OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A skateboarder in the middle of one of Omaha’s busiest streets is recovering after being hit by a police cruiser.

Police say the 19-year-old man suffered leg injuries in the late Friday night accident.

Police say Officer Patrick Soltys was westbound on Dodge Street and hit Thafer Alshomari as he crested a hill in the street.

Police say Alshomari was riding a skateboard in the center lane of Dodge Street when he was hit.

Police say several witnesses on the sidewalk had shouted at Alshomari to get out of the street just before he was hit.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have identified a woman whose body was found Saturday in a north Omaha home and say the death is being treated as a homicide.

Police say the body of 57-year-old Linda Chase was found Saturday morning by family members who arrived at the home.

Police were called to the house around 11:20 a.m. Saturday for a possible cutting.

Omaha television station WOWT reports that the victim was stabbed to death, although police have not yet listed a cause of death.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man has been convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2013 in the Lincoln home where he was a guest of the girl’s family.

41-year-old Donald “Donte” Ritchey was convicted Thursday of first-degree sexual assault of a child. He faces a minimum of 15 years in prison when he’s sentenced Jan. 29.

The girl, now 15, testified at trial that she sent her mom and others texts begging for help after the man who raped her fell asleep on the floor in her room.

Ritchey testified that he didn’t know what happened because he was sleepwalking or in a sort of sleepy haze from lack of sleep.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have made three arrests in the shooting deaths of two teens and now say those deaths are not connected to a killing last month.

Police arrested a 15-year-old boy Friday on a charge of first-degree murder in Wednesday’s fatal shooting of 18-year-old James Star and 17-year-old Brandon Phelps. Police also arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of conspiracy and of being an accessory. Both teens were taken to a juvenile holding center.

The Associated Press typically does not name juveniles charged with crimes.

Eighteen-year-old Warren Anderson was booked Friday into the Douglas County jail on an accessory count.

Investigators say Star and Phelps were shot in a black SUV that had been at the site of a fatal Nov. 28 shooting, but that the shootings weren’t related.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha residents have gathered to urge the community to get more involved to prevent violence after a series of shootings.

22-year-old Destacia Straughn and her 2-year-old daughter were fatally shot Sunday, two people were killed Wednesday afternoon and four people were shot at separate locations on Wednesday evening.

Organizers spoke Thursday at the Omaha Home for Boys, where Omaha 360 was meeting. Omaha 360 is an organization that works to stop violence.

Primus Jones, president of the North Omaha Neighborhood Alliance, urged people to call police if they see something suspicious or have information about a crime.

Organizers called on those having a difficult time coping with anger to seek counseling and for residents to get involved in their community in some way.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two people are dead and one is injured after two sport-utility vehicles collided in southeast Nebraska.

The crash happened west of Johnson just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Nemaha County sheriff’s office says an SUV southbound on Nebraska Highway 105 collided with one heading westbound on Spur Road 46B that failed to yield the right of way.

The two passengers in the westbound SUV died at the scene.

An ambulance took the driver of the southbound SUV to the Nemaha County Hospital in Auburn.

The sheriff’s office says it is withholding the identities of the people involved until deputies notify family members.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man serving time for sexual assault is getting another shot at his case after the state Supreme Court cited his lawyer’s failure to object to the remarks of a prosecutor who had promised to remain silent during the man’s sentencing hearing.

The high court Friday reversed the second-degree sexual assault conviction and 18- to 20-year prison sentence of a 45-year-old Lincoln man who had pleaded guilty to the charge in 2009. The plea was part of a deal to avoid a first-degree child sexual assault charge after police said the man had sexually abused his young daughter.

The Associated Press is not naming the man to protect his daughter’s identity.

The man can now chose to withdraw his guilty plea or have a different judge sentence him.

PILGER, Neb. (AP) — Strong winds have destroyed a northeast Nebraska church that was being rebuilt after a devastating tornado.

The Norfolk Daily News reports (https://bit.ly/1Z34DqA ) that St. John’s Lutheran Church was hit by the winds Wednesday evening. The building was under construction after being destroyed in June 2014 by a powerful tornado.

Project Superintendent Don Thiesen says winds estimated at more than 60 mph brought down the building’s north and south walls, its rafters and interior walls.

Thiesen and three other workers were in the building around 6:30 p.m. and retreated to safety.

Thiesen says trusses have been reordered, and the project’s construction firm is waiting on approval from its insurance company to proceed.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former Lincoln teacher has been sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a student.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports (https://bit.ly/1U7YLts ) that 23-year-old Jackson Hedrick apologized during his sentence hearing Thursday and took responsibility for his actions.

Lancaster County District Judge Lori Maret says Hedrick abused his power and the trust of his victim and the public.

The 23-year-old Hedrick lost his job in March following allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student. He pleaded guilty in October to first-degree sexual assault.

Hedrick won’t be eligible for parole for at least 10 years.

Hedrick graduated last year from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a bachelor’s degree in education, and was hired to teach social studies at Irving Middle School in August 2014.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha Police Department has begun an investigation into earlier contact by officers with a man suspected of killing a woman and her 2-year-old daughter.

The suspect, 23-year-old Dontevous Loyd, has been charged with two counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder in the Sunday night shootings at an apartment in northwest Omaha. Investigators believe the shots were fired around 11 p.m.

The department said in a news release Wednesday that two officers were dispatched around 6:50 p.m. Sunday to check the well-being of people at the apartment and had direct contact with Loyd and a woman he’s accused of killing later, 22-year-old Destacia Straughn.

The department says the officers have been reassigned pending an investigation into whether the officers followed proper procedures.