BOONE COUNTY, IA (IRN) – Several children were taken to the hospital after a bus crash Thursday morning in Boone County. A United Community School District bus went off a gravel road and tipped onto its side around 7:30 a.m.Fifteen children between the ages of 5 and 15 were on board. One child was hurt and taken by ambulance to a local hospital; 10 others were taken to the hospital as a precaution.

NEWTON, IA (IRN) – A teenager from Illinois wanted on murder charges was arrested on Wednesday in Jasper County. Illinois officials received a tip this week that Napoleon Jackson, 16, was staying in Newton. On Wednesday, authorities stormed a home and arrested Jackson. He is charged with first-degree murder, home invasion and aggravated battery with a firearm in connection to the April 14 slaying of Daniel Taylor, a 17-year-old high school senior, in Milan, Illinois. He is charged as an adult.

SPENCER, IA (IRN) – Taco Bell will need to pay a dozen former Iowa employees thousands of dollars in back wages. A federal investigation found the manager of the Spencer restaurant illegally deducted more than $22,000 from 12 workers’ checks.

EASTERN IOWA/WESTERN ILLINOIS – The Mississippi River is rising and threatening some homes and businesses in eastern Iowa and western Illinois. River levels cleared 18 and a half feet yesterday; that’s moderate flood stage. It’s predicted to be at a major flood stage next week.