LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators are looking into how officials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln handled a student’s report in May that she’d been raped by a faculty member.

The university was notified Monday about the U.S. Department of Education’s Title IX investigation. In 2011 the department warned schools of their legal responsibilities, including the need for immediate investigations that don’t rely on criminal cases to move forward. Lincoln police spokeswoman Katie Flood said Tuesday that the case is still being investigated. No names have been released.

University officials deny any wrongdoing, saying they began an investigation two days after learning about the student’s report of an incident at an off-campus apartment. Officials also say the faculty member is no longer employed by the university.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The city of Omaha and Douglas County will share some crime lab services under a new agreement.

The Omaha City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an agreement supported by Mayor Jean Stothert. It has already been approved by the Douglas County Board and will go into effect on Jan. 1.

The agreement means the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will analyze drug samples, blood-alcohol tests and crime-scene evidence for itself and the Omaha Police Department. Police will handle ballistics tests for both agencies.

The sheriff’s office will hire two new chemists. A sheriff’s deputy will be assigned to the police department’s electronics unit, and crime-scene technicians from one agency can respond to calls from the other agency.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has been sentenced to prison for a drunk driving crash that killed his fiancee’s brother.

23-year-old Matthew Fleshman received a three to five year sentence on Monday. The Omaha man previously pleaded guilty to motor vehicle homicide in the October 2013 crash and had faced up to 20 years in prison.

Police say Fleshman was driving on the interstate when he struck a concrete barrier and his vehicle caught fire. Twenty-six-year-old Josh Pacheco was a passenger in the car and died at the scene.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Douglas County authorities have charged a 40-year-old woman with assaulting an officer at Eppley Airfield last week.

Susan Graves of Omaha was charged on Monday with the first-degree felony. She is also charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.

Police say Graves got into an argument inside the airport before driving through a lowered arm at a payment booth. They say an Airport Authority police officer found the SUV in an airport parking lot and approached it. Police say Graves drove at the officer, who shot at the vehicle.

No injuries were reported.

Graves is being held on $156,000 bond at the Douglas County jail. Online jail records didn’t indicate an attorney.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — Store Kraft Manufacturing officials say the nearly 100-year-old company is closing and has laid off about 100 workers.

The company, which opened in 1920, started as a manufacturer of display cases but recently shifted its focus to electronic kiosks.

According to a news release, the business struggled to keep operations profitable and that online competition hurt the demand for some of its retail fixture products. The company said officials tried to secure funding through an outside investor but their efforts were unsuccessful.

Glennis McClure, who is the executive director of NGage economic development group, says the announcement of the plant’s closure is disappointing news.

Karen Stohs with the Nebraska Department of Labor says she’s working on setting up a meeting next week for employees to discuss their options and available resources.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Some southeast Nebraska residents are worried that a wind farm proposed near their homes would mar their views and harm their property values.

The residents shared their concerns Monday with members of the Hallam Village Board. Volkswind USA has applied for permits to build the farm on 7,000 acres in Lancaster County and 4,000 acres in Gage County, near Hallam and Cortland. Company officials say each turbine would be at least a mile and a quarter from any dwelling.

Area resident Maurice Lange says he doesn’t think a wind farm belongs between Lincoln and Hallam and in an area dotted by rural residences. Resident Larry Chapman says he doesn’t oppose the project, but said, “I don’t want one (wind turbine) that’s close to my house.”

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — A Sarpy County man has been sentenced to prison for shaking his 5-week-old daughter so hard she suffered serious head trauma.

Daniel Salazar of Bellevue received 12 to 24 years for child abuse on Monday. He will be eligible for parole after six years.

Salazar and his wife were arrested in February after the girl was admitted to the emergency room. His wife is awaiting trial.

A Sarpy County judge says Salazar is a continuing danger to his children.

The Associated Press

State bans on same-sex marriages have been falling around the country since summer 2013, when the Supreme Court ordered the federal government to recognize state-sanctioned gay marriages. The high court Monday cleared the way for more expansion by turning away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit it.