FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 23-year-old car driver has died in a collision with a semitrailer on the west side of Fremont.

The accident occurred around 4:20 a.m. Monday. Police say a westbound car turned north onto U.S. Highway 30 and was struck by the northbound truck.

Police say the car driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His name isn’t being released until his family is notified about his death. The truck driver was identified as 62-year-old Louis Dohmen, of Columbus. He was treated at Fremont Health Medical Center and released.

The collision is being investigated.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man was hospitalized after a fire at a house in northeast Omaha.

Firefighters who were sent to the house around 1:30 p.m. Sunday found a small blaze in a bedroom, which they soon extinguished.

The man had already escaped. He was taken to a hospital to be checked for smoke inhalation.

Firefighters suspect the fire was caused by an electrical malfunction.

LOUISVILLE, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say some people and their vehicles boxed in an erratically driven pickup truck and forced it to stop until deputies could arrive in Southeast Nebraska.

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release posted Monday that several people called 911 around 8:50 a.m. Saturday after seeing the pickup run through a ditch while exiting Louisville (LOO’-ihs-vihl) State Recreation Area and onto Nebraska Highway 50 while towing a trailer.

More people called 911 to report the southbound pickup and trailer had drifted into the northbound lanes. The Sheriff’s Office reports that some people then somehow boxed in the pickup and trailer and forced it to stop near Manley.

Deputies soon arrived and arrested the pickup driver on suspicion of several crimes, including driving under the influence of drugs.

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — The historic Grand Theatre in downtown Norfolk is up for sale, bringing disappointment to many who tried to restore the landmark for the past 12 years.

The property is listed for $200,000.

The former theater building was built in 1920. It became the Rialto in 1940. Then it became the smaller divided Cinema theaters in the 1970s before it eventually closed.

Businessman J. Paul McIntosh donated the property in 2005 to the Norfolk Community Theater, which tried to obtain money to renovate the structure was but unable to raise the millions needed to make necessary improvements to the interior.

The landmark was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska says he will re-introduce a measure aimed at helping secure citizenship for the widower of an Omaha police officer killed in the line of duty nearly two years ago.

The measure, first introduced by former Nebraska Congressman Brad Ashford and dubbed the Kerrie Orozco Act, would expedite the citizenship process for spouses of first responders who are killed on the job.

Bacon, a Republican, defeated Ashford, a Democrat, in November in the race to represent the state’s 2nd congressional district, which encompasses the Omaha area.

Kerrie Orozco was fatally shot in May 2015 while trying to make an arrest. Her husband, Hector Orozco, is now a single father to three children, including the one Kerrie Orozco delivered only three months before her death.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a 65-year-old man has died after a collision in northwest Omaha.

The accident was reported a few minutes after 6 p.m. Thursday. Police say a southbound car turned west and was struck by a westbound sport utility vehicle. Police say the SUV ran off the roadway, went through a fence and down an embankment before it overturned.

Police says the SUV driver died at the scene. He was identified as John Turner, who lived in Omaha. The car driver didn’t report any injuries. She was identified as 21-year-old Jenna Gouger, of Omaha.

OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors say a journal allegedly written by an Omaha man last year detailed how he killed an Air Force service member.

A recounting of the slaying was presented Thursday in an Offutt Air Force Base courtroom.

Prosecutors say 20-year-old Airman 1st Class Rhianda Dillard was killed late July. She was found unresponsive on her bed Aug. 1. Prosecutors add that the handwriting in the journal matches that of suspect Airman 1st Class Timothy Wilsey, who went missing after Dillard’s death.

An Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agent testified that the journal was found when then-20-year-old Wilsey was picked up by military and local law enforcement in Virginia nearly two weeks after Dillard’s death.

Wilsey has been charged with premeditated murder and desertion under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A state judicial nominating committee will hold a public hearing in April to interview applicants for a judicial vacancy in Hall County.

The Nebraska Judicial Nominating Commission will meet April 6 at the Hall County Courthouse in Grand Island. The commission will receive information on the qualifications of candidates to fill the vacancy left by the Jan. 31 retirement of County Judge Philip Martin Jr. The primary place of office for the judicial vacancy is Grand Island.

The meeting is open to the public.

At the hearing, public comments will be accepted in favor of and in opposition to candidates.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A Hastings man accused of seriously injuring his girlfriend’s baby will stand trial on two felony counts of child abuse.

31-year-old John Brown’s case was bound over for trial Thursday.

Brown is charged with felony child abuse resulting in serious injury and felony negligence. If convicted, he faces up to 53 years in prison. The baby’s mother, 23-year-old Brittany Hatch, also has been charged with felony child abuse.

Police say they found the baby unresponsive earlier this month, and a doctor later found that the baby had methamphetamine in her system. The doctor also found bruises, cuts to the baby’s mouth and burns on her feet.

Attorneys for Brown and Hatch, who both remain jailed, could not be reached late Thursday afternoon.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who was fatally injured when his motorcycle collided with a car in Hastings.

Police say the accident occurred a little after 5:10 p.m. Wednesday when the car, pulling out of a parking lot into traffic, was hit by the motorcycle.

The motorcyclist was pronounced dead later at a hospital. Police identified him as 23-year-old Josiah Nelson. An autopsy has been scheduled.

The car driver was treated for minor injuries. She’s been identified as 62-year-old Lynette Steiner, of Holstein.

The collision is being investigated.