LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Lincoln driver was drunk when he hit several cars and crashed into a fire hydrant.

Lincoln police say 37-year-old Wesley O. Heiser was arrested Sunday afternoon following a series of hit-and-run crashes. None of the drivers in the other cars were seriously injured. Heiser’s car became inoperable after he ran over a fire hydrant.

Heiser was taken to the Lancaster County jail. He faces several charges, including driving under the influence, leaving the scene of an injury accident and reckless driving. Court records do not list an attorney.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Jury selection has begun for the sister of a man convicted of killing four Omaha residents in 2013 within weeks of his leaving prison.

Erica Jenkins is accused of first-degree murder and other crimes in the Aug. 19, 2013, slaying of Curtis Bradford. A court official says jury selection began Monday. Her second murder trial is scheduled to begin Jan. 26 in the robbery and slaying of Andrea Kruger on Aug. 21, 2013.

Jenkins’ brother, Nikko Jenkins, has pleaded guilty to killing Kruger, Bradford and two more men. A judge has ruled Nikko Jenkins not competent to participate in the sentencing phase of his case. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Serving time at the York prison for robbery, Erica Jenkins has waived her right to attend her murder trials.

NELIGH, Neb. (AP) — The Neligh-Oakdale school district this year will have new leadership to help find solutions to old safety concerns at what’s called the East Ward school.

The interconnected buildings house grades three through 12 and the district’s central office.

Officials say a failed $6.9 million bond measure leaves the district without enough money to resolve security and fire safety issues. The district was able to obtain a two-month delay for a fire safety plan that was supposed to be send to the state fire marshal last month.

Two school board members were defeated in the November election, and district Superintendent Kim Lingenfelter is resigning at the end of the school year.

Lingenfelter said she will move in whatever direction the school board wants to go.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Hall County supervisor has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving and refusing a chemical test.

Grand Island police say 50-year-old Dave Ziola was taken into custody around 1:30 a.m. Sunday after he failed a breath test. Officers say his vehicle had been stuck in a snowdrift.

Ziola told Hastings television station KHAS that the situation is all a misunderstanding. He says he doesn’t think his blood alcohol was anywhere near the legal limit. Ziola also says he took all the tests the officers asked but that he may not have heard the request to take another, because his hearing has been affected by the flu.

Ziola’s been a supervisor for the past four years. He was beaten in his bid for re-election and will leave office soon.

GLENWOOD, Iowa (AP) — A former Glenwood teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a student and of giving alcohol to a minor has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge as part of a plea deal.

39-year-old Russell Crouch was arrested and charged in May with sexual exploitation by a school employee and supplying alcohol to a minor.

Crouch was given deferred judgment, meaning if he successfully completes a year of probation, the charge of misdemeanor aggravated assault will be removed from his record. A district court judge has ordered him to complete counseling and therapy.

Crouch taught at Glenwood High School before he resigned. He had been a teacher in the district since 2006 and taught in Hyannis and Ansley, Nebraska.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have released the names of two people whose bodies were found inside an apartment in north-central Omaha.

They were identified as 25-year-old Dexter Joseph and 26-year-old Marcel Lovejoy. Both had been shot.

The bodies were discovered around 11:30 p.m. Saturday as a winter storm moved through the city.

Officer Michael Pecha (PEH’-kuh) says both died at the scene. No arrests have been reported.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Anyone who wants a souvenir, or maybe a walk-in freezer, from Lincoln’s idle Pershing Center will soon be able to buy it.

The city is getting ready to sell nearly everything it can from Pershing, which closed last fall after 57 years.

Fred McCoy is closing down the building where he’s worked for 36 years. He says nearly everything will be for sale at bigiron.com starting in mid-January.

The sale closes Feb. 11, but buyers have to pick up whatever they buy themselves.

But until the auction wraps up, the city is trying to save money by setting the boilers to 40 degrees and keeping the lights off.

Pershing was replaced by the new Pinnacle Bank Arena that opened in 2013.