YORK, Neb. (AP) — A York man accused of using a sandal to spank a 4-year-old girl has been given two years of probation.

Online court records say 23-year-old Luis Rodriguez-Olvera was sentenced Monday. He’d pleaded no contest to misdemeanor negligent child abuse after prosecutors lowered the charge from a felony.

Investigators say Rodriguez-Olvera was taking care of his fiancee’s daughter on Aug. 8 last year while her mother was at work.

Court documents say Rodriguez-Olvera acknowledged spanking the girl, striking her six or seven times with the sandal, because she was “acting up or misbehaving.”

NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — A Norfolk woman has been charged with child abuse, accused of throwing and injuring her 4-year-old daughter.

Officers were called Sunday to a Norfolk hospital, where doctors said the girl had suffered a skull fracture and other injuries. She was flown to an Omaha hospital for treatment.

Madison County Jail records say the girl’s mother, 21-year-old Carla Montoya, was in custody Wednesday. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could speak on Montoya’s behalf.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An agreement between neighborhood residents and Omaha officials apparently has cleared the way for an outdoor shooting range at the city’s Public Safety Training Center.

The City Council voted Tuesday to change an ordinance that had barred outdoor shooting at the center. Officials say the range is needed so officers can train with rifles in an outdoor environment that simulates job conditions.

Several neighbors had objected to the proposal, citing among other things their concerns about noise and safety. A city delegation had several meetings with residents and their attorney and reached an agreement that includes several provisions to address neighborhood concerns.

The issue now goes to the Omaha Planning Board.

A speeding, reckless driver is in jail after his vehicle is clocked traveling 140 mph on I-680 in Omaha.

On Tuesday morning, March 15, Nebraska State Patrol Troop A- Omaha was conducting traffic enforcement in the Omaha metro when an NSP aircraft clocked a blue Pontiac GTO traveling northbound at 140 mph on I-680. A trooper attempted a traffic stop near the Irvington Exit. The driver of the car stopped briefly before driving through the median and heading southbound on I-680.

The Nebraska State Patrol airplane continued to follow the car for approximately 15 minutes from the air before the driver stopped at a residence at 5808 S. 48th Avenue. Troopers then contacted the driver at the residence and took him into custody.

“This individual had complete disregard for the safety of others on the road around him,” said Captain Brenda Konfrst, Commander Troop A-Omaha. “We are fortunate his reckless actions didn’t cause an accident and take someone’s life.”

The driver of the vehicle, Jared B. Gooden, 21, Omaha, was lodged in the Douglas County Corrections on charges to include, speeding, willful reckless driving, driving under suspension, flight to avoid arrest, no registration and no insurance.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha woman has been resentenced to prison for a 1993 fatal shooting of a pregnant teenager.

A Douglas County district judge on Tuesday sentenced 39-year-old Justeen Williams to 62 to 85 years for shooting and killing 17-year-old Tamiko Jones and her unborn son.

The new sentence was prompted by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says judges must have the ability to sentence juveniles to something other than an automatic life term.

Williams, who was 17 at the time of the killing, will be eligible for parole in about eight years.

Williams shot Jones, who was pregnant, over a boy both women were dating. The baby was delivered by cesarean section but later died.

BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) — A Beatrice man has been accused of punching one child and tossing another down a flight of stairs.

Police say 36-year-old Christopher Canfield was arrested Monday and faces two counts of child abuse. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be contacted to comment on Canfield’s behalf.

Canfield’s bond was set at $5,000 during Tuesday’s hearing. His next court date is March 29.

Police were called in after a report was made by a school resource officer. The children are ages 5 and 8. Police say one child was being punished for not properly cleaning a kitchen table. Police say the other child was accused by Canfield of stealing change from him.

LOGAN, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities say a pregnant woman and her unborn twins died and her 3-year-old son was injured in the crash of an all-terrain vehicle.

The accident occurred around 1:25 p.m. Monday northwest of Logan in western Iowa’s Harrison County. The Iowa State Patrol says 27-year-old Jordan Muxfeldt was driving with her son when she made an abrupt right turn. The four-wheel ATV rolled, throwing off Muxfeldt and her son, Wade.

The patrol says Muxfeldt was pronounced dead after being flown to Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Her son was taken to a Missouri Valley hospital and then flown to Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, where he was listed in good condition Tuesday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lincoln City Council has voted to ban smoking at city bus stops and bus shelters.

The council took the action Monday night as it also approved route changes and endorsed a consultant’s report on StarTran services.

The resolution bans smoking within 15 feet of any bus stop or shelter and will have to be enforced by bus drivers for now. Still to be determined are possible punishments that could include fines for offenders.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — The Bellevue City Council has approved a new contract that will ease the financial burden on World Baseball Village.

World Baseball Village will manage the baseball and softball complex for five more years under the contract accepted by the council Monday night.

The complex was built through a public-private partnership and opened in 2010. In 2009 Bellevue issued $4.5 million in bonds to help acquire an 87-acre site and finance construction. The city owns the complex, and the management group World Baseball Village operates the facility.

The facility has struggled financially. It was downsized from the start and has rarely fulfilled tournament expectations.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lancaster County Attorney’s office has dropped charges against an Oregon woman who authorities say had more than $100,000 of suspected drug money during a traffic stop along Interstate 80.

A sheriff’s deputy stopped 23-year-old Ariana Moran of Portland, Oregon, on Sept. 19, 2014, for following too closely and got permission to search her vehicle. Authorities say the deputy found $100,499, in seven packages taped inside a spare tire.

Moran was charged with possession of money during a drug violation and aiding the consummation of a felony. Lancaster County Attorney Joe Kelly said Monday that there was enough evidence to establish that the money was going to be used to buy illegal drugs in another state, but no evidence to establish that the drugs would be transported back through or sold in Nebraska.