OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha police officer was shot in the ankle before she returned fire and wounded a man Monday afternoon.

Both the female officer and the man she shot were hospitalized in critical condition after the incident in midtown Omaha around 1p.m.

Deputy Police Chief Dave Baker says someone reported a suspicious person near 33rd Street and Turner Boulevard. Baker says the officer stopped a man who had a gun.

Witness Greg Powell says the man sat down but didn’t put his hands behind his back, as instructed. Then the man pulled something out of his jacket or backpack.

The officer was wounded before firing at the man several times.

Authorities did not immediately identify the officer or the suspect.

TARNOV, Neb. (AP) — A 25-year-old Columbus woman has reached a deal with prosecutors and pleaded guilty to the crash death of a man in Platte County.

Online court records say Mikala Phillips made the pleas to misdemeanor charges of vehicular homicide and first-offense driving under the influence. Prosecutors reduced the homicide charge from a felony in exchange for Phillips’ pleas. Her sentencing is scheduled for March 8.

The records say that in her plea deal, Phillips agreed to be sentenced to the maximum probation on each charge. The agreement is not binding on the judge, however.

Authorities have said Phillips’ car collided with a pickup driven by 33-year-old William Sorensen, of St. Edward, on June 9 last year. He was pronounced dead at the rural intersection about a mile west of Tarnov.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha will have to pay $2.75 million extra to complete one of its sewer overhaul projects because a tunnel boring machine got stuck.

The machine was 70 feet underground between the downtown Heartland of America Park and the Missouri River when it ran into boulders and watery gravel. It had to stop 900 feet short of its destination.

The City Council has agreed to pay the contractor for digging a shaft down to the machine and taking it out and then pay for the lowering of a heavier duty drilling rig into the tunnel to finish the work.

The project now is expected to be delayed at least until the end of his year — about one year later than the original completion date.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Roughly 1,500 people gathered in an Omaha park Sunday to object to President Donald Trump’s suspension of refugee entry into the U.S.

The crowd assembled in Turner Park at Omaha’s Midtown Crossing development carried signs declaring refugees are welcome here.

A couple refugees addressed the crowd and talked about their own experience of coming to America from Afghanistan and Kenya.

Several hundred people gathered in Lincoln for another protest Sunday afternoon on the steps on the Nebraska capitol building.

Trump’s executive order barring citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations entry into the U.S. has sparked weekend protests around the country.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha woman who sold thousands of worthless airline vouchers is set to learn Monday whether her plea agreement will be accepted by a federal judge.

Patricia Urbanovsky’s sentencing and restitution hearing is set for Monday in Omaha’s federal court.

Last year, Urbanovsky pleaded guilty to 16 counts of wire fraud. In exchange, federal prosecutors dropped nine counts of money laundering. She faces up to six years in prison. She has asked the court for a sentence of three years, with her attorney, Steve Lefler, saying she “had no intention of stealing from anyone.”

Urbanovsky was the owner of Creative Creations in Omaha. Authorities say she ran a scheme to sell discounted airline travel vouchers, most of which turned out to be worthless.

LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is seeking information regarding the theft of ladder-style trees stands and lifelines in Lancaster County.

Two Gorilla tree stands and five Hunter Safety System Lifelines were stolen on or about Jan. 20 from private land outside of Lincoln on Northwest 48th Street. The land is used for Nebraska Game and Parks’ Youth Mentored Hunt Program.

Mentors in the program discovered the missing items following the recent close of the deer season. The tree stands are tagged with State of Nebraska and Nebraska Game and Parks markings.

Anyone with information about this theft and potential trespass case can call Nebraska Wildlife Crimestoppers at 1-800-742-7627. Callers can remain anonymous and might be eligible for a cash reward.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — State conservation officials say they have confirmed the presence of the first female mountain lion in Missouri since 1994.

The Missouri Department of Conservation announced Friday that saliva left on a dead elk in Shannon County confirmed a female cat was in the area.

Conservation biologist Laura Conlee says the partially eaten elk was found in February 2016, and evidence confirms the mountain lion killed it.

DNA from the saliva indicated the cat originated from Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska.

All previous mountain lions confirmed in Missouri have been males.

Conlee says there is no evidence that Missouri has a breeding mountain lion population.

CARTER LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Western Iowa officials say a Nebraska man was arrested twice in as many days for trying to break into his ex-girlfriend’s home.

58-year-old Joseph Pendley, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was arrested Jan. 17 after Carter Lake police were called about someone trying to break into the home through a window. Officers say they found Pendley hiding in the home’s garage. He was arrested and released after posting $300.

The next day, police were again called to the home when a man reported Pendley had tried to force his way in. Police say they found Pendley hiding in the garage next door and that he had a baseball bat.

He remained jailed Saturday. His attorney did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 61-year-old Omaha man convicted of killing another man has been sentenced to life in prison.

James Cotton was sentenced Thursday after giving a rambling statement in which he criticized the judge and accused police of violating his rights.

Prosecutors say Cotton shot and killed 24-year-old Trevor Bare during an argument outside Bare’s apartment in 2015.

Cotton’s attorney was criticized during the trial for temporarily hiring a witness in the case. Cotton told the judge at the time that he wanted to continue with the trial, despite what could be seen as ethical violations by his attorney.

His attorney, Travis Penn, said he had researched ethics rules and didn’t see that he wouldn’t be allowed to have a business agreement with a witness.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man who was working for an Omaha street crew when he was hit by a car earlier this week has died.

Officials say 48-year-old Salvatore Fidone III, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, died Friday at Nebraska Medical Center from injuries he suffered when he was hit by a car Monday in southwest Omaha.

Police say Fidone was standing on the driver’s side of a city truck as he and others prepared to fill potholes when a car driven by a 53-year-old Omaha man drifted from a northbound lane and struck him.

No charges in the case have been filed, and the crash remains under police investigation.