GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — The company that hauls stinky waste from the JBS meatpacking plant in Grand Island has gotten another permit and a warning from Hall County supervisors.

On Tuesday the board voted 5-1 to give Chamness Technology a permit to spread processed livestock waste from Grand Island’s JBS plant on a farm elsewhere in the county. Complaints have been pouring into county officials from nearby residents because of the smell.

Supervisors had warned the company to address the problem when a pile of the waste near Doniphan was not spread quickly and soon spurred odor complaints.

Board chairman Scott Arnold told a Chamness official Tuesday that because the permit is issued to Chamness, the company is responsible. Arnold says that, “If this doesn’t work out, I’m not going to support another permit.”

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha 18-year-old has been given 15 to 22 years in prison for shooting to death a friend.

Christopher Spears was sentenced on Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. He’d been convicted of manslaughter and weapons use after pleading no contest. Spears originally was charged with second-degree murder. Prosecutors lowered the charge in escape for Spears’ pleas.

Prosecutors say Spears was 17 when he shot 17-year-old Dominique Hollie in February last year. Prosecutors say the shooting happened after Spears made sexual comments about Hollie’s sister, prompting Hollie to go to his bedroom and grab a sawed-off shotgun that he later returned to his room. Prosecutors say that after an argument, however, Spears went to Hollie’s room, returned with the shotgun and shot Hollie in the face.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 59-year-old dentist has been convicted of stealing dental gold and equipment when he worked at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Omaha.

A federal judge entered his ruling on Tuesday against Randall Toothaker. In December he’d pleaded no contest to theft. His sentencing is scheduled for April 9, and he faces up to 10 years in federal prison.

Investigators say Toothaker stole more than $16,000 in dental gold and equipment from a locked cabinet in 2013. An officer stopped Toothaker while he was leaving the property.

Toothaker’s attorney has said his client works for a dental group in Fort Dodge and wants to put the case behind him.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a 44-year-old man who was fatally shot in southeast Omaha.

On Wednesday the Omaha Police Department identified the man as Corey Hudson.

The department says officers who responded to the shooting around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday near 18th and U streets found the wounded man. Hudson was taken to Creighton University Medical Center in extremely critical condition and later was pronounced dead.

No arrests have been reported.

WILBER, Neb. (AP) — A 20-year-old Wilber man has been killed in a collision between his pickup and a semitrailer.

The crash occurred a little before 7 a.m. Tuesday on Nebraska Highway 15, near its intersection with Nebraska 41 west of Wilber.

The Saline County Sheriff’s Office says the southbound pickup driven by Sidney Stern crossed the center line and rammed into the semitrailer. The big rig was being driven by 69-year-old Rolland Kutzbach, of Reading, Minnesota.

Stern died at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office hasn’t reported whether Kutzbach was injured.

The accident is being investigated.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — Columbus authorities say a tractor-trailer carrying more than 80 cattle flipped onto its side and that some of the animals died at the scene.

Officials note that the remaining cattle have been shipped to local farms, where more have died. It’s unclear how many livestock animals have died in total.

Columbus police say the semitrailer was turning onto a street when it tipped onto its side Monday night. The vehicle’s driver, whose name wasn’t released, was taken by an ambulance to Columbus Community Hospital with minor injuries.

Local media outlets report the accident blocked traffic for more than three hours as law enforcement officers worked with area cattlemen to transfer the livestock to another trailer.

The accident remains under investigation.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a man who was shot in the chest in south Omaha has died.

The Omaha Police Department says officers responded to a report of a shooting around 1:45 p.m. Tuesday near 18th and U streets. The man was taken to Creighton University Medical Center in extremely critical condition, and was later pronounced dead.

Authorities say investigation into the shooting is ongoing. The name of man has not yet been released.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman has apologized to the First-Plymouth Church in Lincoln for a “sin” that she says she committed 50 years ago.

The Rev. Jim Keck, the senior minister of the church, received an anonymous letter from a Tulsa woman, who said that she was writing to make peace with a sin she committed as a little girl. The woman said that she shattered one of the church’s windows with a rock.

A $300 money order was included with the letter. Keck says the money might not cover the cost of the damage, but that it was more than enough, spiritually.

Keck says the church experiences a fair amount of vandalism and theft since it is open to the public.