COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa casino supervisor, dealer and patron are charged with conspiring to cheat at roulette and split thousands of dollars in illicit winnings.

A criminal complaint alleges the trio carried out the scheme on several occasions in February and March at the Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs. In all, they allegedly split between $20,000 and $30,000 in earnings.

The conspiracy involved moving and adding additional chips to winning numbers, accepting late bets and placing additional wagers for guests.

But it unraveled after a player noticed the cheating and complained to casino management, which alerted the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

The DCI said that roulette supervisor Jonathan Rumery, dealer Jonathan Waugh and player Cody Schroeder have been arrested. All three face felony charges.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A western Iowa bridge over Interstate 80 may soon be renamed to honor a slain Omaha police officer who grew up nearby in Walnut, Iowa.

Pottawattamie County Board voted Tuesday to approve calling the bridge into Walnut as the Officer Kerrie Orozco Memorial Bridge.

The Walnut City Council must approve the move before signs can be installed.

Orozco was fatally wounded on May 20, 2015, when Marcus Wheeler opened fire on officers who were trying to arrest him. Wheeler was killed when another officer returned fire. Orozco was one day away from going on maternity leave to care for the daughter she had delivered prematurely three months earlier.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A longtime Lincoln firefighter has died after battling brain cancer that was linked to his job.

Dave Luedtke died Sunday at his home.

Interim Fire Chief Tim Linke says he’ll always remember the 51-year-old Leudtke’s dry sense of humor and dedication.

Leudtke began his firefighting career in 1987 and served at several Lincoln stations.

Luedtke’s cancer is considered linked to his work because he was exposed to known carcinogens as a firefighter.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $28.1 million to six people who were wrongfully convicted in an 1985 rape and slaying in southeast Nebraska.

The jury’s verdict against Gage County and several of the officials who carried out the investigation was announced Wednesday.

The six people who sued — James Dean, Kathleen Gonzalez, Debra Shelden, Ada JoAnn Taylor, Joseph White and Thomas Winslow — were wrongly convicted of killing Helen Wilson in Beatrice and served a combined 77 years in prison before DNA testing cleared them in 2008. They’ve become known as the Beatrice Six.

The first trial last year ended in a mistrial.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Minnesota excavation company that city authorities blame for causing a downtown Omaha fire says the Metropolitan Utilities District should be held responsible for the natural gas explosion.

North Central Service of Bemidji, Minnesota, blames the utility in its response to a lawsuit over the Jan. 9 fire in the Old Market area.

City officials and safety regulators have said North Central’s workers struck a natural gas line in front of M’s Pub before the fire.

Gas leaked into the basement of the building and exploded. An M’s Pub employee was taken to a hospital with cuts and a firefighter was treated after slipping on ice.

MUD says North Central failed to follow routine procedures to locate underground gas lines before beginning to drill.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say a woman died after she was stabbed during a family dispute, and an arrest has been made.

The stabbing was reported around 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. Police said Wednesday morning that another woman had been arrested.

The stabbing victim was found in northeast Omaha near 63rd and Ames and rushed to a hospital.

Police say the stabbing may have happened during a family disagreement. Lt. Melissa Gillick says the victim and the suspect were related, but she didn’t say how they were related.

Police did not immediately name the suspect or the victim.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska City faces up to life in prison after pleading guilty to a reduced charge for running over and killing another woman.

Shyanne Parrott pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Otoe County District Court to second-degree murder for the death of 20-year-old Amber Shipley. Parrott was 17 when she and Shipley argued over a boy on Sept. 14 at a Nebraska City library. Prosecutors say Parrott left and returned in a pickup, then ran down Shipley in the library’s parking lot.

Parrott had been charged with first-degree murder in the case and was set to go to trial Wednesday when she pleaded to the lesser count on Tuesday.

She faces 20 years to life in prison when she’s sentenced on July 21.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say a 24-year-old Omaha man has died in a crash that happened as the July 4 holiday was wrapping up.

Patrick McCreery was driving a car eastbound on the 24th Street exit ramp from Interstate 80 when he crossed oncoming lanes of traffic and slammed into concrete overpass barriers around 11:15 p.m. Monday.

Paramedics attempted to revive McCreery, but pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police say they are investigating speed as a factor in the crash and added that McCreery was the only person in the vehicle at the time of the crash.