LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A former Southeast Community College employee on the school’s Milford campus has been charged with theft after officials say she stole more than $20,000 from the college.

58-year-old Stephany Canning, of Seward, was charged Thursday in Seward County following an investigation by the Nebraska State Patrol. Canning was fired from her job as an accounts receivable specialist in November. She had worked for the college for 37 years.

Prosecutors say Canning had the authority to forgive debt if the college could not collect payments. Officials say she accepted money to settle various accounts, which she kept, then marked the debt as forgiven instead of paid.

SCC says no students were adversely affected and that accounting procedures were revised to prevent future mishandling.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A weeks-old sea lion pup at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has a new name.

In a contest, the public recently picked the name “Raiden” for the new California sea lion, born at the zoo on June 17. In Japanese mythology, Raiden is the god of thunder and lightning. The name is apt, as the pup was born on a stormy night that wreaked havoc on much of the metro area.

The zoo selected several names on which the public voted. The selections, besides Raiden, included Thor, Bolt, Storm, Rain and Cyclone.

“Raiden” won with 34 percent of the vote.

Raiden is currently on display with his parents at the zoo’s Owen Sea Lion Pavilion pool.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police are investigating the latest homicide in Omaha, following a shooting in the Benson Gardens area.

Police say the shooting was reported around 9:30 p.m. Friday. Upon arrival, officers found 40-year-old Billy Allen Walker down. Walker was taken by medics to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No arrests have been reported, and police are looking for help from the public. Tips leading to the arrest of a homicide suspect in the case are eligible for a $25,000 reward.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln woman has been sentenced to probation and a 30-day jail sentence for causing a fatal crash in Grand Island.

35-year-old Sheri Jindra was sentenced Friday to a year of supervised probation for the Dec. 11 crash death of 41-year-old Melissa Brown, of Grand Island. Her jail sentence will be waived is she successfully completes her probation.

Grand Island police say Brown was driving an SUV east on Husker Highway when she was hit by Jindra’s southbound minivan. Police say Jindra ran a red light.

Brown was pronounced dead at a hospital; her husband, a passenger in the SUV, received minor injuries.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — On the heels of being acquitted of a misdemeanor, Bellevue City Councilman Pat Shannon has become the subject of a recall effort to remove him from office.

A recall affidavit was filed Friday afternoon against Councilman Pat Shannon with the Sarpy County Election Commission.

If approved, Shannon will have 20 days to submit a defense statement before the petition is prepared. Recall organizer Christine Jurgens will then have 30 days to gather the nearly 6,600 signatures needed to call a special recall election.

On Thursday, Shannon was found not guilty of violating electrical license requirements for a building he owns. The City Council has given Shannon until later this month to submit plans to fix a broken-down car wash he owns in town.

ASHLAND, Neb. (AP) — A state park in eastern Nebraska is celebrating its 25th year of producing family-friendly melodramas.

Mahoney State Park’s melodrama season this year includes 60 performances of three funny and family-friendly shows. Five young actors are performing the shows “Alone on the Range,” ”Showdown at Sundown,” and “The Silent Treatment.”

Rachel Robbins is directing the 2017 season, and Julie Eschliman is providing the background music on piano.

In the summer of 1992, Nebraska Game and Parks invited John Burkhart to tour the park and the new theater that was under construction. The idea was to have Burkhart produce melodramas for park visitors.

The details and the contract were worked out, and the first show, “He Ain’t Done Right by Nell,” opened on May 27, 1993.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have arrested the driver in a fiery fatal crash on suspicion of drunken driving.

The crash that killed 58-year-old Silvano Torres and forced the closure of Interstate 680 for several hours happened on Wednesday.

After the 32-year-old driver was released from the hospital Saturday, he was arrested on suspicion of motor vehicle homicide, reckless driving and not having an operator’s license.

Police say the van was speeding when it left the roadway, hit a guardrail and a bridge support. Then the van caught fire.

Torres had been riding in the cargo area of the van without restraints.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A new $100,000 grant will help support the Bemis Center’s longstanding artist-in-residence program that offers space for an artist to create new work.

The Bemis Center says it received the grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

The Bemis Center has been bringing artists to Omaha as part of this program for more than 30 years.

The Bemis Center plans to use some of the grant money to upgrade the equipment in the contemporary art center’s sculpture facility.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has recovered his prosthetic arm after his family paid a $200 reward for its return.

Terry Fishell’s arm was stolen from his truck Saturday night. It was returned Wednesday after the reward was offered on several websites targeting central Nebraska communities.

Fishell says he’s grateful to have his prosthetic limb back. He lost his arm 21 years ago while working at a meat processing plant.

Now he works two jobs as a diesel mechanic at Grand Island Express and at a Pump and Pantry truck stop to provide for his family.

Fishell’s neice, Elizabeth Logue, says she paid the reward without asking questions to get the arm back. Logue says her uncle couldn’t work without it.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a crash that saw a van burst into flames has left one man dead and another critically injured.

The crash happened Wednesday afternoon where northbound I-680 and I-80 split. Investigators say the van was speeding when it left the roadway, struck and vaulted over a metal guardrail, and then hit a concrete bridge support and burst into flames.

One man was declared dead at the scene, and another man was taken to a hospital with severe burns to his lower legs.

Authorities closed northbound I-680 from the area where the crash occurred for hours.

Officials have not yet released the names of the victims.