YORK, Neb. (AP) — The York County Sheriff’s Department says it’s received another report of a cougar, the second report in less than a week.

The local media reports a person called the department on Friday to report seeing a cougar cross a road on the northeast side of town, in the vicinity of the York Family Aquatic Center.

Last Tuesday, a Waco-area resident reported seeing what appeared to be a cougar in the resident’s yard.

Neither report has been confirmed.

Cougars, which also are called mountain lions or pumas, have turned up as far east in Nebraska as Omaha.

There were several unconfirmed cougar reports last summer in York County.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lancaster County man says vandals have forced him to replace at least 17 mailboxes since 1984.

Hubert Fox told the local media that he’s spent about $900 on new mailboxes so far. The expense would have been higher if Fox hadn’t been able to fix some of the mailboxes before they were damaged beyond repair.

Fox says a vandal with a ball bat took too many mighty whacks at the current mailbox for it to be repaired, so he will have to buy another.

He says his mailbox is a target because it can’t be seen from his house, so no one has been able to thwart the crimes or witness the vandals at work.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police say a 46-year-old woman is suspected of drunken driving and leaving the scene of a fatal accident.

Police Capt. Michon Morrow says Kelly Hall hit a man with her car as he crossed Cornhusker Highway near 14th Street. Morrow says Hall stopped to check on the man and then drove off.

Morrow says Hall called police about 20 minutes after the crash and she was arrested at an apartment complex in east Lincoln.

The name of the victim was not immediately released.

Hall remained jailed Monday morning.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — The Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail’s new Norfolk bridge has been installed and is open for use.

The bridge sits three miles west of Norfolk, where it crosses the Elkhorn River. The old bridge was washed out in 2010.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says a two-mile stretch of trail west of the bridge has been repaired. But the remainder of the trail west to Battle Creek is under construction.

Work will continue into the fall to repair damage along 22 miles of trail. People can get updates from OutdoorNebraska.org to see which sections are closed for repairs.

The commission says the Cowboy Trail used to be part of the Chicago & North Western railroad’s Cowboy Line. The trail runs 321 miles across northern Nebraska, from Norfolk to Chadron.

MITCHELL, Neb. (AP) — Crews from five fire departments have fought a grass fire that blackened 200 or more acres near Mitchell in the Nebraska Panhandle.

Local Media reports that the fire began Sunday afternoon about four miles northeast of Mitchell. Winds gusting to 40 mph whipped the flames.

Mitchell Fire Chief Jon Wurdeman says the fire was started around 2 p.m. by an engine backfire from a loader.

Damage to one building and its contents was reported, but no injuries.

The fire was extinguished within a few hours, but the Mitchell department was called out again Sunday night to handle hot spots that had flared anew.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency wants to demolish three buildings in downtown Columbus to help it clean up dry cleaning chemicals that are contaminating groundwater nearby.

Project Manager Nancy Swyers tells the Local Media that the demolitions will help expedite the clean-up effort that began after the chemicals were first detected in 1983. It will also help officials remove contaminated soil from the area.

Since 1987, the EPA has taken several steps to reduce the levels of tetrachloroethylene found in the water near the buildings to be demolished. That chemical is commonly used in dry cleaning.

A groundwater extraction and treatment system helps protect Columbus’ drinking water supply from contamination.

A public meeting will be held Monday evening on the EPA’s proposed demolition plans.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 48-year-old Lincoln woman has been given 151 months in federal prison for conspiring to sell methamphetamine.

The Local Media reports that Regina Lynn Leonard had been charged with conspiring to sell meth, powder cocaine and marijuana in the Lincoln area from June 2005 to May 2010. A jury found her guilty in March to conspiring to sell meth, but not cocaine or marijuana.

Leonard must serve five years of supervised released after she leaves prison.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — An international quilt museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is offering free admission to active-duty service members and their families.

 is participating in a nationwide program for military personnel from Memorial Day through Labor Day. It’s a collaboration of more than 1,500 museums from around the country.

The program is available to active-duty service members with a military identification, and up to five family members.

The museum houses more than 3,500 quilts. Its mission is to study, preserve and promote quilts and quilt-making tradition.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln toddler who suffered life-threatening injuries when she was hit by her mother’s car is expected to survive.

Jim Schmersal told the Lincoln Journal Star (http://bit.ly/LCBgXM ) that his 21-month-old granddaughter, Aubree Cummins, suffered a bruised lung, lacerated liver and skull fracture in Wednesday’s accident but she’s going to be OK. She’s in an Omaha hospital.

Schmersal says Aubree was hit by the car and dragged down the driveway as her mother, Jami Marcano, rushed to a baseball game. He says Marcano put Aubree in the car and went back inside for a moment, during which Aubree got out of the vehicle. When Marcano got behind the wheel, Schmersal says, she didn’t realize Aubree had gotten out of the car and struck her.