PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A Papillion man found guilty of shooting his family’s two dogs with a BB gun, killing one, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Barry L. Richey was sentenced Thursday. He pleaded no contest in July to two counts of cruel mistreatment of an animal.

Prosecutors say Papillion police responded to a disturbance at Richey’s home on April 20. Police say Richey’s wife told officers that when she took her Yorkshire terriers to the veterinarian, she learned they had been shot several times. One dog later died.

Richey will only spend 20 days in jail due to time already served.

HASTINGS, Neb. (AP) — A district judge has denied a request to move the trial of a 34-year-old Hastings woman accused of suffocating a toddler with a baby wipe.

Mark Porto of Grand Island, an attorney for Azudany Serrano-Contreras, had asked for the change in venue, arguing that pretrial publicity had made it impossible for his client to get a fair trial in Adams County. That motion was denied Thursday.

Serrano-Contreras faces trial in January on a charge of committing intentional child abuse causing death. If convicted, she faces 20 years to life.

Prosecutors say Serrano-Contreras was baby-sitting 19-month-old Aliyana Peterson on March 12 when she stuffed a baby wipe down the girl’s throat. Serrano-Contreras has said the child put the wipe in her own mouth.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An African-American assistant city prosecutor in Omaha is suing the city, saying she didn’t get promotions and had to work in a hostile environment because of her race and gender.

Makayla Maclin’s lawsuit alleges management-level employees asked Maclin continually if she was pregnant or going to be, and that they said women are a “uterus factory.” Maclin also says she was passed over for promotions that white colleagues got instead, and that management has repeatedly asked her if she’s related to black criminal defendants.

The Omaha World-Herald (https://bit.ly/1R2tvtB ) reports the suit seeks money for lost wages based on promotions Maclin says she should have received.

City Attorney Paul Kratz said many of the complaints have been reviewed and officials “believe appropriate action was taken.” He declined to comment further.

ALLEN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in a small community in northeast Nebraska say two people have been injured following a small chemical explosion at a restaurant.

Allen Fire Chief Rod Strivens said a man and a woman sustained injuries in a blast that was reported around 5 p.m. Thursday at a restaurant that was closed at the time.

Strivens says the man and woman were using cleaning supplies in a bathroom at the facility when a minor fire quickly ignited. The fire, which caused minimal damage to the building, was quickly extinguished.

A statement from the Dixon County Sheriff’s Office says EMS crews transported two victims with burns to a hospital. The extent of their injuries wasn’t immediately clear, and they were not identified.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska’s new research park is ready to open, despite lingering challenges and questions from lawmakers who were asked to spend more on the project.

The Nebraska Innovation Campus will host an open house on Friday, one day after a ribbon-cutting with Gov. Pete Ricketts, University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds and other dignitaries.

The park is designed to promote partnerships between businesses and university researchers. It has attracted local and international companies as tenants, but others have backed out because of rent costs and competition from other areas.

Nebraska lawmakers are also looking to ensure the university has a plan to measure the project’s success. State officials approved $25 million for the project in 2011, but university officials returned this year to request another $25 million.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say an Omaha police officer was injured in an altercation with a man outside a north Omaha gas station and that the suspect has been arrested.

Police say the officer responded to a disturbance at the gas station Wednesday night and confronted a man there. Police say the man hit the officer, knocking him to the ground.

The officer briefly lost consciousness and suffered a bloody nose and mouth. He was able to tell other officers who arrived to help the name of the suspect.

Police say 31-year-old Chaz Hill has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer. Hill remained jailed Thursday and could not be reached for comment.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Hall County officials voted unanimously Wednesday to advance regulations that would expand opportunities for adult-oriented businesses in the county.

New regulations moved forward Wednesday by the county’s regional planning commission include expanding zoning for such businesses from 300 acres to nearly 9,000 acres. Proposed changes also specify that alcohol isn’t allowed at adult-oriented businesses, and that they must be 1,000 feet from houses, churches, schools, parks and recreational facilities.

Changes will be considered by the county board at an Oct. 20 meeting.

The proposal comes amid a pending federal lawsuit against the county by a Lincoln businessman who wants to open a strip club. The lawsuit claims county zoning is too restrictive in how much space is set aside for adult entertainment.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police say a California man disbarred in the late 1980s has been cited on suspicion of practicing law in Nebraska without a license after offering his services in an online ad.

A man contacted 81-year-old Burton Berman after seeing his ad and paid Berman $250 to help him file for divorce.

Lincoln Police spokeswoman, Officer Katie Flood, says police began investigating Berman on Sept. 3 at the request of the Lancaster County Attorney’s Office. Flood says Berman was disbarred in California for being involved in a money-laundering scheme.

A working telephone number for Berman could not be found Thursday.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 74-year-old inmate at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln has died.

Lee Collins died around 8 p.m. Tuesday. Collins had been in prison since Dec. 11, 2014, on a four- to five-year sentence for fourth-offense DUI and driving on a revoked license.

A news release from state prison officials says Collins was being treated for an ongoing medical condition at the time of his death. Officials say the cause of death has not been determined.

State law requires a grand jury investigate into the death of any person in state custody.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police say they have arrested a woman in connection with the killing of a man whose body was found in a northeast Omaha home.

Police say in a news release that investigators on Wednesday arrested 51-year-old Patricia Hill after obtaining a warrant charging her with being an accessory to a felony in the killing of Roy Jennings. The body of the 54-year-old Jennings was found Saturday in the basement of a home.

Hill is being held in the Douglas County jail.

Court records didn’t indicate whether an attorney was representing her who could comment about the arrest.