, striking a guard rail and three trees.

Authorities say the driver was wearing a seat belt, and the truck’s air bags were deployed. No names have been released. Deputies say they’re still investigating.

NIOBRARA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has planned several events at Niobrara State Park this month.

On Saturday there will be a class on how to avoid hypothermia while waterfowl hunting. Participants are encouraged to bring chest waders and hunting gear.

On Aug. 12 there will be a National Park Service presentation about the Missouri National Recreational River.

A powwow is scheduled Aug. 12-14 for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. A Diabetes Fun Run is scheduled for Aug. 12 at 5 p.m.

The park sits west of Niobrara in northeast Nebraska’s Knox County. A park entry permit is required.

Call 402-857-3373 for more information.

LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) — Police say the ex-boyfriend of woman was shot when he broke into her La Vista home and encountered an armed house-sitter.

Police say a man and a woman were house-sitting for a friend when they were awakened around 2:15 a.m. Saturday by an intruder trying to kick open the door of their bedroom.

Investigators say one of the house-sitters, 19-year-old Zachary Schmid, fired a gun and hit the intruder, who then fled.

Police say they found 26-year-old Darrick Minner, an ex-boyfriend of the homeowner, about four miles away with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital for surgery. Police say he is expected to survive.

Investigators say Schmid was questioned and released.

Police have not said if Minner will face charges.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lancaster County jury has acquitted a mental health counselor accused of overbilling Lancaster County and his employer.

Online court records say 41-year-old Jason Christensen was found not guilty Thursday of felony theft.

Authorities had said Christensen billed the county’s mental health program and his employer, Counseling Affiliates of Nebraska, for hundreds of hours he didn’t work between February and June of 2014. The total was more than $17,600.

His attorney has said Christensen billed the same way from 2006 until 2015 and never was told to do it any differently.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — The trial of a Norfolk woman accused of causing her daughter’s death won’t be moved.

Court records say Judge James Kube denied a motion Tuesday by Carla Montoya for a change of venue. The motion said media coverage and online comments by potential jurors would prevent Montoya from having a fair trial in Madison County. Kube disagreed.

The judge did, however, granted a motion to discard statements Montoya made during the first of three police interviews. Her motion said she was not read a warning about her rights during that interview, as she should have been. The judge agreed. He rejected her motion to suppress statements from the other interviews.

Montoya’s pleaded not guilty to intentional child abuse resulting in death. Her trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 12.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say residents rescued one boy and four others escaped by themselves after being swept away by rainstorm runoff in Lincoln.

Four boys playing in a culvert were carried away Thursday evening when the water rose to their waists. Lincoln police say three got out after only a few yards but the fourth boy was taken about two blocks before he made it out of the water.

In a separate incident, two neighbors rescued a boy who’d been swept away when he tried to pick up a nickel he’d spotted on the ground.

Authorities say none of the boys required medical treatment.

AURORA, Neb. (AP) — A November trial has been scheduled for a Nebraska man who police say was recruited to kill another man’s wife.

Court records say 30-year-old Derrick Shirley, of Bradshaw, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Hamilton County District Court in Aurora. He’s charged with conspiracy to commit murder. His trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 28.

Nebraska State Patrol investigators say 38-year-old Robert Honken paid Shirley $400 to kill Honken’s wife. They say Shirley did surveillance around the woman’s Hamilton County home but never tried to kill her.

Honken has pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit murder. Authorities say he also tried to hire another person, but that man turned out to be an undercover officer.

Honken’s trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 14.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Donors have pledged $150,000 needed to renovate and restore a historic pedestrian bridge in Omaha.

City Councilman Pete Festersen and local resident Nick Manhart announced the donations for the Dodge Street pedestrian bridge Wednesday. Festersen thanked Manhart and his fellow Friends of the Bridge advocates for securing the more than 100 donations.

Combined with $150,000 in city bridge maintenance funds, the donations hit the total of $300,000 needed to finish the project. Construction will be completed as soon as 2017 in time for the green, curvy span’s 50th birthday in 2018.

The bridge connects two local parks and provides a safe passage across Dodge Street for cyclists, walkers and students of the nearby University of Nebraska at Omaha and St. Margaret Mary campuses.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say the driver of a dump truck involved in a fatal west Omaha crash last month has been charged with one count of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide.

Police say 59-year-old Ronald Nootz, of Bellevue, was driving the truck the morning of July 22 when he ran a red light and hit a small SUV, killing its driver, 75-year-old Noel Lammers, of Omaha.

The maximum penalty for the misdemeanor charge is a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Nootz’s case was not yet listed in online court records Thursday. It is not known whether he has an attorney in the case.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska fisheries biologists are investigating the cause of a fish die-off in a central Nebraska reservoir.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said in a news release Thursday that dead carp have been reported at Davis Creek Reservoir south of North Loup.

The commission says a viral infection is the expected cause of the die-off, and samples have been taken to verify the cause.

The reservoir remains open to fishing, and no other species of fish have been impacted. Anglers should expect to see significant numbers of dead and decaying carp at the reservoir, with the possibility of more distressed fish dying in the coming days.