OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha school board members are scheduled to meet again Jan. 23 to break a deadlock on who shall lead them as board president.

The board voted 125 times Monday night and early Tuesday morning but failed to reach a decision. Neither board members Lou Ann Goding nor Marque Snow could gain the five votes they needed for a majority of the eight members in attendance. The board is down a member because the Subdistrict 4 seat is open.

The matter was tabled for two weeks, until the next scheduled meeting.

Board member Lacey Merica said she was hopeful the board can reach a resolution then and not have it take 120 more ballots.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The family of a Kansas lawmaker’s 10-year-old son killed last summer on what was billed as the world’s tallest water slide has reached a settlement with the park’s owner.

Terms of the deal filed Wednesday in Kansas’ Johnson County District Court involving Caleb Schwab’s family were not immediately released.

A spokeswoman for Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts, Winter Prosapio, confirmed the settlement, which was first reported by The Kansas City Star. She declined to elaborate, other than to say the park’s owners plan to follow through on demolishing the slide as announced in November.

An attorney for two women injured with Schwab during the ill-fated ride last Aug. 7 says Wednesday’s action does not resolve any potential liabilities against the park by his clients.

No charges have been filed.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a man was killed and a woman and another man were wounded in three Omaha shootings.

The body of the slain man was found in a north Omaha street about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. Police say the woman was shot about 1:15 a.m. and found inside her house by officers who’d been sent there.

Officers say the wounded man was hit by a shotgun blast and found in a parking lot of the Nebraska Furniture Mart around 4:40 a.m. He was identified as 37-year-old Jared Clawson.

Police haven’t released the other people’s names. No arrests have been reported. It’s unclear whether any or all of the shootings were related.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former city of Omaha employee who filed a federal lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and other wrongdoing in the Omaha Public Works Department will receive a $175,000 settlement.

The Omaha City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to settle a lawsuit brought by Traci Shelby for $100,000, plus $75,000 in attorney’s fees.

The lawsuit said a co-worker repeatedly made sexually explicit comments toward Shelby, and a supervisor showed her a pornographic video. The lawsuit said that when she applied for a full-time job, other employees were given a copy of the civil service exam and answers ahead of the test.

City officials say the testing process has been changed to deter cheating and that employees involved in the allegations were disciplined and demoted.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — A man convicted last year for a second time in the death of his infant daughter has been sentenced to 35 to 40 years in prison.

Ryan Kozisek, formerly of Gresham, was sentenced Monday in York County District Court. He had pleaded no contest last month to attempted child abuse. Prosecutors had lowered the charge and dropped another.

He has been given credit for nearly four years already served behind bars.

In March, the Nebraska Court of Appeals granted Kozisek a new trial, saying his ex-wife should not have been allowed to testify in his original trial. The baby died Jan. 25, 2011, a day after Kozisek called 911 to report she wasn’t breathing.

CHAPMAN, Neb. (AP) — Despite pleas from residents of the tiny central Nebraska city of Chapman, a school board has decided to close the community’s school.

The Northwest school board voted 3 to 3 late Monday on a vote to rescind an earlier decision to close the Chapman school. The board then tied in a vote to ratify the December closure vote.

The tie votes meant the earlier decision apparently will stand.

The board voted again on the matter after hearing more than two hours of testimony, primarily from students, teachers and residents of the 280-person town near Grand Island.

Since the earlier vote, two new members had joined the board.

The move to close the school comes amid declining enrollment and the school’s high cost per student.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — The Fremont City Council will consider whether to approve grants to aid Costco’s construction of a $275 million chicken processing plant.

Costco will seek the council’s approval Tuesday night of $1.35 million in economic-development grants.

Costco is working with Lincoln Premium Poultry to operate a plant that would employ up to 1,000 people. Costco has promised that up to 820 of those jobs involve production working paying at least $15 an hour. About 100 supervisory or professional jobs would pay between $45,000 and $350,000 annually.

Costco has agreed to operate the plant for at least 15 years.

Opponents of the plant have filed a lawsuit, saying the facility would hurt air and water quality.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is marking the opening of a food pantry inside the student union on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus.

The Huskers Helping Huskers Pantry Plus will offer food and hygiene items to enrolled students.

University officials were prompted to open the pantry by a survey that showed three of every 10 UNL students reported occasionally worrying about having enough food. About 10 percent say they rarely or never could afford a balanced meal.

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan Franco noted it was good the university was opening the pantry, but sad that the students need the program.

More than 400 universities and colleges across the country have opened similar pantries.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A new bill in the Legislature seeks to expand early voting opportunities in Nebraska.

The measure introduced Monday by Sen. Tony Vargas would require the state’s three largest counties — Douglas, Lancaster and Sarpy — to operate at least three early voting locations.

It also would extend the hours of all locations to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and set a minimum of eight hours to be open on Saturdays.

Vargas says he’s spoken with residents who say the distance and travel time to their voting location is a barrier to them casting their ballot.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are seeking the public’s help as they investigate the city’s first homicide of the year.

Police will say little about the death of 40-year-old Seth Hansen but confirmed it was a homicide.

Officers and medics were called to a west Omaha gasoline station Saturday to check reports of shots being fired.

Hansen, who worked at the gas station and convenience store, was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Police are seeking the public’s help with a reward of up to $25,000 for a tip leading to an arrest.

A prayer vigil is planned outside the gas station Monday.