Are your children and grandchildren safe in their car seat? Officials with the Atlantic Fire and Rescue Department said on their social media page, that there will be a FREE car seat check on July 17th, from 2-5 p.m., at the Atlantic Farm Bureau Insurance Office (1501 E. 7th St).

The AFD says they don’t want to respond to an accident where kids have been thrown about the vehicle, and urge you to stop by and have your car child safety seat checked.

BEDFORD, Iowa (AP) – The father of a 3-year-old girl slain in southwest Iowa now faces a murder charge. The Omaha World-Herald reports that new charge was filed last week against 25-year-old Charles Hall, who is from Chicago. Hall originally was charged with child endangerment resulting in serious injury, the same charged filed against his girlfriend, 25-year-old April Clair, who is from Bedford.

The Taylor County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call in Bedford on May 22 and found little Janiya King unresponsive. The Taylor County medical examiner later pronounced her dead.

The Creston Police Department reports the arrest on Monday of a local man on drug and other charges. Officials say 35-year old Dustin Kilgore, of Creston, was arrested at around 8:50-p.m. on charges that include Violation of a Protection Order, and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana. Kilgore was being held in the Union County Jail while awaiting a bond hearing.

(7-a.m. News)