LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities have arrested two Oregon men who they say had marijuana and nearly $48,000 in their car.

The 20- and 25-year-old men were arrested last weekend after a traffic stop.

Authorities say they found 20 grams of marijuana and $48,000 in cash in the car. They say the men delivered marijuana to Wisconsin and were taking the money back to Oregon.

A Lancaster County deputy says one of the men admitted to having marijuana in the vehicle.

The men were taken to jail on suspicion of possessing drug money. It’s unclear if they’ve been charged.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say one man has died and two other people have been injured in a three-vehicle crash.

Police say the 53-year-old man was killed Tuesday afternoon after the crash in Lincoln. They say two cars collided in an intersection, causing one to crash into a FedEx truck.

The man was hospitalized and later died from his injuries. Two others were taken to area hospitals. Their conditions are unknown.

Police have not released their identities or said who was driving which vehicle.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Metropolitan Community College will present a lecturer on wind energy as part the Sustainability Leadership Presentation Series.

The speaker will be Nebraska Wind and Solar Conference co-chairman Dan McGuire. He is scheduled to speak from 3:30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday at the Fort Omaha Campus, Building 10, Room 110. The event is free and open to the public.

McGuire will discuss how Nebraska can use its wind resource for energy as well as discuss the economic benefits, development opportunities and environmental impacts of wind energy.

The lecture will launch the 2014-15 Sustainability Leadership Presentation Series, a partnership between Metropolitan and Central Community College. The series seeks to bring sustainability perspectives to Nebraska and foster discussion on topics related to sustainability, energy and the environment.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Delta Air Lines will begin offering a new direct flight from Lincoln to Atlanta on Wednesday.

The Lincoln Airport Authority’s David Harring says he expects the flights to the major hub of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to be popular.

Flights to Atlanta will leave each day at 7 a.m. The return flight will leave Atlanta at 7:15 p.m. Eastern and arrive in Lincoln at 8:40 p.m. Central.

The airport received a $750,000 federal grant to provide a revenue guarantee to Delta on the Atlanta flights, but if the flights are profitable the grant funds will be returned.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been killed by a train on the west side of Omaha.

A conductor called Douglas County dispatchers about 2:15 a.m. Wednesday to report that the man had been standing on the tracks near Ta-Ha-Zouka Park and was struck by the westbound train.

The man’s name hasn’t been released.

MCCOOL JUNCTION, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska company faces an $84,000 fine in connection to the May death of a worker who fell while loading a tanker truck.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday Farmers Cooperative was being fined for violations at its McCool Junction fertilizer plant.

OSHA says Farmers Cooperative failed to implement safety measures that could’ve prevented the death of the 73-year-old employee.

Ron Velder, president and CEO of the co-op, says the order will be appealed but he declined to discuss OSHA’s findings.

The company was cited for failing to provide a standard guard rail in the fertilizer plant’s batching area. There were also violations for failing to provide fall protection for employees working on top of tanker trucks and failing to provide railing on stairways.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A suspected gang member has been imprisoned for his role in the beating deaths of two Lincoln men last year.

Online court records say 23-year-old Tyler Thornburg on Tuesday was given 20 years for manslaughter and 40 to 50 years for use of a deadly weapon, to be served consecutively. He also was given 20 months to five years on an unrelated weapons case. It’s unclear whether that sentence will be served at the same time or also consecutively.

Prosecutors say Thornburg and 20-year-old Ricky McLaughlin III are gang members who used a baseball bat to beat random victims in June 2013 to make a name for their gang. McLaughlin was given similar sentences. The two had taken plea deals to reduce charges of second-degree murder.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investigators have confirmed that a teenager killed his mother this summer before taking his own life.

The bodies of 54-year-old Maureen Flanagan and her 18-year-old son, Cooper Flanagan, were found at their northwest Omaha home on July 16. Autopsies showed Maureen Flanagan died of blows to the head and that Cooper Flanagan, found in a car in the home’s garage, died of carbon monoxide poisoning.

A statement released Tuesday by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office says the mother’s skull fractures were inflicted with a hammer found in the home. It also says marijuana, alcohol, an opiate and amphetamine were found in Cooper’s system.

Investigators pointed to several factors, including Maureen’s declining health and Cooper’s recent arrest for being a minor in possession and other counts, as possible motives.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln school officials have been trying to ease some parents’ concerns that the district’s new attendance policy doesn’t let parents excuse their children from school.

The district sent an electronic message to all parents explaining the policy, which has just two categories for absences: excused and unexcused.

Some parents contacted district officials to express their concern that the parents no longer could excuse their students from school.

The LPS policy says school-excused absences include those caused by “impossible or impracticable barriers outside the control of the parent or child.” Those include doctor-documented illnesses. Everything else falls into the unexcused category, both truancies and parent-approved absences.

Student services director Russ Uhing (YOO’-ing) says parents can still excuse their children from school.