OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 47-year-old woman who was lying down in an Omaha grocery store parking lot was critically hurt when another vehicle ran over her.

Omaha Police say the incident happened outside a Baker’s Supermarket in west Omaha around 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

Officer James Shade says the woman had been lying in front of a vehicle beforehand. The driver unknowingly ran over the woman and dragged her about 40 feet before she realized it.

The woman was flown to Creighton University Medical Center in critical condition.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A military couple is suing the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, accusing the agency of hiding the serious medical and mental health issues of a 6-year-old boy they adopted in 2009.

The couple adopted the boy while they were stationed at Offutt Air Force Base.

Their attorney, Sally Rasmussen of Lincoln, says Nebraska HHS told the couple that the boy “was a handful” and might have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

But the couple’s lawsuit says they later learned the department was aware, but didn’t tell them, that the boy had been diagnosed with severe attachment disorder and bipolar disorder.

That would violate state law requiring it to provide the medical records of children it places for adoption to adoptive parents.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The leader of a large synthetic drug-dealing business has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon sentenced 48-year-old

John Ways Jr. on Friday. Ways is the former operator of the head shop Exotica. He was found guilty last year of running a multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme involving the sale of synthetic controlled substances. Prosecutors say the stores sold drug paraphernalia and controlled substances that included synthetic drugs such as K2 and bath salts.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says the Exotica operation is the most extensive enterprise involving the sales of synthetic controlled substances to be prosecuted federally in Nebraska.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been sentenced to 15 to 23 years in prison for assaulting another man, stealing his car then running the man over as he drove away.

19-year-old Khalid Osman was sentenced Friday in Lancaster County District Court.

Osman was found guilty on March 10 of robbery, second-degree assault, failure to stop and render aid in an accident causing serious injury, and a weapons count.

He will be eligible for parole after serving about seven years.

Prosecutors say Osman left the 45-year-old victim with a compound leg fracture that required three surgeries.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — Officials are still trying to identify a man killed in a fiery head-on crash near South Sioux City in Dakota County.

The crash happened late Thursday night on U.S. Highway 20. Investigators say an eastbound semitrailer and westbound car collided head-on, causing both vehicles to burst into flames.

The semi driver escaped and was treated at a Sioux City, Iowa hospital for minor injuries.

The man in the car died at the scene. Officials have said only that they believe the man was from central Iowa.

An autopsy is being conducted and is expected to help identify the victim.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 35-year-old Lincoln woman has been sentenced to five years’ probation for leaving her fatally injured friend in the street after he fell from the sunroof of a vehicle she was driving.

Lancaster District Judge Paul Merritt Jr. sentenced Lindsey McCallister to probation on Friday, fined her $500 and revoked her driver’s license for 18 months. She must also serve 180 days in jail beginning Dec. 1, 2019, unless that jail term is waived.

McCallister earlier pleaded no contest to leaving the scene of a serious injury accident and misdemeanor DUI.

James “Jamie” Rubio died Aug. 24 after falling from the sunroof. McCallister said she couldn’t find her cellphone to call 911, but investigators say she made seven calls and sent three texts to other people after Rubio fell.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal regulators are planning another update on the performance of a Nebraska nuclear plant that was offline for nearly three years before restarting in 2013.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will hold a public meeting in Omaha on April 9 to discuss the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant.

Fort Calhoun, which sits about 20 miles north of Omaha, was shut down from April 2011 until December 2013.

It initially shut down for routine maintenance, but significant flooding in 2011, a small fire and a series of safety violations forced it to remain closed.

Omaha Public Power District must demonstrate Fort Calhoun can operate safely before regulators will ease its inspections.

The meeting will run from 6-9 p.m. on April 9 at the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Thompson Center.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska at Omaha fraternity members will spend a night outside sleeping in cardboard boxes in an effort to help stock the Salvation Army food pantry in Nebraska’s largest city.

The annual food drive and homelessness awareness campaign called “Just Can It” begins April 6 and runs through April 10. Omaha Fire Department neighborhood stations and local Baker’s grocery stores will accept donations of nonperishable food during the drive.

Members of UNO’s Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity will sleep outdoors at Crossroads Mall and accept donations of money and nonperishable food.

Last year, the Just Can It drive collected more than 34,500 food items. This year, the goal is to collect 40,000 food items.

COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) — A 36-year-old Columbus man faces trial in Platte County District Court, accused of counterfeiting $20 bills.

Online court records say Brian Dieter is charged with 15 counts of forgery and one of being a habitual criminal. His attorney didn’t immediately return a call Friday from The Associated Press, seeking comment on the case.

Court documents say surveillance video showed Dieter exchanging the counterfeit bills on Feb. 8 with a convenience store clerk who was Dieter’s girlfriend at the time. She’s been charged with aiding Dieter.

NEAR WYMORE, Nebraska (AP) — A group of students from Peru State College have received the opportunity to learn a history lesson by leaving the classroom.

A professor of the undergraduate course called History of Nebraska received a grant that helped pay costs for students to take a two-day trip Thursday to the Chief Standing Bear Trail south of Wymore.

In 1877, the Ponca Tribe was forced to march from its home in northeast Nebraska to Oklahoma. Chief Standing Bear led them on the march. The students will visit several sites along the trail, including the burial site of the chief’s daughter, who died during the journey and the Ponca Tribal Museum.