OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Two of nine current and former Omaha Tribal officials who admitted to using federal funds to give themselves bonuses have been sentenced to probation and ordered to repay the money.

The Sioux City Journal reports that 64-year-old Rodney Morris and 65-year-old Barbara Freemont were both sentenced Friday in Omaha’s U.S. District Court to five years’ probation. Morris, a former tribal councilman, was ordered to pay $13,404 in restitution, and Freemont, a former employee, was ordered to pay $89,000.

Both had previously pleaded guilty to one count of misapplication of health care benefit program funds.

They are among nine tribal officials charged in a case that accused the officials of misusing federal funds by awarding nearly $389,000 in bonuses to themselves. Officials say the bonuses were paid from Indian Health Service funds meant to provide health care to members of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, who reside on the Omaha Reservation in Macy in northeastern Nebraska and in western Iowa.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police in Omaha say they’ve arrested a man for an August shooting death.

Police said in a news release that 22-year-old Brian Haywood was arrested Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder in the fatal Aug. 23 shooting of 22-year-old Keith Chambers. Haywood also faces weapons counts and charges of shooting into an occupied vehicle.

Police say Chambers was shot outside an apartment complex in north Omaha. He died Aug. 27 at an Omaha hospital.

Two women also have been charged as accessories in the shooting death.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A driver who drove his vehicle into another driver in a Lincoln road rage incident has been sent to prison.

Lancaster County District Court records say 29-year-old Deaubre Gardner was sentenced Wednesday to 27 to 43 years for the assault in north Lincoln and for punching another jail inmate later.

Police say Gardner was behind the wheel Aug. 31 last year when his vehicle crashed into one driven by Steven Collins. Police say both men got out of their vehicles and exchanged words. Gardner then got back into his car and intentionally drove into Collins, severely injuring one of Collins’ legs. Police say Gardner then drove away. Collins’ leg later was amputated.

Gardner was arrested in Detroit in December.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in south-central Nebraska have identified a man killed in a rollover crash on Nebraska Highway 2 near Grand Island.

Hall County sheriff’s deputies and other first responders were sent just before 7 a.m. Thursday to the scene about 4 miles (7 kilometers) west of Grand Island.

Investigators say 29-year-old Andrew Howard, of Grand Island, died in the crash.

The sheriff’s office says a preliminary investigation shows Howard was eastbound on the highway when his car failed to negotiate a curve, went into a ditch and rolled. Howard was the only occupant of the car.

PAPILLION, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty to first-degree sexual assault of a child after being accused of raping a toddler.

22-year-old Wesley Reiner faces 50 years in prison when he’s sentenced in December. Prosecutors say the victim was 3 years old when Reiner assaulted the child in 2015 in a Bellevue home.

Investigators say a 5-year-old child witnessed the crime.

In exchange for his plea, a second count of third-degree assault was dropped.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha Public Schools’ new superintendent wanted to find out what students wanted to know, so she held a town hall-style meeting.

Superintendent Cheryl Logan answered questions from middle and high school students on Thursday evening at the district’s headquarters. Others texted or emailed their queries. Topics included ACT scores, school security and school lunches.

Logan, who came to Omaha from Philadelphia, asked for the students’ ideas and told them they were the district’s “ultimate consumer.”

When one student asked how the district could improve its ACT scores, Logan said ACT scores begin in kindergarten, which is where the accumulation of knowledge begins. She says the district can’t wait until 10th grade to get students ready for the college entrance exam, which is taken in 11th grade.

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to four years in a Colorado prison for leaving his friend as she died of a methamphetamine overdose.

Jefferson and Gilpin Counties District Attorney Pete Weir says Nathan Hale pleaded guilty in May to charges of reckless manslaughter and distribution of a controlled substance in relation to the death of 25-year-old Natasha Rowley.

Prosecutors say Hale, who is 37 and lived in Nebraska, brought 14 grams of methamphetamine when he came to Arvada to help Rowley move in June 2017. They say both used the drug but Rowley soon went into “medical distress” and by morning had begun “moaning and gasping for air.”

They said Hale left the house without helping Rowley or calling for help. He was arrested in December.

HOWELLS, Neb. (AP) — Authorities have rescued a man who called 911 for help while trapped under a collapsed building in northeast Nebraska.

The Stanton County Sheriff’s Office says 56-year-old Chris Pfeifer was working on moving a farm outbuilding northwest of Howells when it collapsed on him Wednesday. He was trapped for more than two hours before he could reach his cellphone and call 911.

Firefighters used air bags and other devices to free him.

The sheriff’s office says Pfeifer was flown to an Omaha hospital for treatment.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been sentenced to 20 to 24 years in prison for the shooting death of another man during a fight outside a south Omaha home last year.

35-year-old Shawn Stewart was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court for the July 25, 2017, killing of 39-year-old Aristeo Pena-Robles.

Prosecutors say Stewart and Pena-Robles had been on a meth binge when the two argued about damage Stewart allegedly did to Pena-Robles’ car the night before. Officials say a fight ensued. Stewart’s defense attorney says Pena-Robles and another man were beating Stewart with a metal drapery rod when Stewart pulled out a gun and fired.

Stewart was originally charged with second-degree murder, but pleaded no contest to manslaughter and a weapons count.

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol have arrested a man following a high-speed pursuit that originated on Interstate 80 in Lincoln.

The incident happened at approximately 7:50 p.m. Monday, September 3, when a trooper observed a westbound Ford Mustang traveling in excess of 120 miles per hour near mile marker 400 on I-80. Radio communication was made with another trooper further ahead on I-80. That trooper pulled over to wait for the Mustang. When the Mustang passed the trooper at more than 120 miles per hour, the trooper initiated a pursuit.

The Mustang exited I-80 at NW 48^th St. and began traveling north. The trooper then observed the Mustang increase its speed to 132 miles per hour in the 45 miles per hour zone on NW 48^th St. near Gary Gately St. At that point, the trooper discontinued the pursuit out of a concern for safety of the public.

A short time later, the vehicle was seen turning east into a neighborhood. The trooper was able to locate the vehicle as it parked in front of a home on NW 45^th St. The driver, Holden Ludwig, 20, of Lincoln, was arrested for speeding, willful reckless driving, and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest. Ludwig was lodged at the Lancaster County Jail.