PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — The driver in a fatal golf cart accident has been acquitted.

A judge on Tuesday found 24-year-old Cody Dembinski, of Gretna, not guilty of misdemeanor motor vehicle homicide and careless driving. Dembinski stood trial last week on the charges, which stemmed from a golf cart accident that killed 31-year-old Patrick Jurgensen in July.

Jurgensen was one of five people in the two-seat golf cart. Dembinski was making a turn on a city street when Jurgenson was tossed into the intersection and suffered a head injury. He later died from his injuries.

Prosecutors say careless driving and misuse of the golf cart caused Jurgensen’s death. Steve Delaney, Dembinski’s attorney, argues the incident was nothing more than a tragic accident.

Delaney says Dembinski is relieved at the verdict.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a wrong-way driver died after her sedan was rammed by a panel truck just west of downtown Omaha.

Officers were dispatched to the scene a little after 4:15 a.m. Wednesday. Police say a woman was driving south on a section of 24th Street that was one-way northbound when her car was hit by the westbound panel truck.

The woman was pronounced dead at an Omaha hospital. Police identified her as 31-year-old Marketta Smith, of Omaha. The panel truck driver was identified as 31-year-old Trevor Wurtz, of Papillion. Police Sgt. Doug Klein says Wurtz wasn’t injured.

PHOENIX (AP) — Legislatures around the country are passing laws to allow microbreweries with restaurants to increase production of craft beer.

Several states including Arizona, North Dakota and Wyoming have passed legislation allowing craft breweries to brew more beer, while Montana lawmakers defeated a similar measure.

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill Tuesday that strikes a compromise between producers and distributors allowing microbreweries to keep up to seven retail locations and brew up to 6.2 million gallons of beer per year. Ducey went to a bar owned by one of the breweries to sign the legislation.

He called the bill a common-sense reform to an outdated law.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a high school student.

The suspect was booked Tuesday night on suspicion of first-degree felony assault and use of a weapon to commit a felony.

North High School student Tyrus Harris remains hospitalized after being shot Monday near the school. Harris is a senior and played on the state championship football team last season.

Authorities say the 18-year-old was shot after a verbal altercation escalated after school.

Harris was taken to Immanuel Medical Center but was later flown to Creighton University Medical Center, where officials declined to provide an update on his status. Police said he was in critical condition Monday night.

The district released a statement Tuesday, expressing its condolences to the Harris family.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Nebraska man who was arrested during a North Dakota sting operation has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison on a child pornography charge.

Forty-one-year-old Robert Vangorden, of Omaha, Nebraska, pleaded guilty earlier to distributing materials involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.

Authorities say Vangorden was apprehended after an undercover investigation by Dickinson police. Vangorden allegedly talked with an officer posing as a 14-year-old girl on a social media site known as “Chat Avenue,” and sent the officer images and videos of child pornography.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Vangorden to 17 years and six months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release.

A federal public defender could not be reached for comment.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Homicide detectives are investigating the slaying of a man whose body was found in a northeast Omaha yard.

Police say officers and medics who were sent to the neighborhood a little after 8 a.m. Tuesday found an unresponsive man. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

His name has not been released. No arrests have been reported.