TILDEN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say two people were injured and five head of cattle were killed in a northeast Nebraska highway accident.

The accident occurred around 11 p.m. Saturday on U.S. Highway 275, about a mile west of Tilden. Antelope County Sheriff”s Deputy John Shaver says John Kight, of Neligh, was headed west when the sport utility vehicle he was driving struck the five black animals on the roadway.

Kight and his passenger, Jackie Sparr, were treated at a Neligh (NEE’-lee) hospital and released.

Shaver says it was lucky that the cattle the SUV struck were yearlings and not full grown.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska at Omaha Chancellor John Christensen will step down at the end of this school year.

Christensen said Monday that he plans to retire next spring after 10 years as chancellor. But he will remain in the job until his successor is chosen.

Christensen has spent nearly 40 years at UNO, and he is the first UNO alumnus to have led the university.

He oversaw dropping the sports of football and wrestling when UNO moved up to Division I. UNO also built its own arena for its hockey and basketball teams.

And during Christensen’s tenure, UNO improved its already strong engineering and business programs and earned recognition for its doctoral research from the Carnegie Foundation.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Officials say a vehicle left running in a garage at a north Lincoln apartment complex caused carbon monoxide levels to rise inside the building, killing one person.

Firefighters called to the apartment found one person dead Friday night. The person’s name has not been released.

Other residents in the 24 apartments were evacuated. Battalion Chief Jeremy Gegg says no one at the scene required medical attention, and no pets were injured.

Residents were allowed to return after officials used fans to clean out the poisonous gas from the building.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha suburb of Bellevue, a blue-collar city that home to Offutt Air Force Base, could become one of the few municipalities outside California to ban smoking in rented apartments.

The proposal isn’t meant to protect the health of the city’s 50,000 residents, but prevent fires.

Councilman Don Preister proposed the ban after cigarette smoking at a single Bellevue apartment complex led to two fires in July. The second fire destroyed the building, displacing dozens of people, and injured four, including a firefighter.

But some residents see the proposal — set for a vote on Monday — as an example of government overreach.

Brent Clatterbuck, who owns three apartment buildings in Bellevue, says he doesn’t see “how you’re going to tell people what they can do in their homes.”

MADISON, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a woman who was killed in a Madison County crash.

The crash was reported around 8:30 p.m. Thursday just south of Madison on U.S. Highway 81. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office says the woman was driving her car north when it went out of control and then airborne, struck a tree and rolled onto its top.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The Sheriff’s Office identified her as 28-year-old Daisel Diez-Sanchez, of Norfolk. The office says her husband, 31-year-old Yoandys Sanchez-Ruiz, was treated for minor injuries at the scene.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lancaster County authorities say a 24-year-old man was taken into custody after nearly 100 pounds of marijuana was found in his car.

The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office says a deputy pulled over the car on Interstate 80 around 2 p.m. Thursday for several traffic violations. The deputy reported a strong odor of marijuana coming from the car, and a subsequent search turned up the pot in eight trash bags.

The man was arrested on suspicion of possession for sale. Online court records don’t show that he’s been formally charged.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A January trial has been scheduled for a former Hastings police detective accused of running a fraudulent fundraising site to enrich himself.

46-year-old Jerry Esch pleaded not guilty Thursday to a felony charge of theft by deception. His trial is set to begin Jan. 9.

Investigators say Esch set up a GoFundMe online page, raising more than $30,000 he had said was needed to cover medical expenses for cancer treatments not covered by his insurance provider. But Hastings officials told investigators that Esch’s story didn’t square with the city’s insurance policy for police.

Esch had worked for the Hastings Police Department until February.

A 32-year old Elkhorn man is in custody after barricading himself in his parents’ home.

At approximately 3:00 a.m., Friday, Sept. 23, the Nebraska State Patrol responded to a residence in the 1600 block of North 175th Plaza in Elkhorn, after a female reported being assaulted by her husband.

The man identified as Jonathan L. Cone, 32, of Elkhorn, left the residence in the couple’s 2016 Dodge Journey before troopers arrived. Just after 5:00 a.m., Cone was located at his parents’ home at 20272 Pinkney Street, Elkhorn.

A perimeter was established and troopers attempted to make contact with Cone. Authorities advised staff at nearby Hillrise Elementary School of the situation. Additional resources from the Omaha Police Department (OPD)were requested.

OPD’s camera equipped bomb robot was brought to the scene. At approximately 7:30 a.m., troopers made entry into the home at which time the suspect voluntarily surrendered and was taken into custody without incident.

Cone was lodged in the Douglas County Corrections on charges to include 3rd-degree domestic assault and obstructing law enforcement operations.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha police chief says his officers were justified in shooting a man who had been seen shooting at occupied vehicles near the Creighton University campus.

Chief Todd Schmaderer said Wednesday that the two officers ended a threat posed by the man Monday to students and staff at the school.

Police say the man used a stolen handgun to fire at the vehicles but struck no one. The officers soon spotted him on the Creighton campus. The officers say he put the gun to his head and refused their commands to drop it. One of the officers who shot the man told investigators he saw the man point the handgun in the direction of other officers.

The man was hospitalized with several wounds.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The mayor of Nebraska’s largest city has been hospitalized after falling during a morning walk.

Mayor Jean Stothert’s office said in a news release that she fell early Thursday while walking her dogs and was taken to Nebraska Medical Center with severe back pain.

The office says scans show Stothert suffered a fractured vertebra in her lower back.

Stothert’s medical team is working to determine whether she needs surgery.