LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — At least one parent is protesting steps Lincoln Public Schools have taken to address transgender issues.

Rachel Terry has children at Lincoln Southeast High School and Irving Middle School. She’s sent emails to other parents asking them to join her at an October school board meeting.

During administrative training days before the school year began, district officials spoke with school leaders to help them better understand issues transgender students face.

Brenda Leggiardo is the district’s coordinator of social workers and counselors. Leggiardo says the district has trained staff on social issues for many years, but this is the first year they’ve specifically discussed transgender issues. Handouts were given to teachers on suggestions to make students feel comfortable.

SCHUYLER, Neb. (AP) — A grand jury in eastern Nebraska has cleared law enforcement officers of any wrongdoing in the June shooting death of a Columbus man who led authorities on a car chase.

Jurors in Colfax County District Court returned the decision in connection with the investigation into the death of 32-year-old Jason T. Van Buskirk.

Authorities say Van Buskirk, who was originally pursued in connection with a domestic disturbance in Columbus, led several law enforcement departments on a car chase through two counties. He is accused of shooting at a state trooper and ramming into several police cruisers.

Authorities eventually shot at Van Buskirk, and he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Colfax County Attorney Denise Kracl did not release additional information.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police have arrested a man who they say ran over an 11-year-old boy and then drove off.

The 24-year-old man was arrested Wednesday and faces charges of driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident. The boy remained hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday night.

Police say the boy was riding his bicycle to Culler Middle School when he was hit. They say one of his teachers saw the accident and followed the driver.

Police say the bike was still wedged beneath the truck when they found it. The boy suffered a brain bleed and multiple fractures.

The accident is under investigation.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Guatemalan man has been sentenced to at least 35 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl in Nebraska.

45-year-old Hector Valladares-Miranda was sentenced on Tuesday to 35 to 45 years in prison. He faces deportation to Guatemala upon his release.

Valladares-Miranda pleaded no contest to first-degree sexual assault. The girl told police he abused her for several years when she lived in Lincoln.

His attorney argued for a shorter sentence because it was his first offense and he faces deportation.

SUTTON, Neb. (AP) — A single vehicle crash in south-central Nebraska has killed a rural Sutton man.

30-year-old Blake A. Smith was driving a car early Monday morning that went off U.S. Highway 6 and rolled several times, landing in a ravine. The crash happened three miles west of Sutton.

Clay County Sheriff Jeff Franklin says Smith was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the car.

Smith was pronounced dead at the scene.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police are searching for whoever stole a $30,000 semitrailer and $10,000 worth of tires from a Lincoln store.

Officer Katie Flood says thieves cut through a chain-link fence at Cross Dillon Tires on Sunday and loaded 50 tires into the vehicle before driving off. Each of the tires weighs about 100 pounds.

It’s the second theft reported at the business in the past two months. Forty-seven tires were stolen in August.

Flood says police believe the thefts could be related.

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — A Springfield woman is recovering after crashing her car and spending two days in a ravine.

Cass County Sheriff William Brueggemann says 54-year-old Beth Dean was traveling down Highway 66 when she fell asleep at the wheel. Her car went down a steep embankment and struck a tree.

Authorities say her vehicle was more than 100 feet from the road and it was blocked by vegetation.

Dean says she was in the ravine for two days before she was able to crawl up the slope and signal for help.

She was hospitalized with a leg injury and possible internal injuries. Dean was listed in fair condition on Tuesday.