MASON CITY, IA (IRN) – Accused double murderer Peter Veal has been found not competent to stand trial, according to KIMT-TV. The determination was made in court in Mason City on Friday. Veal is being sent to the Iowa Medical and Classification Center, a forensic psychiatric hospital, for treatment. Veal is charged with two counts of 1st degree murder in the deaths of Melinda Kavars and Caleb Christensen. Their bodies were found at Christensen’s home in November of 2016.

CRAWFORD COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A man accused of crashing his car into a river in western Iowa, killing a teenager, has pled not guilty to all nine charges against him in the case. KCCI-TV reports that 24-year-old Ramon Hernandez drove through a farm field with four teenagers in his car before it plunged into the Boyer River on Jan. 19. He and three others reached safety. The body of 15-year-old Yoana Acosta was found a week later.

SIDNEY, IA (IRN) – Authorities have determined a teen driver was texting when his pickup truck crashed into a school bus in southwest Iowa last month. The Daily Nonpareil reports that 18-year-old Drew Graham has been ticketed on suspicion of texting while driving, driving on the wrong side of the road and not wearing a seat belt. Graham’s truck hit a bus leaving Sidney Junior-Senior High School grounds. He was seriously injured, and three on the bus suffered minor injuries.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Sixth graders from Central Lutheran School in Newhall supported local law enforcement in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, according to KCRG-TV. They were at Cassill Motors handing out blue light bulbs. The students told people to use them on porches to show support for local law enforcement at night. The event was part of an effort from a group called Project Blue Light Iowa.