OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — One person died and at least two others were injured when an explosion leveled a house in Omaha.

The blast was reported in north-central Omaha around 12:15 p.m. Monday near 65th and Sprague streets.

Fire Battalion Chief Tim McCaw says paramedics took two women to an Omaha hospital, and fire officials say one later died.

A 14-year-old boy was seriously hurt and taken to the hospital privately.

Authorities didn’t release the names of those hurt and injured.

Nearby homes were moved off their foundations, and McCaw says the damaged home was reduced to its foundation.

McCaw says the explosion ruptured a gas line, but that wasn’t the source of the blast.

Fire officials say Omaha police homicide investigators have been called to the location, adding the move was “standard procedure.”

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Police say four Fort Carson soldiers have been arrested in connection with a home invasion involving a family they knew.

The soldiers, who range in age from 19 to 21, were arrested on suspicion of burglary, menacing and child abuse after turning themselves in Sunday night in Colorado Springs.

Police say a husband and wife and their two young children were at home when the four soldiers walked in, one carrying a handgun.

The family told police that the man threatened to shoot them and demanded property. When they refused, they said the soldiers left and told them they would return.

Fort Carson spokeswoman Dani Johnson says Army officials are cooperating with the police in their investigation.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The embattled board chairman of an Omaha community college says he won’t resign but will not run for re-election in November.

Fred Conley repeated at a news conference Monday that he’s done nothing wrong.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development banned Conley from participating in federal contracts for three years because he failed to disclose a potential conflict of interest while serving on the Omaha Housing Authority board. He’s been under pressure to leave his Metropolitan Community College Board of Governors position, lest his continued presence jeopardize Metro’s federal funding. The college received $32.7 million in federal student aid in the 2014-15 school year.

Conley has filed a federal lawsuit to overturn the Housing Department’s action.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two mothers who have lost children to war are working with the city of Lincoln to erect a memorial that honors Nebraska soldiers who’ve died after 9/11.

Maria Medrano-Nehls and Joyce Peck have teamed up with Lincoln Parks and Recreation to create the memorial, which will be placed in the Veterans Memorial Garden in Antelope Park.

The Veterans Memorial Garden board has approved the design. On black granite, the memorial will say “In honor of all Nebraska’s fallen soldiers post 9/11,” followed by “Never Forgotten.” Other details include a list of fallen soldiers, along with their rank and date of death.

It will cost about $22,000 in private donations to build the monument. The mothers hope to have the memorial completed next year.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a motorcyclist has been killed in an Omaha highway crash.

The crash occurred around 2:20 a.m. Monday. Police say the motorcyclist was on a ramp from westbound Interstate 80 headed to U.S. Highway 75 south when he lost control of his bike.

He was pronounced dead at the scene. His name hasn’t been released.

MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) — The DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is offering visitors a chance to test their athletic skills against area wildlife.

The refuge will offer an animal Olympics program at 1 p.m. on Saturday where visitors can see if they can jump as high as a deer or balance like a great blue heron.

The program will teach about the abilities of native wildlife.

The refuge sits north of Omaha, Nebraska, along on U.S. Highway 30 near Missouri Valley, Iowa. An entrance permit is required to enter the refuge. For more information, call 712-388-4800.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln city officials have approved a plan for new housing in its historic Haymarket District.

The city selected the Lumberworks Lofts proposal to build three buildings on the west and north sides of its garage in the south Haymarket. Mayor Chris Beutler announced the approval Thursday.

The $11.1 million development on Canopy Street is expected to include 48 housing units, 8,000 square feet of office space and 15,000 square feet of retail space.

Buetler says the move comes as more and more residents are choosing to live downtown and in the neighboring Haymarket District.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Federal officials say an inmate has been recaptured after escaping from a minimum-security work camp in Yankton.

The U.S. Marshals Service says 33-year-old Johnny Tiner was re-arrested Saturday after he was found walking on a gravel road, and then hiding in a corn field in rural Hartington, Nebraska. Authorities say tips from the public helped locate Tiner.

He was unarmed, but was wearing prison clothing when he was found. He was also dehydrated and taken to a hospital for evaluation.

Tiner was seen jumping a fence earlier in the day. He’d been serving a 10-year sentence out of north Texas for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He now faces an escape charge.

Besides Texas, Tiner also has ties to Colorado and Tennessee.

LESHARA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a small plane crash that killed two people in eastern Nebraska.

The Saunders County Sheriff’s office says the plane crashed in a soybean field near Leshara, Nebraska, around 3 p.m. Sunday.

The sheriff’s office did not immediately release the identities of the people who died in the crash.

Few other details about the plane and where it took off from were available Sunday afternoon.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a missed red light caused a crash that killed a 75-year-old man.

Police say the crash happened Friday morning in far northwest Omaha, when a dump truck drove through a red light on Maple Road and hit the driver’s side of a small SUV.

Investigators say Noel Lammers of Omaha died in the crash.

Police are still investigating and say charges could be filed later against the 59-year-old dump truck driver.