OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man who prosecutors say ran a sports bookmaking operation has pleaded guilty to tax evasion.

Forty-three-year-old Todd Bartusek faces up to five years in federal prison when he’s sentenced on Jan. 9. He entered his plea earlier this month.

Prosecutors say an Internal Revenue Service investigation determined that Bartusek worked as a bookie from 2007 through 2010 and didn’t report his income. Prosecutors say Bartusek owes the IRS nearly $257,000 in taxes on that unreported income.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Pioneer Pete has been placed back on his perch in front of a Lincoln restaurant.

The repaired fiberglass mascot was raised up Sunday during a ceremony at Lee’s Restaurant. All but the feet of the 5-foot-tall, 200-pound Pete were stolen Aug. 23. Its broken parts were found behind the restaurant a few days later. No arrests have been reported.

The mascot has been outside the restaurant for 50 years.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in federal prison after authorities found methamphetamine buried in his backyard.

32-year-old Inocencio Jimenez was sentenced last week. He will serve three years of supervised release upon completion of the sentence. He previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute.

A narcotics taskforce arrested Jimenez in September 2013 after finding more than six ounces of meth in his yard. Authorities say Jimenez had a roll of black electrical tape that matched tape used to seal a plastic container that held the drugs.

BROWNVILLE, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Public Power District has reported a maintenance accident at a nuclear power plant temporarily closed for refueling.

Authorities said Monday there were no injuries, no damage and no radiation leakage after the Saturday mishap at the Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville.

They say contractors were replacing underwater control blades when one fell onto a reactor. There was no fuel in the reactor at the time of the accident and no fuel was reported damaged.

The plant was shut down in September for a planned 30-day refueling outage. A plant spokesman says accident hasn’t put the public’s health at risk.

The district alerted the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Grand Island authorities have recovered the body of an SUV passenger and arrested the driver following a crash in a pond.

Police say the body of 44-year-old John Zebert was pulled from the water on Monday after 11 a.m. An autopsy has been ordered to determine his cause of death.

The 43-year-old driver faces charges of driving under the influence and motor vehicle homicide in connection to the Sunday night crash. The suspect was arrested and is being held at the Hall County Jail.

The 1995 Ford Expedition was also recovered from the pond.

Police are investigating.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two Omaha high school students have been treated for minor injuries at an area hospital after police say a truck ran a red light and hit a school bus.

Omaha police say there were about 12 teenagers on board during the two-vehicle crash on Monday. They were on their way home from Bryan High School. The two injured students were treated and released.

The truck driver was cited for failing to obey a traffic signal and for not having a valid license.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have arrested a woman who they say punched a paramedic in the face at the scene of a traffic accident.

Police say the 25-year-old woman was arrested on Sunday and faces a charge of felony assault of a health-care worker. They say the suspect was being treated when she punched the Omaha Fire Department paramedic.

Officers used a stun gun on the woman before her arrest.

No other details about the crash or the altercation were released.

She is being held at the Douglas County jail. Online records didn’t indicate bond.

oliLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police are searching for a suspect who they say robbed a woman after she withdrew cash from an ATM.

The robbery was reported Saturday night. The woman tells police she withdrew money from the West Gate Bank and then parked in a nearby lot. She says an unarmed man approached the car, demanded her money and left with her cash and debit card.

No injuries were reported.

Police didn’t say how much money was taken. They are investigating.

CERESCO, Neb. (AP) — A self-described “pack rat” of everything Ford, Doug Swanson is planning to sell a large chunk of his collection at auction later this month.

Sixty-seven-year-old Swanson said he started collecting Ford memorabilia when he was 7 or 8 years old. Over the years he’s collected shop manuals, calendars, stationary, Ford vehicles — including a 1936 firetruck once used by the Utica Volunteer Fire Department — and Ford dealership signs.

The auction is set for Oct. 24-25 at the Saunders County Fairgrounds in Wahoo.

The owner of Welton Auction Inc. says it will be one of the largest automotive-type sales in the area. While it won’t rival a Chevy dealer’s auction in Pierce last year, he says it should generate a lot of interest from Ford fans.

DETROIT (AP) — At least 27 people have died and 25 people have been seriously injured in crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches.

Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate victims, updated the totals Monday.

Feinberg says he has received 178 death claims since August. Of those, 27 have been deemed eligible for compensation payments.

Twenty-five of the 1,193 injury claimants have also received compensation offers.

GM knew about faulty ignition switches in Chevrolet Cobalts and other small cars for more than a decade but didn’t recall them until February of this year. The switches can slip out of the “on” position, which causes the cars to stall, knocks out power steering and turns off the air bags.

Feinberg will accept claims until Dec. 31.