OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators are planning another update on the performance of a Nebraska nuclear plant that was offline for nearly three years before restarting in 2013.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting in Omaha on April 9 to discuss the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant.

Fort Calhoun, which sits about 20 miles north of Omaha, was shut down from April 2011 until December 2013.

It initially shut down for routine maintenance, but significant flooding in 2011, a small fire and a series of safety violations forced it to remain closed.

Omaha Public Power District must demonstrate Fort Calhoun can operate safely before regulators will ease its inspections.

The meeting will run from 6-9 p.m. on April 9 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Thompson Center.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska at Omaha fraternity members will spend a night outside sleeping in cardboard boxes in an effort to help stock the Salvation Army food pantry in Nebraska’s largest city.

The annual food drive and homelessness awareness campaign called “Just Can It” begins April 6 and runs through April 10. Omaha Fire Department neighborhood stations and local Baker’s grocery stores will accept donations of nonperishable food during the drive.

Members of UNO’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will sleep outdoors at Crossroads Mall and accept donations of money and nonperishable food.

Last year, the Just Can It drive collected more than 34,500 food items. This year, the goal is to collect 40,000 food items.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A 36-year-old Columbus man faces trial in Platte County District Court, accused of counterfeiting $20 bills.

Online court records say Brian Dieter is charged with 15 counts of forgery and one of being a habitual criminal. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call Friday from The Associated Press, seeking comment on the case.

Court documents say surveillance video showed Dieter exchanging the counterfeit bills on Feb. 8 with a convenience store clerk who was Dieter’s girlfriend at the time. She’s been charged with aiding Dieter.

NEAR WYMORE, Nebraska (AP) — A group of students from Peru State College have received the opportunity to learn a history lesson by leaving the classroom.

A professor of the undergraduate course called History of Nebraska received a grant that helped pay costs for students to take a two-day trip Thursday to the Chief Standing Bear Trail south of Wymore.

In 1877, the Ponca Tribe was forced to march from its home in northeast Nebraska to Oklahoma. Chief Standing Bear led them on the march. The students will visit several sites along the trail, including the burial site of the chief’s daughter, who died during the journey and the Ponca Tribal Museum.

An Illinois man is in jail after a trooper seizes 45.3 lbs. of marijuana during a traffic stop in Hamilton County.

At approximately 12:41 p.m., Thursday, March 26, a trooper stopped a 2006 Chevy pickup for speeding just off of the I-80 Giltner exit on County Road 9/J. An NSP Police Service Dog (PSD) alerted to the odor of drugs coming from the rear of the pickup. A probable cause search led to the seizure of 45.3 lbs. of marijuana. The marijuana contained in 42 packages was located in two suitcases in the bed of the pickup.

The driver of the pickup, James C. Slater Jr., 47, of Bartonville, Ill., was transported to the Hamilton County Jail.  He’s been charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A father has sued a former University of Nebraska football player who hosted a fundraiser for the man’s son, claiming he didn’t receive money raised at the November event.

Dan Walker filed the lawsuit last week against P.J. Smith, safety for the Huskers from 2009 to 2012, and Scott Wuethrich. Walker alleges the men withheld most donations made on his 11-year-old-son’s behalf, who’s recovering after being hit by a truck in October.

Walker claims Smith and Wuethrich kept all donations except for $1,031, which he says he used to buy Christmas gifts for his six kids. The lawsuit seeks compensation for all money raised at the fundraiser or later by selling donated items.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa youth softball coach accused of having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old friend of his daughter has been convicted of four counts of sexual abuse.

47-year-old John Osborn, of Council Bluffs, was found guilty Thursday of third-degree sexual abuse in a nonjury trial. He faces up to 40 years in prison at his May 1 sentencing hearing.

Council Bluffs police say the girl and Osborn began exchanging text messages in June and had phone conversations about sex. Court documents show the girl reported that she and Osborn engaged in sexual acts in July when the girl stayed at Osborn’s house for a sleepover with his daughter.

Osborn has denied willingly touching the teen and pleaded not guilty to the charges.

MACY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 10-year-old child has died in a crash off a state highway in northeast Nebraska.

The accident occurred about 6:45 p.m. Thursday on Nebraska Highway 94 west of Macy. The Nebraska State Patrol says Terri Webster was driving east when the vehicle ran off the shoulder. The patrol says Webster overcorrected, causing the vehicle to go into a ditch, hit a grate and flip over.

The child, Carroll Webster, of Macy, died after being ejected from the vehicle.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man who tied up and threatened to kill his mother has been given two to five years in prison.

Online court records say 48-year-old Adam Herman was sentenced on Thursday in Lancaster County District Court. He’d pleaded no contest and was convicted of felony false imprisonment and misdemeanor assault.

Police say that when Herman and his mother argued on Oct. 23, he dragged her into a basement, threatened to slit her throat, bound her to a chair and repeated his threat to kill her. He released her about two hours later.