FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old girl who was involved in a Fremont collision had been fatally injured at her home when a television fell on her head.

The Fremont Police Department released autopsy results Thursday on the body of Eva Imus, who died March 25 at a hospital. She was already being rushed to the hospital by her brother when his car struck another.

Fremont Police Chief Jeff Elliott says autopsy results show the girl died from head injuries. Elliott says Eva apparently was trying to open a dresser drawer when the old, tube-type television atop the dresser toppled forward onto her.

 

WINDSOR, Colo. (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine if a shooting on Interstate 25 about 60 miles north of Denver that left a 20-year-old woman wounded is related to three similar incidents in the area.

The Fort Collins Coloradan reports that the sheriff’s office says it does not appear she was specifically targeted.

Authorities said the attack on Wednesday night came a day after a sheriff’s van transporting prisoners was hit by a projectile about 20 miles away, shattering a passenger window.

On Thursday, a driver in Weld County said his front driver’s side window had been broken and might have been shot out near Interstate 76. Another man said his rear window was shattered Wednesday in Loveland.

Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith said drivers should be aware and report suspicious behavior.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court has reaffirmed that public school districts are not prohibited by state law from using lease-purchase agreements to fund building projects.

The decision Thursday came in a lawsuit filed by taxpayers in 2012 after the after Scribner-Snyder Community School district entered a lease-purchase agreement with a bank to pay for building several classrooms. That came after voters rejected a $7.5 million bond proposal by the school district for the work. The taxpayers did not seek a temporary restraining order to try to stop construction.

The high court found that the taxpayers’ claims moot, because the work has already been done. But it issued a “public interest” ruling, finding that state law does not prohibit use of such lease-purchase agreements.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — A 24-year-old woman has been accused of starting a small fire in a hallway at a Norfolk apartment complex.

The Norfolk Police Department says Johna Richards was arrested Wednesday and booked into jail on suspicion of arson and terroristic threats. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be contacted to comment on Richards’ behalf.

Police say the charges stem from a Dec. 29 fire at a complex on South Hickory Street. A resident used a rug to put out the flames, and another resident told officers about threatening messages he’d been getting on Facebook.

Police say investigators eventually were able to obtain information from Facebook about the person believed to have posted the messages, and Richards was arrested.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Douglas County prosecutors say a teenage driver will be charged with homicide as a juvenile for the deaths of four people in a three-vehicle collision.

A news release from the office of Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine says the 17-year-old boy will face four misdemeanor counts of vehicular homicide. The Associated Press generally doesn’t name juveniles accused of crimes.

The accident occurred around 8:30 p.m. on April 5 northwest of Omaha. Authorities say the boy was driving a pickup north and didn’t halt at a stop sign at an intersection with Nebraska Highway 36. The pickup knocked an eastbound vehicle into oncoming traffic, where it was struck by a westbound vehicle. The four killed were in the eastbound and westbound vehicles.

The boy and his teenage passenger were hospitalized.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Staff members at Arbor Day Farm have been busily packaging and shipping thousands of seedlings to help others celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day.

April is the busiest month for the Nebraska City farm, which is owned by the Arbor Day Foundation City, due to the volume of trees ordered from them for the two environmentally friendly holidays.

According to Adam Howard, the farm’s director of mission engagement, about 250,000 gift seedlings will be packaged and shipped this year. About half of the work will be completed this month.

Howard says about 2.5 million trees are shipped annually to the foundation’s 1 million members.

Many of the 12 species of seedlings that are packed and shipped are grown on Arbor Day Farm. If demand exceeds supply, the foundation relies on outside suppliers.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The lawyer for a Lincoln teacher accused of having sex with one of his teenage students says his client will plead not guilty.

Twenty-two-year-old Jackson Hedrick is charged with two felonies: sexual assault of a minor and enticement by electronic means. Attorney Nancy Peterson commented on Hedrick’s intention on Wednesday.

Prosecutors say the first-year teacher at Irving Middle School exchanged sexually explicit texts with a 14-year-old girl and engaged in sexual activity with her. Peterson declined to comment on the specific accusations. Under Nebraska law, people 19 and over cannot have sexual contact with people under 16.

Lincoln school officials say Hedrick is no longer employed by the district.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say two Omaha officers were injured when the driver of a stolen vehicle attempted to flee a parking lot.

The incident occurred Wednesday night in northwest Omaha when the officers approached the vehicle and tried to take the driver into custody. Police say he started to drive away, striking one officer, dragging another and hitting two other vehicles. One of the officers was able to reach in and put the vehicle into park.

Police identified the driver as 20-year-old Tanner Marcoe, who was booked into Douglas County Jail on suspicion of assault, theft and other crimes. It’s unclear whether Marcoe has an attorney who could be contacted to comment on his behalf.

Marcoe and the officers were treated for minor injuries.

TECUMSEH, Neb. (AP) — A former teacher in southeast Nebraska has been sentenced to a week in jail for providing alcoholic beverages to minors.

A news release from the office of Johnson County Attorney Julie Smith says 42-year-old Steven Nolte, of Tecumseh, pleaded no contest on Wednesday and was convicted of two counts of procuring. Nolte was fined $500 in addition to the jail time.

Smith’s office says Nolte was a teacher for Johnson County Central Public Schools and a sports referee. The release says Nolte provided an alcoholic beverage to a 16-year-old student in May 2014 and to a 19-year-old former student this past January.

Smith’s office says Nolte has resigned from his teaching job and has stopped refereeing.

HUMPHREY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 70year-old man has died after becoming trapped in a grain bin in eastern Nebraska.

The Platte County Sheriff’s Office says the accident was reported a little before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at a farm southeast of Humphrey. The man’s body was removed from the bin shortly after emergency workers arrived.

The man’s name and other details haven’t been released. The accident is being investigated.