HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A southern Nebraska man has been convicted again of killing his 2-year-old grandson.

An Adams County jury found 51-year-old Peter Draper guilty on Monday of intentional child abuse resulting in death and intentional child abuse resulting in serious injury.

Draper, of Naponee, in January was granted a new trial by the Nebraska Supreme Court as it reversed his 2013 convictions in the death of Joseph Rinehart Jr. An autopsy concluded the little boy died of head and internal injuries caused by blunt force.

Draper appealed his conviction on the grounds that his wife should not have been allowed to be called as a witness for the prosecution.

His second trial was held in Adams County District Court in Hastings because the Franklin County District Court courtroom was inadequate.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 34-year-old man accused of stabbing his wife in the neck with a butcher knife has been sentenced to 71 to 95 years in prison in Omaha.

Donnell Thomas was sentenced Monday. He had been found guilty of attempted murder and terroristic threats.

Prosecutors say Thomas attacked his wife in their home during a confrontation in January before fleeing the scene. The victim was transported to a hospital and survived.

Authorities also say Thomas threatened his wife’s 15-year-old niece who lived with them.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man shot twice in the torso has been taken to a Lincoln hospital.

Police say officers responding to a call about the shooting around 6:30 Monday morning found the man outside an apartment building less than a mile south of downtown Lincoln. Capt. Danny Reitan says events leading to the shooting took place inside the apartment building and that the wounded man and the shooter may be acquainted.

Officers are interviewing several possible witnesses, including a woman who was seen sitting on a nearby curb, crying.

The man’s name has not been released. No arrest has been reported.

RAYMOND, Neb. (AP) — A 39-year-old man has died after falling to the ground while helping to put a new roof on a building in southeast Nebraska.

The accident occurred on Saturday evening about two miles northwest of Raymond. Lancaster County Sheriff Terry Wagner says Jason Oenbring, of Tecumseh, fell about 21 feet through an unsupported part of the roof. Wagner says Oenbring was flown to a Lincoln hospital and was pronounced dead there.

The accident is being investigated.

BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) — A man who worked at a Bellevue group home for developmentally disabled people has been charged with sexually assaulting one of the residents.

38-year-old Adrian Galbreath also is charged with abuse of a vulnerable adult. Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be contacted to comment on Galbreath’s behalf.

Court records say Galbreath worked at Hands of the Heartland and had invited the group home resident to Galbreath’s Bellevue apartment on Sept. 23. Authorities say Galbreath pushed down and began to assault the man after the man became intoxicated.

Trina Leech is personnel director for Hands of the Heartland said Galbreath is no longer employed there.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Grand Island man has been taken into custody after surrendering without incident, ending a nearly six-hour standoff with officers.

Police were sent to the northwest Grand Island home around 8:20 p.m. Saturday. Authorities say the man had gotten into a dispute with a neighbor and is reported to have pulled a weapon before going back to his own house. No gunshots were reported.

The man left his home and gave up a little after 2 a.m. Sunday. His name hasn’t been released.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 20-year-old Omaha man is awaiting sentencing for the February 2014 rape of a 16-year-old girl.

Javohn Templeman was convicted of first-degree sexual assault on Friday. He could be sentenced to up to 50 years in prison in January.

Another man, Nicholas Bregg, pleaded no contest to second-degree sexual assault and faces up to 10 years in prison.

Authorities believe the girl was drugged at a party, and then Templeman and Bregg both sexually assaulted her after she was unconscious.

Prosecutors offered both men deals because of concerns about how the case was handled. The defendants weren’t arrested until nearly a year afterward.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy who drowned in a backyard Lincoln pool has been identified.

Lincoln Police identified the boy as Charles Murphy.

The boy was found in a backyard pool around 11 a.m. Saturday. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m.

Lincoln Police Capt. Don Scheinost says it’s unclear how long the boy was in the pool before he was discovered.

(Beatrice, Neb.)- Four people were killed and another injured Saturday night in a two vehicle crash south of Beatrice on Highway 77.

The Nebraska State Patrol responded to a two vehicle accident just after 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, approximately five miles south of Beatrice on Highway 77.

A 2001 Honda CRV was southbound on Highway 77 when the driver of the vehicle swerved to miss a deer. The vehicle crossed into the northbound lane where it was struck broadside by a northbound 1999 Toyota 4Runner.

The female driver of the Honda, Akuel Majouk, 21, of Omaha, and three female passengers in the vehicle, Mariana Ramirez , 21, of Omaha, Jennifer Guzman, 21, of Omaha and Yoselin Deleon, 21, Bellevue were killed in the crash.

The driver of the Toyota, Robert Saunders, 60, Waverly, was transported by medical helicopter to Bryan Trauma Center- West Campus with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

Seat belts were in use by all vehicle occupants. About a mile of Highway 77 was closed for more than five hours. The Nebraska State Patrol was assisted by the Beatrice Fire and Rescue and the Gage County Sheriff’s Office.

AURORA, Neb. (AP) — A 16-year-old Bellevue girl has died in a rollover crash on Interstate 80 near Aurora in east-central Nebraska.

Hamilton County Attorney Mike Powell said Callie Yzaguirre was driving a car westbound on I-80 at about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday two miles east of Aurora.

Powell says a witness reported that the car drifted onto the median and that the driver overcorrected, causing the vehicle to roll into the eastbound lanes.

Yzaguirre died at the scene. A 34-year-old woman who was a passenger in the car was injured. She was taken to Memorial Hospital in Aurora and later released.

Powell said both the driver and passenger were wearing seat belts.