OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha police have identified a woman whose body was found about a mile north of downtown.

Police say officers were sent to the area about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday to check reports of screaming and of people drinking outdoors near a homeless encampment. Police say 32-year-old Rachel Ham was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ham is believed to have been living in the encampment. Police announced Thursday the arrest of a suspect, a 53-year-old man who was booked into jail on suspicion of second-degree murder and use of a firearm. Court records don’t show that he had been formally charged by late Thursday afternoon.

Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP) have arrested two people in Omaha after a pursuit on Interstate 80 that began in Iowa Thursday morning.

Before crossing the Missouri River and entering Nebraska, a stolen Jeep driven by Michael Eugene Pierce, 27, swerved at an Iowa State Trooper, attempting to avoid a spike strip. The vehicle also rammed two Iowa State Patrol cruisers.

NSP picked up the pursuit near mile marker 452 in Omaha. Shortly thereafter the vehicle lost control and came to a stop near mile marker 451.

Troopers arrested Pierce, along with passenger Mary E. Kennison, 29, on charges of Theft by Unlawful Taking of more than $5,000, Operating a Motor Vehicle to Avoid Arrest, Resisting Arrest, and Willful Reckless Driving. Both were lodged in the Douglas County Correctional Center.

No troopers from either Nebraska or Iowa were injured during the pursuit.

The vehicle was determined to have been stolen from Greeley, Colorado.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Thousands of cartons of milk unused by Omaha public school students have been donated to a homeless shelter.

Trucks from the Open Door Mission went from school to school Wednesday, picking up milk and hauling it to the shelter. It will be used as part of the mission’s Kids to Kamp program, which provides meals and snacks to homeless children.

The donated milk that isn’t served before its expiration date will be frozen for use in future meals.

Hiland Dairy saleswoman Sharon Schaefer told the newspaper that it’s impossible for schools to order the exact amount of milk. She says that, for health reasons, Hiland can’t resell the milk, but the district gets credit on future purchases for the milk that’s donated.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln and Lancaster County leaders have announced funding plans for the local share of a $300 million beltway project south of the capital city.

The plan announced Wednesday commits local governments to prepay their $50 million contribution over the next 16 months, saving them $10 million of what would have been $60 million — 20 percent of the total cost. Officials say the prepayment lets the state immediately move forward, avoiding construction cost inflation.

The so-called South Beltway would relieve traffic congestion and improve safety by connecting U.S. Highway 77 southwest of Lincoln to Nebraska Highway 2 southeast of the city.

The state Roads Department is planning a public meeting on beltway plans in late summer or early fall. The project construction is slated to begin in 2020.

PERRY, Iowa (AP) — Police say three more people have been charged in the death of a 16-year-old central Iowa girl who weighed only 56 pounds at her death.

Sabrina Ray’s body was found May 12 in the Perry home she shared with her adoptive parents, who were charged May 17.

Police said Wednesday that the girl was unable to walk, talk or eat after being “drop-kicked” by her 21-year-old adoptive brother down basement stairs weeks before her death. The brother, Justin Dale Ray, is charged with two counts of willful injury and two counts of child endangerment.

A cousin, 20-year-old Josie Raye Bousman, is charged with abetting the abuse.

The teen’s grandmother, 62-year-old Carla Bousman, faces several charges, including aiding and abetting kidnapping, child abuse resulting in death and obstruction.

No attorney is listed for the three in online court records.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 34-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of a sixth drunken driving offense after police say he was found passed out near a riding lawn mower on a Lincoln street.

A 911 last Thursday night reported an intoxicated man lying near a lawn mower in the intersection at 10th and Peach streets.

Police say they found Ryan O’Toole asleep in that spot and say he smelled strongly of alcohol. Police say O’Toole was arrested on suspicion of DUI. If convicted, officials say, it would be his sixth.

A publicly listed phone number for O’Toole could not be found Wednesday.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The father of an 18-month-old girl shot in the face at an Omaha apartment has appeared in court to face charges in the case.

Marquell Buie was in Douglas County Court on Wednesday morning. He’s charged with child abuse.

Prosecutors say Buie was smoking marijuana at his apartment in April when he placed his loaded gun on a counter, which led to another toddler grabbing the weapon and shooting Buie’s daughter.

Buie’s next court date is June 26.

The girl’s mother, Ragome Moore, says she doesn’t blame Buie and called the shooting an accident. Moore says the girl is out of the hospital and had her first day of rehabilitation Wednesday.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A Florida woman who drowned a puppy in a central Nebraska airport toilet has admitted violating probation by possessing a dog.

Court records say Cynthia Anderson made the admission during a Tuesday hearing in Hall County District Court. Her sentencing is scheduled Aug. 4.

Police in Edgewater, Florida, say Anderson had a dog with her when she was arrested there in October on an unrelated theft allegation. As part of Anderson’s two-year Nebraska probation sentence rendered in July 2015, she was barred from possessing animals for five years.

Officials wouldn’t let Anderson board a January 2015 flight in Grand Island because the puppy with her was so young and inadequately contained. She then was seen entering a restroom. Another woman soon reported finding the Doberman puppy dead in a toilet.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska authorities are awaiting the return of an Omaha homicide suspect from Colorado.

Authorities say 31-year-old Antoine Johnson was taken into custody Monday in Denver. An Omaha police spokesman, Officer Michael Pecha, said Wednesday that Johnson’s not expected to be back in Omaha until next week, following extradition procedures.

Johnson is charged in an arrest warrant with second-degree murder and a weapons count. He’s suspected of shooting 29-year-old Trent Stutheit on April 16 in an apartment complex parking lot.

NORDEN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of an Iowa man who’d been canoeing on the Niobrara River in northern Nebraska.

Keya Paha (kee-AH’ puh-HAH’) County Attorney Eric Scott said Wednesday that 68-year-old Garry Kaufman was pronounced dead on the scene Saturday after being removed from the river near Norden. Kaufman lived in Fort Dodge, Iowa.

Scott says Kaufman had been canoeing with a group. The attorney also says the circumstances leading up to Kaufman’s death remain unclear, but there’s no indication that any crime was involved. No autopsy has been ordered.