OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — One of the American aid workers who were exposed to Ebola in Africa is being treated in a Nebraska hospital’s isolation unit after developing symptoms.

Nebraska Medical Center spokesman Taylor Wilson says the individual developed symptoms Sunday evening and was hospitalized as a precaution. Wilson declined to describe the symptoms, but said they had been resolved Monday.

The hospitalized individual had not tested positive for Ebola Monday.

Three others continue being monitored, and another aid worker exposed to Ebola in Sierra Leone is expected to join them Monday afternoon.

The aid workers are part of a group that was evacuated after one of their colleagues contracted the deadly virus. They were all working with the Boston-based nonprofit Partners in Health.

FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — A man, his neighbors and firefighters have stopped flames from reaching the man’s home and others northwest of Fort Calhoun in eastern Nebraska.

Val Goodman says his lawnmower burst into flames on Sunday, touching off the blaze. He called 911 and then used his garden hose to keep the blaze at bay. Neighbors soon joined him, and then firefighters arrived at the scene.

The wind-whipped flames charred an estimated 30 to 40 acres, and a shed containing two classic cars was destroyed.

No injuries have been reported.

WAHOO, Neb. (AP) — A woman and her two children have escaped a fire that destroyed their home in Wahoo.

The fire was reported Sunday afternoon after the woman’s 8-year-old daughter ran to her and reported that the back porch was in flames.

The woman, Sheena Else, says she tried to put out the fire, but her efforts were thwarted by gusting winds. Else, the 8-year-old and a 2-year-old escaped without harm.

Firefighters say the home likely is a total loss.

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say the 20-year-old man charged in the shooting of two St. Louis area officers had been at the protest earlier that night.

St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said 20-year-old Jeffrey Williams is charged with two counts of first-degree assault, one count of firing a weapon from a vehicle and three counts of armed criminal action.

The officers were shot early Thursday outside of the Ferguson Police Department during a protest hours after the city’s police chief resigned in the wake of a scathing federal Justice Department report.

McCulloch also said Williams told police he was firing at someone in which he was in a dispute, not at the police officers.

The officers were released later Thursday.

St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said Williams is black.

Williams is being held on $300,000 bond.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Four American aid workers who were exposed to Ebola while working in Sierra Leone are being monitored at a Nebraska hospital.

Nebraska Medical Center spokesman Taylor Wilson says the four individuals arrived in Omaha around 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Those four are part of a group of 10 clinicians who were evacuated after one of their colleagues contracted the deadly virus. They were all working with the Boston-based nonprofit Partners in Health.

Wilson said Sunday morning that none of the four people being monitored in Omaha were sick. If any of them do develop Ebola, they will be treated in the hospital’s specialized biocontainment unit.

The other clinicians exposed to Ebola will be monitored at U.S. hospitals with experience treating the disease in Atlanta and in Bethesda, Maryland.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 34-year-old motorcyclist has died after driving onto lawns in north-central Omaha and crashing into a garage.

Hector Jimenez Jr. of Omaha was driving the motorcycle westbound on a city street Friday afternoon when it struck the garage door.

Police say Jimenez was speeding when he lost control of bike. Officials say he was wearing a helmet.