LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 74-year-old man and his car are safe after he drove onto a frozen pond in Lincoln.

The man was pulling into the parking lot at CHI St. Elizabeth hospital when he lost control of his car, left the roadway, and dropped onto a nearby pond.

The pond was covered with a 6-inch layer of ice, which was thick enough to support the Buick Lucerne. Witnesses helped the man out of the car and off the pond and contacted authorities. He was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Firefighters and a towing company used blocks of wood to create a series of steps so they could walk the vehicle over a retaining wall surrounding the pond and onto dry ground.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are seeking information about a shooting that killed a 50-year-old man in western Omaha.

Omaha police say Michael Brinkman died from his wounds at a local hospital. Authorities responded to the shooting around 5:40 p.m. Friday. Lt. Jerry Siedlik says authorities are investigating the incident as a possible robbery but don’t yet know whether it was a factor in the killing.

Police offered few other details but issued a call for anyone with information to contact them at 402-444-5656. People with information can remain anonymous by calling the Omaha Crime Stoppers program at 402-444-STOP or by going online to www.OmahaCrimeStoppers.org. A tip that leads to an arrest is eligible for an award of up to $25,000.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — Residents who were displaced by a Nebraska plant’s gas odors are demanding to know what steps are being taken to let them return to their homes.

Residents have been out of their homes since October because of harmful hydrogen gas that a Big Ox Energy plant pumped into sewer lines. A plug was placed to block the residential sewer line from the industrial line Big Ox was using, but the smell has lingered.

South Sioux City Public Works Director Bob Livermore says a team of people will meet with each homeowner to assess the damages. The meetings will start next week.

The city has said that Big Ox will reimburse displaced residents for meals, laundry, hotels and other costs totaling about $336,000.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have arrested an Omaha woman whose 2-year-old daughter’s blood tested out more than three times the legal limit for an adult to drive.

Online court records say 23-year-old Joann Powell is charged with felony negligent child abuse causing injury. Her attorney told a judge Thursday that Powell disputes the charge but did not say why.

The child was taken to a hospital early Tuesday morning after her mother called 911. Hospital staffers noted two burns on the child and told police they doubted the wounds were caused by what Powell said was incense being burned and a knocked-over iron.

The staffers also noted the child’s high blood alcohol content. Powell acknowledged leaving unattended a cup of cola spiked by brandy.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say an Iowa woman has been charged with murder in connection with the 2012 disappearance of a woman last seen alive in Omaha.

Police say officers Thursday arrested 41-year-old Shanna Goylar at her home in Persia, Iowa, a city of 300 people about 35 miles northeast of Omaha. Goylar was charged with 1st degree murder in the death of Cari Farver, who was last seen Nov. 13, 2012, in Omaha.

Farver’s mother reported her missing to the Pottawattamie County sheriff’s office on Nov. 16, 2012.

Weeks later, Farver’s vehicle was found in Omaha. In February 2016, Pottawattamie County detectives contacted the Omaha police cold case unit to assist in the investigation, which led to Goylar’s arrest.

Goylar was taken to the Pottawattamie County jail awaiting extradition to Omaha.

MADISON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a couple died after their minivan struck a semitrailer on U.S. Highway 81 near Madison in northeast Nebraska.

The accident occurred around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office says Martin Deets turned north onto the highway but struck the northbound semitrailer. The 92-year-old Deets and his 85-year-old wife, Norma, were taken to a Norfolk hospital. The Sheriff’s Office says the couple died there. They lived in Madison.

It’s unclear whether the truck driver was injured.

In 1961 the couple established in Madison what has become Deets Homestore in Norfolk.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A fire has displaced a family from a Lincoln home.

The blaze was reported around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday in northwest Lincoln. One person was treated at the scene for smoke exposure.

Fire inspector Chuck Schweitzer blamed careless smoking in a bedroom for the fire, which spread quickly to oxygen tanks in the room.

Schweitzer estimated $70,000 damage to the house and $35,000 to $40,000 damage to contents. He says the Red Cross is helping the family.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man who’s already served time in Nebraska and Florida is returning to a prison cell.

45-year-old John King was sentenced Wednesday in Lancaster County District Court in Lincoln. He’d pleaded guilty to possessing drugs and two counts of theft after prosecutors dropped other charges.

Deputy Lancaster County Attorney Morgan Smith said during the sentencing hearing that King’s life has been almost 30 years of crime interrupted only by prison stays. But King said he was tired of being viewed as a self-serving con artist.

He told Judge Jodi Nelson: “I want you to know there is good in me.”

Nelson told him that incarceration was necessary to protect the public from his schemes. She gave him nine to 14 years in prison.

 

UPDATE 12/21/16 9:30 p.m.

At approximately 1845 hours, the Fairbury Police Department was notified that Missing Adult Nyla Stanton has been located unharmed and is currently being reunited with family.

The Fairbury Police Department and the Stanton Family would like to thank everyone for their assistance in locating Nyla.

 

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The Fairbury Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing person who walked out of the Jefferson Community Health Center at approximately 1:30 P.M.

Police say 82-year-old Nyla Stanton is wearing a red top with black slacks, and was last seen driving a Black 2013 Cadillac XTS 4-Dr. Sedan License plate number 33B180. Police say they’ve attempted to use On-Star, which the vehicle is equipped with, but have been unsuccessful.

If you see the vehicle or Nyla Stanton, call 911 immediately.

The attached photo is from 2012, so Stanton may look slightly different.