LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a motorcyclist who was killed in a collision with a sport utility vehicle in west Lincoln.

Police say the crash occurred early Monday morning when the eastbound SUV turned north and was hit by the motorcycle.

Police identified the motorcyclist as 59-year-old William “Bill” McArtor, who lived in Lincoln. His former wife, Carla McArtor, was riding with him. Police say she was taken to a Lincoln hospital and is expected to recover.

The SUV driver has been identified as Reymundo Pereda. It’s unclear how many of the four people in his SUV required medical treatment.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An eastern Nebraska zoo plans to open a sperm bank and breeding facility for tigers at the zoo’s nearby conservation park.

The Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium in Omaha announced the initiatives during a Facebook Live video Monday. The video is part of a weeklong conservation awareness campaign ahead of Global Tiger Day on Saturday.

The zoo broke ground on the breeding facility last week at its Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari in Ashland. Those tigers won’t be displayed to the public.

The main zoo campus is also now home to a genome resource bank for tigers. The zoo is collecting sperm samples from tigers in zoos nationwide and freezing them in liquid nitrogen tanks inside its Center for Conservation Research.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been sent to prison for molesting a little girl he baby-sat as a teenager.

Online court records say 22-year-old Bailey Rangel was sentenced Monday to eight to 12 years and given credit for two days already served. He’d pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault after prosecutors reduced the charge.

An arrest affidavit says the girl was 10 when told her mother in April 2016 that Rangel began fondling her when she was 6.

Rangel is required to register as a sex offender.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — Officials say thousands of fish have died since a utility company was forced to stop diverting water from an eastern Nebraska river into its power canal.

The fish kill occurred after water flow from the Loup River to the Loup Public Power District’s canal had shut off July 15. Without river water coming in, the canal warmed up and dissolved oxygen levels dropped, killing the fish.

Jeff Schuckman is a regional fisheries manager at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Norfolk office. Schuckman estimates the number of dead fish is in the “tens of thousands.”

He says all species were affected, including catfish, crappie and walleye.

The commission has been reviewing the fish kill in the 35-mile Loup Power Canal over the past week.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — Council members in an Omaha suburb have voted to condemn and tear down an eyesore carwash owned by a fellow member.

The Bellevue City Council voted 4-0 Monday to have the carwash demolished by Aug. 25, despite protests from Councilman Pat Shannon that the council wasn’t following city code in its effort to condemn his property. He refused to leave the meeting until threatened with physical removal by police. The city attorney has said city code barred his participation in the discussion because of his financial interest in the property.

The council had told Shannon to provide a plan for the closed Big John’s Car Wash, which has drawn complaints from residents. He refused. Shannon said after the meeting that he’ll fight the condemnation in court.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have identified a man shot to death in eastern Omaha, as well as a suspected arrested in the case.

Police say officers sent around 3:15 a.m. Tuesday to the area for a report of a shooting found 39-year-old Aristeo Pena-Robles, of Omaha, on the sidewalk suffering from a gunshot wound. Pena-Robles later died at a hospital.

Another man has been arrested in the shooting. Police say 34-year-old Shawn Stewart was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder and other counts.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been convicted of second-degree murder and weapons counts in the shooting death last year of another Omaha man.

The Omaha World-Herald reports (https://bit.ly/2vXTSwG ) that a Douglas County jury found 27-year-old Rolander Brown guilty on Tuesday in the May 2016 death of 40-year-old Carlos Alonzo.

Police say the killing happened at the home of 47-year-old Dolomo Curtis, who was dating both men.

Brown faces 25 years to life in prison when he’s sentenced in the fall.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Douglas County’s top prosecutor has scheduled a news conference to reveal his findings regarding Omaha police officers’ actions in the death last month of a mentally ill man who was shocked with a stun gun a dozen times.

County Attorney Don Kleine is expected to disclose Wednesday whether his office will file any charges against two former officers who confronted 29-year-old Zachary Bearheels on June 5 at an Omaha convenience store.

Scotty Payne and Ryan McClarty were fired earlier this month from the Omaha Police Department after Police Chief Todd Schmaderer recommended that action.

Officials say Bearheels died after being shocked 12 times with a Taser, punched and dragged by his hair by the officers.

BRAINARD, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man died after striking a parked car in eastern Nebraska.

The crash occurred a little before 5:00 a.m. Saturday. The Nebraska State Patrol says Donald Nichelson’s vehicle struck the car in Brainard, and he died later at a Butler County hospital.

Authorities say Nichelson lived in Dwight. They believe Nichelson had been drinking alcohol before the crash.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha authorities are investigating the fatal stabbing of a 54-year-old man.

Terry Deperkins was found injured Sunday afternoon in a grassy lot in northeast Omaha. Police say he died later at Nebraska Medical Center.

Police have been looking for woman dressed all in pink who witnesses say was arguing with Deperkins before the stabbing. No arrests have been reported.