LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Lincoln elementary student who wandered off the campus was unwrapping Christmas gifts and decorating cookies in a nearby home while police looked for her.

Officers, teachers and worried residents searched Friday for 7-year-old Gracie Shafer, who disappeared after she walked away from the Everett Elementary School playground during morning recess.

A group of middle school students found Gracie, who has autism, about six hours after she was reported missing. She was wearing a pink tutu and dancing in the street.

The owner of a home tipped off police to how Gracie spent her day. The homeowner says her door was left wide open and the unwrapped Christmas presents were inside.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 48-year-old Lincoln woman has been given jail and probation for stealing from a high school booster club.

Amy Luebbe was sentenced last week to 60 days in jail and two years of probation. She also must serve 100 hours of community service, which will include preparation of training materials addressing how other booster clubs can avoid similar thefts.

Police investigators say that after Luebbe became assistant booster club store manager for the Southwest High School club, she took gift cards and cash from the club’s petty cash fund and altered deposits between October 2011 and October 2013. Luebbe later pleaded guilty to felony theft. Authorities say she’s paid back the money.

CENTER, Neb. (AP) — A March trial has been scheduled for a northeast Nebraska man accused of killing his wife.

66-year-old Phillip Privett on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and use of a weapon. He’s accused of shooting to death his wife, 66-year-old Linda Privett, at their home in Verdigre (VUR’-dih-gree). His trial is scheduled to begin March 2.

Court documents say deputies who were called to the Privetts’ home on Oct. 20 found Linda Privett dead. Deputies say Phillip Privett also was in the home, visibly shaken and telling officers that he shot his wife in the face.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Hundreds of people staying at an Omaha homeless shelter were surprised Monday with an opportunity to do some Christmas shopping.

One of the eight former co-workers who shared a 2006 Powerball jackpot donated $25,000 to the Siena Francis House this year. Alain Maboussou has made similar donations in the past.

The shelter used the money to buy 600 $40 Walmart gift cards. People staying at the shelter were bused to the store Monday to spend their gift cards.

Mike Saklar, the shelter’s executive director, says everyone was excited to receive the gift cards.

One of the recipients, Brooke Vacanti, says the gift card will allow her to get her son something for his birthday, so she was overjoyed.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln Public Schools administrators are working with students on grieving properly at school.

The Lincoln East high school principal encouraged band instructors planning an end-of-semester concert not to include a written or audial tribute for a member who died.

Lincoln police have classified the student’s death in November as a suicide but are continuing to investigate.

Principal Sue Cassata says school administrators must treat all student deaths equally. She says administrators worried that the concert could have been changed into a memorial.

Cassata offered to talk to students and parents about the situation but said no one took her up on the offer.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant is back online less than a week after its main generator unexpectedly shut down as a precaution.

The Omaha Public Power District that owns the plant about 20 miles north of Omaha says it resumed generating electricity early Monday.

The plant shut down last Wednesday after a generator lockout.

OPPD says it believes the shutdown happened because moisture invaded a transformer control cabinet at the plant, but the incident is still being investigated.

While the plant was offline, workers performed some minor maintenance.

Fort Calhoun 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 for an extended period.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Health officials say a new virus has been discovered following the death of a southeast Kansas resident this summer and they believe it is carried by ticks or other insects.

The state Department of Health and Environment said Monday that testing by the federal Centers for Disease Control confirmed the presence of what’s now called the Bourbon virus. It’s named for Bourbon County, where the victim lived.

KDHE spokeswoman Aimee Rosenow said it’s the only confirmed case of the virus.

Rosenow said it’s not clear exactly how the virus contributed to the patient’s death. The department declined to identify the Kansas resident who died, saying it wanted to protect the patient and family members.

The department said the patient’s symptoms resembled those from other tick-carried diseases.

PETERSBURG, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Humane Society is looking for donations to help care for 14 malnourished horses rescued from a northeast Nebraska farm.

The horses were removed from a farm west of Petersburg in Boone County from an owner previously charged with animal cruelty.

Jim Majerus pleaded no contest to charges from 2012 and he was sentenced in August to probation for two years and three separate one-month jail sentences. He served his first 30 days in August.

Human Society spokesman Mark Langan says the organization will ask a judge to impose a 15-year ownership restriction allowed by Nebraska state law.

He says the horses, extremely malnourished, will be taken to Omaha where they will receive medical treatment.

A number listed for Majerus has been disconnected.

WEST POINT, Neb. (AP) — A Scribner man has died after a fall at a construction site in northeast Nebraska.

The accident occurred last week in southwest Cuming County. Sheriff Brad Boyum says 52-year-old Loren Wegner was working on the installation of an overhead door when he fell from a raised pallet.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities suspect a Lincoln woman set fire to the home of her estranged husband.

Police say the woman and her husband are divorcing. She was arrested after her husband reported to police that she broke in through a window and started a fire in a bedroom. The fire was reported about 5 a.m. Saturday.

Police say the 59-year-old woman likely will face charges of arson and attempted murder. Online court records don’t yet show that she’s been charged.