LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Horse riders in Lincoln are worried that the city is trying to drive them out of a park because of new attention to cross country runners.

Veteran Pioneers Park riders have started a petition and one stable owner has filed a tort claim against the city seeking restoration of the entire bridle trail, a feature of the original park that has now deteriorated due to lack of maintenance.

Horse owners say the city has not maintained the horse paths but instead has put lots of effort into establishing and maintaining trails for runners.

Lincoln Parks and Recreation Director Lynn Johnson says the department has no intention of closing horse trails and wants to work with horse riders regarding their concerns.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — An autopsy report concludes that a toddler fatally injured at a carnival in Wichita, Kansas, died after grabbing an electrically charged fence.

15-month-old Pressley Bartonek of Conway Springs was diagnosed as being brain dead five days after being shocked May 12.

According to the report, the toddler was at a small carnival on a parking lot when she grabbed metal fencing and became unresponsive by the time her father freed her hands.

The report says that a test by an electrical company showed about 300 volts coming from the fence.

The carnival operator, Evans United Shows based in Plattsburg, Mo., has not publicly commented about the matter.

Wichita police are investigating.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Temporary nighttime closures have been scheduled for three Interstate 80 interchanges in Lincoln.

The Nebraska Roads Department says that, beginning Tuesday, the ramps on exits 397, 399 and 401 will be closed Mondays through Thursdays from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and on Sundays from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.

The department says the closures are required to seal concrete joints on the ramps. Detours will be marked.

The work is expected to be finished by late June.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A three-judge panel has sentenced a man convicted of killing four people in Omaha to death.

The panel issued its ruling Tuesday in the case of Nikko Jenkins. It had the option of sentencing Jenkins to death or life in prison.

Jenkins was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder for the August 2013 shooting deaths in and around Omaha of Juan Uribe-Pena, Jorge Cajiga-Ruiz, Curtis Bradford and Andrea Kruger in three separate attacks.

Kruger was his final victim. Prosecutors say Jenkins pulled Kruger from her car, shot her four times in the street and then stole her vehicle.

Jenkins pleaded no contest in 2014, but his sentencing has been delayed for years because of concerns about his mental competency.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say two Lincoln firefighters have been injured by the explosion of a propane gas grill.

Residents using the grill alongside a garage behind an apartment building called 911 for help Monday evening when they noticed flames coming from a tube that attached the propane tank to the grill burners. The two firefighters were injured when the gas tank exploded.

The blast shattered apartment windows, blew a hole in the garage and scattered grill parts all over the area.

None of the apartment residents was injured. Lincoln Battalion Chief Leo Benes says the firefighters were treated for minor injuries at a hospital and then released.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been hospitalized after his all-terrain vehicle collided with a sport utility vehicle.

The accident occurred around 5:30 p.m. Monday, about 7 miles (12 kilometers) east-southeast of Lincoln. The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says the southbound ATV was turning east onto Old Cheney Road when it struck the passenger side of the westbound SUV.

The man was flown to a Lincoln hospital for treatment of head and chest injuries. His name hasn’t been released. The SUV driver was not injured.

DUNDEE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say an 8-year-old girl has been injured after falling 60 feet (18 meters) at a state park in eastern Iowa.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said in a news release that the girl was hiking with friends and family Sunday afternoon at Backbone State Park when she fell. Department spokesman Alex Murphy said Monday that the girl may have been jumping from rock to rock and then slipped, plunging down a steep embankment. He could not confirm the girl’s name.

The girl’s companions called 911 for help, and she was flown to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Her condition has not been released.

The park sits about 2 miles (3 kilometers) north of Dundee, which is 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Des Moines.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a man has died after being pulled from an apartment pool in northwest Omaha.

Medics were sent to the Camelot Village Apartments around 7 p.m. Sunday. They took over efforts to revive the man, who was soon taken to an Omaha hospital. Police said Monday morning that he died there.

Police identified the man as 23-year-old Jerry Adjiwandou.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A fire official has estimated that a fire at Lincoln food plant has caused nearly $100,000 in damage.

Officials say no one was injured in the fire, which started around 1 p.m. Saturday at the Smithfield Foods plant. Battalion Chief Leo Benes said the blaze occurred in a grease building between an industrial oven and the ceiling. Benes says it took firefighters around 45 minutes to control the fire.

Evacuated workers were allowed back in the plant after nearly two hours.

Fire inspector Ken Hilger says the damage estimate includes damaged food and equipment and lost employee production.

BREWSTER, Neb. (AP) — Repair work on Nebraska Highway 7 is expected to hamper traffic in north-central Nebraska’s Blaine County.

The work is scheduled to begin Tuesday at a spot 18 miles (29 kilometers) north of Brewster and extend 6 miles (10 kilometers) north.

The Nebraska Department of Roads says the work will include milling, asphalt overlay, bridge and guardrail repairs and rumble strips.

There will be a 10-foot width restriction at the Calamus River Bridge beginning Wednesday, and the restriction is expected to remain in place until June 9.

There also will be lane closures as the work continues. Traffic flow will be maintained by flaggers and a pilot car.

The project is planned for completion in late August.