OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two cars have been damaged in the partial collapse of a parking structure in Omaha.

The cars were parked on the top level when the pavement gave way beneath them around 10:15 p.m. Thursday. One car fell completely out of sight into the parking level below, but the man in the driver’s seat escaped without injury. The other car was unoccupied and was only partially swallowed.

Officials decided to wait until daylight to determine how the accident happened and to remove the damaged vehicles.

BLAIR, Neb. (AP) — Construction workers are making weather damage and other repairs at the former campus of Dana College in Blair, but who or what might benefit remains uncertain.

The campus has been closed since 2010 because an accreditation body refused to approve its sale to for-profit investors.

Omaha developer Frank Krejci bought the property three years ago for the expansion of Fremont’s Midland University, but the university dropped those plans in March.

Krejci said he’s willing to donate the property for the right use, saying, “I can be very generous.”

Blair officials soon will send literature on the property to colleges across the country.

Mayor Jim Realph wants the campus to remain “an educational area, but I’m kind of resigned to the fact that may not happen.”

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DEWITT, Neb. (AP) — Volunteers have helped DeWitt homeowners build up flood protection and bolster the foundations of their homes.

During the Dirt Day event earlier this week, truckloads of dirt were spread around the foundations of 19 homes in the southeast Nebraska community of around 500 people. The homes had lost soil from around their foundations in May 2015, when Turkey Creek and the Big Blue River overflowed their banks. Many house basements in town filled with up to a foot of water.

The DeWitt Area Recovery Team organized volunteers from the Southeast Community College Ag Club to spread dirt provided by an anonymous donor. The dirt was packed down and sloped away from the foundations so rainwater runs off and doesn’t seep down and collect next to foundations, which can leak.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The new property tax valuation notices sent to about 100,000 Douglas County homeowners reflect the increases and reductions ordered by the state.

The Nebraska Tax Equalization and Review Commission had said valuations were too low for more than 75,000 homes in central and west Omaha. The commission ordered Douglas County assessor/register of deeds Diane Battiato to raise the valuations by 7 percent. The commission also said valuations were too high on about 25,000 properties in northeast Omaha and ordered Battiato to lower them by 8 percent.

The county plans to appeal the commission’s order to the Nebraska Supreme Court.

Battiato said her office mailed the valuations out Tuesday to meet the June 1 deadline.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of lying to Nebraska unemployment officials has been convicted of theft.

50-year-old Timothy Ballard is scheduled to be sentenced July 25. He pleaded no contest Tuesday after prosecutors lowered the theft charge.

The Nebraska Labor Department says in court records that Ballard filed weekly claims for unemployment benefits for 60 weeks, between Feb. 7, 2012, and Feb. 7, 2015. The department says Ballard reported no earnings for those 60 weeks but actually was working and being paid during 32 of them.

The state says Ballard received nearly $7,900 in benefits for which he was ineligible.

Ballard lives in York.

ST. PAUL, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say several people have been injured in a crash in Howard County.

A vehicle traveling southbound crossed the center line on Highway 281 near mile marker 90, and sideswiped a northbound vehicle just before 1 p.m. Wednesday. The Howard County Sheriff’s Department says the southbound vehicle then struck a pickup head-on.

Authorities say that one person was treated at a hospital and released, while three other people remained in the hospital as of Wednesday night. Their conditions were not immediately clear.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A discussion about bathrooms in the Hall County courthouse has prompted officials to say that the building in Grand Island is becoming too small for the county’s needs.

The county’s facilities director, Loren Humphrey, told the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that the board will have to address the problem sometime in the near future.

The courthouse’s restrooms were recently renovated to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Supervisor Gary Quandt says the renovation decreased the number of available toilets and urinals from 23 to 19 as part of a $3 million project that renovated heating, air conditioning and the restrooms. He said having fewer restrooms is a concern because the courthouse is busier than it was when it was built in 1904.

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Christian College in suburban Omaha plans to merge with a California-based school.

Officials say the agreement with Hope International University of Fullerton, California, will provide regional accreditation, expanded course offerings as well as ensure long-term financial stability.

The colleges will share online learning and classroom technologies, library resources and research databases.

Nebraska Christian College was founded in Norfolk in the 1940s and moved to Papillion (puh-PIHL’-yuhn) in 2006. Enrollment has averaged 150 to 175 students in recent years.

Hope International University was established in 1928 and offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees, certificate programs and credential programs to about 2,000 students worldwide.