OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a woman who they say left her baby at home so she could go out to a bar.

Authorities were called to the bar Thursday after witnesses said they overheard the 28-year-old woman talking about leaving her 2-year-old daughter home alone. She faces a felony count of intentional child abuse.

Authorities say they extracted the woman from the Pheasant Tavern in Omaha and took her home. They say the child had a soiled diaper and puffy, watery eyes.

She is being held in the Sarpy County jail.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha authorities say no one was injured after an airport police officer fired at a woman who was driving toward the officer in an SUV.

Omaha police spokesman Kevin Wiese says the 40-year-old driver was arrested Thursday after the incident at Eppley Airfield. She faces charges of first-degree felony assault of an officer, willful reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.

Police say the woman got into an argument inside the airport before driving through a lowered arm at a payment booth. They say the Airport Authority Officer Michele Brandt and Sgt. Gary Shillito found the SUV in an airport parking lot and approached it. Police say the driver drove at Brandt, who shot at the vehicle.

The driver escaped and was later arrested by Omaha police.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln police plan to use a $250,000 federal grant to hire two officers to help fight gang crime.

The city applied for a U.S. Department of Justice grant in May. Lincoln mayor Chris Beutler says the two officers will likely be paid from the city’s budget after the three-year grant expires.

Public Safety Director Tom Casady says the city’s overall crime rate fell by nearly 8 percent last year. But Casady says that was largely due to a drop in property crimes.

Beutler says that meanwhile, gang member numbers have increased as has the intensity of their crimes, noting three homicides last year.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska grand jury has found that authorities didn’t do anything wrong in connection with seven separate deaths.

State law requires a grand jury anytime a person dies in jail, in police custody or while law enforcement officials are trying to apprehend them. A Douglas County grand jury cleared authorities Wednesday in the seven deaths, starting from August 2013.

In one of the more high-profiled cases, the jury found no wrongdoing on the part of three federal agents and two Omaha police officers in Willie Michalak’s death. The officers opened fire on him after he refused their commands and reached toward his waistband in March. He was wanted on nine felony warrants and had said he wouldn’t be arrested alive.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A suspect at an Omaha hospital is accused of spitting at a police officer and security staff as he tried to escape.

Omaha police say 26-year-old Dustin Loparco was at Clarkson Hospital on Wednesday when he became involved in a brief struggle with an officer guarding him.

Loparco is accused of spitting at the officer and hospital security staff as he was being apprehended. No injuries were reported.

Laparco was later discharged from the hospital and arrested. He faces charges of attempted escape and assault on an officer with bodily fluid.

Police were attempting to arrest Loparco on a felony warrant when he required medical attention. He faces separate charges of assault, robbery and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Court records do not list an attorney.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A woman convicted of sneaking in marijuana to a Nebraska inmate last year has been given three to four years in prison.

Lancaster County District Judge Paul Merritt Jr. sentenced 34-year-old Andrea Prange on Wednesday. She had earlier pleaded guilty to conveying an article to an inmate and attempted possession with intent to deliver on an unrelated meth charge.

Officials say Prange was in a visiting room at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in January 2013 when she reached into her crotch area and handed over a small object under the table to an inmate. The inmate was later found with a 1-inch diameter object that held 6 grams of marijuana.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Nebraska say they are searching for whoever stole grease from a Burger King and accidentally spilled it across 16 city blocks.

Nebraska City Public Properties Director Dan Giittinger tells the Lincoln Journal Star (https://bit.ly/1v6qGwM ) the theft happened early Monday. He says someone pumped grease left over from cooking fried foods from a tap on the side of the building but forgot to close a valve on the tank.

Giittinger says city workers laid down a claylike material to soak up the grease. He says the cleanup cost the city about $1,000 and 14 hours of labor.

Nebraska City Police are reviewing surveillance footage.

Authorities believe the thief planned to sell the used oil to companies making biodiesel fuel or livestock feed.

RULO, Neb. (AP) — Officials are asking that residents of the southeastern Nebraska town of Rulo evacuate as the Missouri River swells to flood stage.

Officials asked residents along the river in and around Rulo to begin evacuating at 10 p.m. Wednesday.

The National Weather Service says the river at Rulo is expected to crest at 19 feet later Thursday. Flood stage is 17 feet.

Roads leading to flooded areas in that region have been closed.

The American Red Cross has been notified of the evacuation and will be available to assist residents who need a place to stay.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Lancaster County Sheriff’s Department says a Lincoln cyclist has been seriously injured after a truck driver veered off the road and hit him from behind.

Deputies say 52-year-old Michael Saif was flown to an area hospital Wednesday with back injuries. They say he was riding on the shoulder when the 62-year-old driver in a pickup truck hit him.

No charges have been reported. Deputies say the driver wasn’t speeding and alcohol isn’t considered to be a factor in the crash.

Saif was listed in serious but stable condition Wednesday night.

The sheriff’s office is investigating.