LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Dozens of Nebraska high school juniors, seniors, their parents and teachers will be at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Saturday for the university’s 14th annual Chemistry Day.

This year’s free event is built around the theme of “The Sweet Side of Chemistry–Candy.”

There will be hands-on activities, guided tours of research labs and chances to win scholarships to study chemistry at UNL. A scavenger hunt, Chemistry Quiz Bowl and a panel discussion featuring current UNL chemistry undergraduates also are planned. Alumni will be on hand to discuss how their chemistry degrees helped launch their careers.

All events will take place inside Hamilton Hall.

For complete details, including information about the scholarships or to register, visit http://chemistry.unl.edu or contact Peg Bergmeyer at 402-472-3514 or [email protected].

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lancaster County Sheriff’s deputies say they have seized more than $100,000 of suspected drug money that was vacuum-sealed and hidden in a vehicle’s spare tire.

The money was seized last month from 22-year-old Ariana Moran of Portland, Oregon. Prosecutors later charged her with possession of money during a drug violation and aiding the consummation of a felony.

Deputy Sheriff James Baird Jr. says Moran gave him permission to search her vehicle after he gave her a warning for following another vehicle too closely on Interstate 80.

Baird says he found the cash in seven packages taped inside the tire. He says Moran denied knowing anything about the money. No drugs were found.

Moran was released on $75,000 bond. It wasn’t immediately available if she has an attorney.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police are investigating the death of a 32-year-old man who died while in their custody.

Officer Kevin Wiese says Michael Harris died Monday at Immanuel Hospital but the cause is unclear.

Employees at an Omaha liquor store say they fought with Harris on Sept. 19 because he looked like he was going to fight another customer. They called police and said he bit one of the employees.

Wiese described Harris as uncooperative and erratic. He says Harris injured himself and damaged the interior of the police car on the way to the hospital but didn’t say how he was hurt.

Autopsy results are pending.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Humane Society says a bat captured in an Omaha home has tested positive for rabies.

A spokesman for the group said Wednesday that it’s Omaha’s first reported rabies case this year involving a bat.

The bat was caught in a towel Friday. Humane society officers then sent the animal to a diagnostic lab in Kansas.

The family in the home has been instructed to contact a physician immediately in case of exposure.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — A 35-year-old man has been convicted of stealing more than $1,400 from the York Jaycees.

Travis Stuhr pleaded no contest on Tuesday to four misdemeanor accounts of theft and was found guilty. His sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 24.

Prosecutors say Stuhr, of York, had access to the Jaycees checking account because he was supposed to pay bills from a demolition derby the group sponsored. York County Attorney Candace Dick says Stuhr wrote four checks to himself totaling $1,430. She also says restitution has been paid.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Lincoln man has been sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for shooting at a man over a girl.

21-year-old Rocky Truong was sentenced Tuesday on charges that included attempted use of a firearm to commit a felony. He will be given credit for more than 140 days served in jail.

Authorities say Truong met a man in May to fist fight over a woman they both liked. Truong was accused of firing several shots at his rival and chasing him. The man was not hurt but later reported the incident to police.

Truong said during his sentencing that he takes full responsibility for his actions and was not “in the right state of mind.”

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The American video journalist being treated for Ebola in Nebraska is receiving the same experimental drug being used to treat a patient in Dallas.

Nebraska Medical Center Dr. Phil Smith said Tuesday that 33-year-old Ashoka Mukpo (ah-SHOH’-kuh MUK’-poh) is receiving brincidofovir, an oral medication developed to fight several other viruses.

Doctors sought federal permission to use the drug for Mukpo. It’s also being used in Dallas to treat Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S.

The 33-year-old Mukpo was diagnosed in Africa and flown to the Omaha hospital, which houses a specialized isolation unit to treat infectious diseases. His father says Mukpo is, as expected, experiencing some vomiting and diarrhea.

American aid worker Dr. Rick Sacra also was treated for Ebola at the Nebraska hospital.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Federal investigators are looking into how officials at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln handled a student’s report in May that she’d been raped by a faculty member.

The university was notified Monday about the U.S. Department of Education’s Title IX investigation. In 2011 the department warned schools of their legal responsibilities, including the need for immediate investigations that don’t rely on criminal cases to move forward. Lincoln police spokeswoman Katie Flood said Tuesday that the case is still being investigated. No names have been released.

University officials deny any wrongdoing, saying they began an investigation two days after learning about the student’s report of an incident at an off-campus apartment. Officials also say the faculty member is no longer employed by the university.

 

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The city of Omaha and Douglas County will share some crime lab services under a new agreement.

The Omaha City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an agreement supported by Mayor Jean Stothert. It has already been approved by the Douglas County Board and will go into effect on Jan. 1.

The agreement means the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will analyze drug samples, blood-alcohol tests and crime-scene evidence for itself and the Omaha Police Department. Police will handle ballistics tests for both agencies.

The sheriff’s office will hire two new chemists. A sheriff’s deputy will be assigned to the police department’s electronics unit, and crime-scene technicians from one agency can respond to calls from the other agency.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has been sentenced to prison for a drunk driving crash that killed his fiancee’s brother.

23-year-old Matthew Fleshman received a three to five year sentence on Monday. The Omaha man previously pleaded guilty to motor vehicle homicide in the October 2013 crash and had faced up to 20 years in prison.

Police say Fleshman was driving on the interstate when he struck a concrete barrier and his vehicle caught fire. Twenty-six-year-old Josh Pacheco was a passenger in the car and died at the scene.