LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lancaster County corrections director has resigned after being suspended for unknown reasons.

Mike Thurber resigned Tuesday. The Lancaster County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to accept Thurber’s resignation. The county will pay Thurber his accumulated sick and vacation leave, but he will not get a severance payout.

Thurber had been suspended with pay for two weeks. The board’s chief administrative officer had declined to comment on what led to the suspension. Thurber’s wife, Pamela Thurber, has said that she and her husband would not comment.

An interim county corrections administrator has been chosen to serve until May 31.

County Commissioner Deb Schorr said the county will discuss plans to replace Thurber at the board’s staff meeting Thursday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been sentenced to prison in the death of his girlfriend’s 16-month-old son.

A judge on Tuesday sentenced 25-year-old Tyler Kennedy to 18 to 20 years in prison after he pleaded no contest in January to negligent child abuse resulting in death.

The Omaha World-Herald reports Kennedy has admitted that he slapped and shook the toddler while he was watching him on July 26, 2014. He first told police that the child choked on a bottle cap.

Kennedy apologized in court Tuesday and said he would mourn the loss of the boy.

He was not the child’s biological father but lived with the infant and his mother, Cindy Cooper.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha police officer who was killed in the line of duty about a year ago has been honored for her devotion to protecting the public.

Officer Kerrie Orozco’s name was unveiled on the Nebraska Law Enforcement Memorial wall in Grand Island during a ceremony Monday. Four other officers’ names were also unveiled after investigations concluded that they died in the line of duty.

Orozco was killed May 20, 2015, as she and other members of the Omaha Police Department tried to arrest a suspect wanted in connection with a September 2014 shooting.

Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said at the ceremony that Orozco was not only an exemplary officer but also a good person and member of society.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Council Bluffs officials have passed an ordinance that will allow people from outside of Iowa to seek positions within the municipal government.

The City Council’s approval Monday will allow residents of the metropolitan area who live in Nebraska, or even farther in South Dakota or Missouri, to seek positions with the city, police or fire departments.

Republican state Rep. Mary Ann Hanusa of Council Bluffs co-wrote a law that passed this year allowing cities to seek employment from outside the state. Hanusa said Council Bluffs city workers had raised concerns about the same-state restriction.

Mayor Matt Walsh says Council Bluffs is limited in potential employees because it represents about 10 percent of the metro area’s entire population.

The ordinance goes into effect July 1.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say an 11-year-old boy has died after being struck by a sport utility vehicle in Fremont.

The accident occurred around 3:35 p.m. Monday. Fremont police say a 16-year-old was headed east on Military Avenue when the SUV he was driving struck the boy. Police say there was no crosswalk where the accident occurred.

Police say the boy was taken to a Fremont hospital and then flown to an Omaha hospital, where he died.

The 11-year-old was identified as Andrew Perez-Martinez, of Fremont. The teenage driver’s name hasn’t been released.

Fremont police and the Nebraska State Patrol are investigating the accident.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An arrest warrant alleging murder and four counts of attempted murder has been issued for an Omaha man recovering from burns.

Police said Monday that 32-year-old Antone Page will be taken into custody after he leaves a hospital. Court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could comment for him.

Page is accused of stabbing 48-year-old Steven Edwards on Friday and then touching off a fire after splashing gasoline around an apartment and onto Edwards and others there. An Omaha police officer responding to a 911 call fired four gunshots at the apartment door lock so he and other officers could get in. Another officer used a stun gun to subdue Page and pull him from the apartment.

Edwards died at a hospital a few hours later.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska official says investigators have found no indication that a spinning carnival ride was malfunctioning when an 11-year-old girl’s hair got caught in it, ripping her scalp.

Nebraska Labor Department spokeswoman Grace Johnson also said Monday that investigators have no reason to believe the person operating the ride wasn’t paying attention Saturday afternoon when the incident happened on the King’s Crown ride at a Cinco de Mayo festival in Omaha.

The girl was taken to Nebraska Medicine — Nebraska Medical Center where she underwent surgery to repair her scalp.

Johnson says investigators are looking at the restraints on the ride.

WRAY, Colo. (AP) — Teens in the small Colorado plains community of Wray were getting ready to head to the prom when a powerful tornado clouded the picture.

The twister with winds up to 130 mph tore a path across the landscape about three miles away as seemingly everyone stopped to watch and take photos Saturday.

Clint Marintzer said his wife, Heidi, took pictures of their daughter Ali with her date Charlie Bator as the menacing tornado formed a backdrop, though a safe distance away. The image spread rapidly on social media.

The prom was briefly delayed to make sure everyone was safe.

It was the most powerful of four twisters that developed in the area about 100 miles east of Denver. There was some damage to three homes and two businesses outside of town.

The next day, Marintzer says residents pitched in to clean up tornado debris.

Officials say a tornado that swept through a rural southeast Nebraska town destroyed a home, while the homeowner hung onto a tree outside.

The National Weather Service in Omaha reported at least one tornado touched down Monday afternoon near Nehawka, about 30 miles south of Omaha.

Sandy Weyers, Cass County Emergency Management director, says the homeowner didn’t make it inside by the time a tornado arrived in the area so he grabbed hold of a tree and “rode it out.”

The man only suffered a few cuts and scrapes, but Weyers said the home was a total loss. No one was in the home when the roof and outer walls collapsed.