(AP) — A Nebraska man has been convicted of molesting a 6-year-old girl in Rhode Island in 2001 when his mother was the girl’s baby sitter.

The Rhode Island attorney general’s office says Joseph Ogoffa was found guilty by a jury on Thursday of five counts of child molestation.

The jury reached a verdict in an hour after a four-day trial in Providence County Superior Court.

Prosecutors say Ogoffa, now 36, was 24 years old at the time he molested the girl in September and October 2001. She told police what happened in November 2007.

Ogoffa is being held at the state prison pending sentencing. He most recently lived in Lincoln, Neb.

(AP) — The Omaha Police Department is firing two more officers involved in the arrest of three brothers that was captured on video and posted online.

The department said in a news release Thursday that the two officers are awaiting procedural hearings before their dismissals are final. The department didn’t name the two.

Four other officers have been fired since the March 21 incident, and two have been charged with criminal violations. The three brothers, their mother and her sister have sued Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer (SHMAH’-dur), eight named officers and 24 unnamed officers, alleging excessive force and other rights violations. The incident erupted as officers responded to a parking complaint.

(AP) — A 32-year-old eastern Nebraska man found guilty of killing his 4-month-old daughter has appealed his conviction.

Ryan Kozisek’s filing earlier this week also appeals his sentencing order and an earlier denial of his motion for a new trial.

On Dec. 16 a judge sentenced the former Gresham man to 35 to 50 years in prison. A York County jury had found Kozisek guilty of child abuse resulting in the death of Kayley Kozisek. Kayley died at an Omaha hospital on Jan. 25, 2011, a day after Kozisek called 911 and said she wasn’t breathing.

Kozisek told authorities that his 2-year-old daughter fell off a stepping stool and landed on the baby. A doctor later said such an accident couldn’t have caused Kayley’s injuries.

(AP) — A 19-year-old Lincoln man has been sentenced to prison for accidentally shooting a girl in the back, paralyzing her.

Sabri Ibrahim was sentenced on Thursday to six to 10 years in prison. Ibrahim had pleaded no contest and was convicted of felony assault.

Authorities say Ibrahim was trying to buy a gun from a man on June 19 and was in the back seat of a car looking at the gun when it went off. The bullet struck Treneyce Thompson. She’s 18 now and must use a wheelchair.

(AP) — The State Board of Education for the Nebraska Department of Education has elected a new president and vice president to serve this year.

The department announced Thursday that Rachel Wise, of Oakland, will serve as president and John Sieler, of Omaha, will serve as vice president.

Wise was first elected to the board last year. She is a former teacher and has served as an administrator for Educational Service Unit 7, Omaha Public Schools and the nonprofit Building Bright Futures organization.

Sieler was elected to the board in 2010. He owns a consulting and marketing firm that specializes in logo items, promotional items and printing.

(AP) — The Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant in eastern Nebraska has temporarily shut down due to ice buildup.

Omaha Public Power District spokesman Jeff Hanson said the plant went offline Thursday morning after subfreezing temperatures caused ice buildup on one of six gates used to control water from the Missouri River. The buildup kept the gate from fully closing.

The plant was closed because all the gates must be functional in case of flooding. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission was notified about the situation early Thursday after workers noticed the buildup hours earlier.

Hanson says workers have since cleared the ice and they are manually working on the affected gate. Once the affected gate is closed, the other gates can do the work and the plant can be back in service.

(AP) — The second suspect in an Omaha homicide has been arrested.

Police said Wednesday that 27-year-old Samuel Ochoa had been booked into Douglas County Jail. He’s charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm to commit a felony.

Ochoa and two other people are suspected in the Oct. 8 slaying of 31-year-old Rodney Hunt. One of the suspects, 27-year-old Amber Perez, remains at large.

Online court records don’t list the names of their attorneys.

(AP) — A concrete grain silo in southern Nebraska has partially collapsed, but no injuries have been reported.

One of eight 150-foot-tall silos was involved in Tuesday afternoon’s incident at the CPI-Lansing elevator near Fairmont. Some of the grain spilled from the silo, which can hold 140,000 bushels of grain. The eight-silo operation opened in March.

Elevator employees had spotted a crack in the silo on Tuesday, but the concrete gave way before the workers could act.

Structural engineers are inspecting the silo to determine what went wrong and how the silo can be repaired.

(AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old Nebraska girl has survived nine cold hours alone in a car parked outside her mother’s workplace in Dakota Dunes, S.D.

The girl was treated and released on Tuesday from a Sioux City hospital.

Authorities in Union County, S.D., say the mother told deputies she didn’t realize the girl was in the car until the girl’s father called after 5 p.m. Tuesday to say the girl wasn’t at her day care.

The girl was bundled in warm clothes in her car seat. National Weather Service records say the area temperature ranged from 2 degrees up to 19 over the day.

Prosecutors are reviewing the case. The girl remains in her parents’ custody at their home in South Sioux City, Neb.

(AP) — Services have been held for the sheriff of Boone County, who lost his battle with cancer.

Ron Levander of the Levander Funeral Home says 58-year-old David Spiegel died Saturday at his Albion home. Burial followed Spiegel’s funeral on Wednesday in Albion.

Spiegel served seven years as sheriff after his 26-year career with the Nebraska State Patrol.

He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Linda; three daughters; a granddaughter; and several other relatives.