(AP) — A trial has been ordered for a 46-year-old Genoa man charged with manslaughter in the crash death of his mother.

Arraignment in Platte County District Court is scheduled March 28 for Michael Logan.

Logan is accused of driving drunk when he turned in front of oncoming traffic northwest of Columbus on Dec. 10. Authorities say Logan was driving south toward Columbus on U.S. Highway 81 when he tried to turn left. His vehicle was struck on the passenger side by a northbound car driven by 42-year-old Jeannine Velazquez, of Norfolk.

Logan’s mother, 63-year-old Lois Reynolds, of Genoa, was fatally injured. Logan and Velazquez were also injured.

Logan’s attorney declined to comment Monday.

(AP) — A 7-year-old girl has died after being hit by a car in the southeast Nebraska city of Fairbury.

Police say the accident occurred a little before 7 p.m. Sunday. Police Chief Chad Sprunk says 69-year-old Joseph Hynek (HEE’-nehk) told officers that he was driving north on H Street when the girl walked into his car’s path and he couldn’t stop in time.

Sprunk says the girl died at Jefferson Community Health Center in Fairbury. She was identified as Krista Medina (mah-DEE’-nah), who lived in Fairbury.

The accident is still being investigated.

(AP) — Northeast Community College is planning to build a new resident hall to address an ongoing student housing shortage.

Construction plans were announced last week when the college’s board of governors met. The new building will be located near the college’s two existing residence halls and two student apartment complexes in Norfolk.

Northeast Community College President Michael Chipps says administrators will issue revenue bonds to pay for the project. Construction plans call for a 79,000-square-foot residence hall that can accommodate about 200 students. It’s expected to cost about $11 million.

More than 715 students applied for 315 available beds in the fall of 2013.

(AP) — Investigators are still trying to find the cause of a large brush fire near Salt Creek in Lincoln.

The fire on Saturday scorched a large area between the Salt Creek Levy Trial, a line of train tracks to the west, and West A and South streets. Fire investigator Don Gross said authorities have ruled out a passing train.

Firefighters say the blaze could have caused millions of dollars in structural damage, but crews were aided by off-duty firefighters and volunteers. Fire damage to foam board, shingles, trucks and a trailer at White Castle Roofing was expected to reach $200,000.

Gross says the fire appears to have started on a ridge, about 50 to 75 meters east of the train tracks.

(AP) — Two feminist bloggers will speak at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as part of its Women’s Week.

Katie Halper and Zerlina Maxwell of Feministing.com will be joined by student Ruth Boettner of Lincoln, a contributing writer for the Daily Nebraskan, for “Feministing: Offline and Unfiltered.” The event is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in the Regency Suite of the Nebraska Union.

The website is an online community for feminists and their allies.

The panelists will share their experiences and perspectives. The event will include a question-and-answer session on feminism.

(AP) — A man who was distributing religious fliers outside of Lincoln’s Pinnacle Bank Arena faces a trespassing charge.

76-year-old Larry Ball was jailed after he approached strangers and asked if they wanted a small, green booklet titled “How to Know God.”

Ball was standing outside the arena during the Nebraska Boys State Basketball Tournament, which drew thousands of spectators. The arena sits on public property, land owned by the city of Lincoln and the West Haymarket Joint Public Agency.

The arena’s security staff called police when Ball ventured beyond traffic barricades near the arena. Lincoln police officer Brian Ward says Ball had been warned several times, but still chose to step onto the property.

(AP) — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., who founded a Kansas church that’s widely known for its protests at military funerals and anti-gay sentiments, is in a care facility.

Westboro Baptist Church spokesman Steve Drain said Sunday that Phelps is being cared for in a Shawnee County facility. Drain wouldn’t identify the facility but says Phelps is 84 and “having some health problems.”

Members of the Westboro church, based in Topeka, frequently protest at funerals of soldiers with signs containing messages like “Thank God for dead soldiers” and “Thank God for 9/11,” claiming the deaths are God’s punishment for American immorality and tolerance of homosexuality and abortion.

(AP) — Fire crews spent part of their weekend battling wind-swept grass fires in eastern Nebraska.

Firefighters responded to several blazes on Saturday in Cass and Sarpy counties. One fire was caused when a Cass County landowner burned brush on his property.

Plattsmouth Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Bill Dudek says the fire spread quickly through the tall grass, and accessing it was a challenge. Dudek says the crews at one point had three fires burning simultaneously.

Sarpy County crews also battled a brush fire near Bellevue earlier Saturday. Crews say the fierce wind on Saturday made it difficult to contain.

(AP) — A 28-year-old Lincoln man has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.

U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg says Kristopher Tibbs was sentenced Friday in Lincoln’s federal court to 5 1/2 years for one count. Following his release from prison, Tibbs must serve a five-year term of supervised release and register as a sex offender.

There is no parole in the federal prison system.

Prosecutors say Lincoln police discovered that Tibbs was sharing child pornography images from his computer via the Internet. A search of his computer turned up more than 170 videos depicting sexually explicit conduct of children under the age of 18.

(AP) — A grand jury has cleared authorities of any criminal wrongdoing in the February death of a 26-year-old Cedar County jail inmate.

Cedar County District Court Judge Paul Vaughan called a grand jury to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Omar Alvaro Cerrillo, of Los Angeles, Calif., who was found hanging in his cell the evening of Feb. 12.

Cerrillo was being held a charge of fleeing to avoid arrest and several weapons counts after leading a Nebraska state trooper on a high-speed chase in Cedar County on Feb. 10. He also was charged as a habitual offender.

The grand jury convened on Friday, completed deliberations by Friday afternoon and concluded that there had been no criminal conduct in the death.