A traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Seward County led to the seizure of 198.4 lbs. of marijuana and one arrest.

Just after3:30 p.m., Saturday, July 16, a trooper stopped an eastbound 2003 Ford F350 utility truck for speeding, failure to signal and following too close. The trooper was given consent to search the vehicle. The search led to the seizure of 198.4 lbs. of marijuana. The marijuana contained in 77 individual packages was located in both side compartments of the utility truck.

The driver and lone occupant of the vehicle, Jonathan C. Snyder, (M), 44, of Jacksonville, Fla., was lodged in the Seward County Jail on a charge of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a motorcyclist from Iowa is dead and the Nebraska driver of a car that collided with him has been arrested.

Police say the crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday at 60th and Center streets in a south part of Omaha. Investigators say a westbound car caused the collision when it turned left in front of a motorcycle operated by 31-year-old Dustin Roof, of Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Police say Roof was taken to an Omaha hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police say a 27-year-old Papillion man who was driving the car was arrested on suspicion of felony motor vehicle homicide.

Investigators believe alcohol consumption was a factor in the crash.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Officials say all Elkhorn River access parks in eastern Nebraska have reopened.

The parks have been closed due to high water in the river, causing potentially hazardous boating conditions.

The Papio-Missouri River Natural Resource District says in a news release that reopened access sites include Elkhorn Crossing near 252nd Street and Bennington Road; Graske Crossing, off West Dodge Road; and the West Maple Road site.

Recreationists are reminded that Coast Guard-approved personal floatation devices must be worn or present on all boats in the river. That includes canoes, kayaks and even inflatable inner tubes.

AURORA, Neb. (AP) — An Aurora man accused of trying to hire someone to kill his wife will stand trial this fall.

The Grand Island Independent reports (https://bit.ly/29ZegEx ) that 38-year-old Robert Honken was arraigned Friday in Hamilton County District Court on two charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. He stood mute during the hearing, and a not guilty plea was entered for him.

Police say Honken hired a man earlier this year to kill his wife, but that the man backed out. Police say Honken then tried to hire another hit man, who turned out to be an undercover officer.

Honken’s jury trial is set to begin Nov. 14.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested two men and seized 7.5 pounds of methamphetamine found in their car after a traffic stop on the west side of Lincoln.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy pulled over the car around 9:30 a.m. Thursday on Interstate 80. The deputy reported that he grew suspicious and asked for permission to search the car. The driver consented, and deputies later found the meth in 10 packages hidden inside the liner of a cooler in the car trunk.

The men were arrested on suspicion of possession for sale. Court records don’t show that they’ve been formally charged yet.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Lincoln man sentenced to up to 50 years for a fatal home invasion.

Joshua Carr was sentenced in September to 33 to 50 years in prison after pleading no contest to manslaughter, attempted robbery and a weapons charge in the 2014 shooting death of 21-year-old Maurice Williams.

Carr had sought to withdraw his no contest plea based on new evidence, but a Lancaster County District Court judge denied his motion.

Carr appealed, and on Friday, the state’s high court upheld the trial court’s decision to not allow Carr to withdraw his plea. The high court found that the lower court did not abuse its discretion in determining that Carr failed to show the new evidence would likely clear him.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man charged in the December shooting deaths of a woman and her 2-year-old daughter.

24-year-old Dontevous Loyd appeared in court Thursday and was formally arraigned on the enhanced first-degree murder charges. Prosecutors say they also will file witness tampering charges against Loyd, saying he threatened a witness from jail.

Police say Destacia Straughn, who had dated Loyd on and off, reported to police on Dec. 6 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 2-year-old Kenacia Straughn first, then her mother. Three other women visiting were shot and injured.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett has delivered his annual gifts of Berkshire Hathaway stock to five charities as part of his plan to gradually give away his fortune.

The gifts of Class B Berkshire stock that Buffett disclosed Thursday were worth roughly $2.86 billion. More than 19.6 million Berkshire shares were donated.

That’s slightly more than last year’s $2.8 billion donation even though fewer shares are involved because Berkshire’s stock price has increased.

Buffett has been giving away blocks of Berkshire stock since 2006 with the biggest share going to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

He also gave Class B Berkshire shares to his own foundation and to the foundations run by each of his three children.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha has called on the board chairman of a community college in Omaha to resign.

Metro Community College could lose eligibility for millions of federal dollars if Fred Conley stays on the panel.

Last month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development banned Conley from participating in federal contracts for three years because he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest while serving on the Omaha Housing Authority board.

Conley has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn the department’s action.

The Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid Office told the community college last month that the school must remove any leader who is prohibited from participating in federal contracts in order to maintain its eligibility to receive federal student aid program funds.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 16-year-old has been given 30 to 50 years in prison for killing one man and wounding another in Omaha’s Miller Park.

Shuntayvious Primes-Willis was sentenced Wednesday. Prosecutors say he and two other boys fatally shot Jamymell Ray and wounded Charles Fisher on June 29, 2015. Primes-Willis was 15 then, but he was prosecuted as an adult in district court. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and a weapons count.

Court records say 18-year-old Jamar Milton has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and related charges. He was 17 at the time of the shootings, but he also is being prosecuted as an adult. His trial is to begin Nov. 7.

The other youth involved, now 13, is being treated at Boys Town in Omaha.