KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A male inmate at a Missouri jail has been charged with raping a female inmate after another inmate freed him using a key that a guard left in a door.

The Jackson County prosecutor’s office said Wednesday that 29-year-old Dontae Jefferson of Kansas City is also charged with burglary and sexual abuse in the incident at the Jackson County Regional Correctional Center.

It’s unclear how Jefferson got inside the woman’s cell.

Online court records don’t list Jefferson’s attorney. Bond is set at $1 million.

Another female inmate last month alleged she was assaulted in her cell, prompting an investigation into reports that three inmates were wandering freely in the jail. That investigation continues. An independent audit also was ordered.

Authorities subsequently removed nearly two dozen female inmates from the facility.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police have arrested a 26-year-old man suspected in the slaying of an Omaha resident.

Omaha police say 26-year-old Rolander Brown was taken into custody Wednesday. He’s charged with murder and other crimes in the May 28 shooting death of 40-year-old Carlos Alonzo.

Online court records don’t list the name of an attorney who could be contacted to comment on Brown’s behalf.

In July police arrested 47-year-old Doloma Curtis in connection with the case. Curtis has been charged with being an accessory to a felony. Curtis’ attorney didn’t immediately return a call Wednesday from The Associated Press.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Omaha residents have raised concerns about the closure of a community meeting space owned by the city.

Brook Bench, the city’s parks, recreation and public property director, says city building code inspectors ordered the space closed because of significant violations, including safety and health threats.

City records show the building has plumbing and roof leaks, deteriorated and missing flooring, a broken water heater, and inoperable bathroom water faucets. Bench says the building also has mold.

Ella Willis, president of the Neighborhood Action and Facts Association, says the closure is disappointing and unfair because residents have worked hard to improve the north Omaha neighborhood.

Bench says the problems have been ongoing for years and that the Neighborhood Action and Facts Association was aware of them and responsible for making repairs.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) — A new track in South Sioux City is planning to host a brief three-horse race in order for the Winnebago Tribe’s economic development corporation to maintain its racing license.

Alexcia Boggs, development director for Ho-Chunk Inc., says state officials will allow the company to race only three horses Saturday since it’s a new course.

Ho-Chunk bought the former Atokad Downs in 2012 with the hope of developing a $30 million to $40 million casino at the site. A proposed constitutional amendment to legalize casino wagering at Atokad and other Nebraska horse tracks has been stalled.

In the meantime, the track must hold at least one live race in 2016 to maintain the racing license Ho-Chunk received from Nebraska earlier this year.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Gage County has lost its appeal of a jury verdict awarding more than $28 million to six people who were wrongfully convicted in the 1985 slaying of a southeast Nebraska woman.

The appeal filed last month in U.S. District Court in Lincoln said there wasn’t enough evidence to find against the county and said the award was excessive.

Judge Richard Kopf said Tuesday that there was plenty of evidence to find against the defendants and said it was “laughable to suggest that the jury verdict was excessive.”

James Dean, Kathleen Gonzalez, Debra Shelden, Ada JoAnn Taylor, Thomas Winslow and Joseph White served a combined 77 years in prison before DNA testing cleared them in 2008. Joseph White died in 2011.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man sought on an arrest warrant for drugs has been fatally shot by Douglas County sheriff’s deputies in southeast Omaha.

The shooting was reported around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities say shots were fired as deputies tried to take the 25-year-old man into custody. A 911 audio recording shows deputies reported that they’d been fired upon and called for help. None of the deputies reported being injured. A 19-year-old woman near the scene was treated for cuts to a leg. It’s unclear how her injuries occurred.

The man was pronounced dead shortly after his arrival at an Omaha hospital. He’s been identified as David Anderson.

The deputies involved have been placed on paid administrative leave. The Omaha Police Department has taken over the shooting investigation.

LITTLE SIOUX, Iowa (AP) — A Nebraska man has been injured in a boating accident on the Missouri River in Iowa’s Harrison County.

The Iowa Natural Resources Department says in a news release that the accident occurred just before 8 p.m. Sunday, about four miles south of the Little Sioux boat ramp. The department says the man was sitting in the boat bow when the boat hit the wake of another vessel, causing him to fall out over the bow. The boat propeller struck the man as the boat passed over him.

Other passengers got him back in the boat, and he was later flown to an Omaha hospital. The man was identified as 23-year-old Nathan Case, who lives in Omaha.

YORK, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a Gresham couple have been killed in a pickup collision with a gravel truck near York.

The accident occurred a little after 2 p.m. Friday. The York County Sheriff’s Department says the eastbound pickup pulled in front of the gravel truck and collided with it.

The two victims were identified as 77-year-old Rex Epke and his wife, 75-year-old Lois Epke. The truck driver was taken to a hospital.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A man who punched a police officer so hard the officer’s face was shattered has been given 15 to 20 years in a Nebraska prison.

Thirty-two-year-old Chaz Hill was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court. A judge gave Hill 335 days credit for time served. Hill had pleaded guilty to assault on an officer.

Police say Officer Tom Arrance responded to a disturbance at a gas station Oct. 7 and confronted a man who witnesses say was acting oddly. Police say Hill punched Arrance just once, breaking the officer’s nose, a cheekbone and the bones around one eye. Doctors used six metal plates and 17 screws to repair the damage.

Witnesses say Hill appeared to try to remove Arrance’s gun from its holster before fleeing.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Authorities say a man has been wounded while squirrel hunting near Schuyler.

The Lincoln Police Department says the 30-year-old walked into a Lincoln hospital around 2 p.m. Monday. Police say he and some friends had been hunting at the Whitetail Wildlife Management Area when one of his friends accidentally shot the man in a thigh.

The .22-caliber bullet wound was described as non-life-threatening.