DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One jackpot-winning ticket was sold in Friday night’s Mega Millions drawing, a lottery official said. Virginia Lottery spokesman John Hagerty told The Associated Press the winning ticket was sold in Indiana. The consortium of lottery organizations that runs Mega Millions said a ticket matching all five white balls and the yellow ball would win a an estimated $540 million. The winning Mega Millions numbers are white balls 8-19-20-55-73 and yellow ball 5.

An estimated $1 billion in tickets have been sold since the last jackpot-winning ticket was drawn in early March. This is the longest Mega Millions run without a winner. Tickets are sold in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

An investigation into the solicitation of prostitution in Hamburg, resulted in the arrest early this (Saturday) morning, of a man from Page County. Fremont County Sheriff Kevin Aistrope reports deputies arrested 40-year old Reverend Dominic Yamoah, of Clarinda, after he allegedly tried to get an undercover source to perform sexual acts for cash.

Rev. Dominic Yamoah

Yamoah, who serves as a priest at the Saint Clare Parish, in Clarinda, and St. Joseph Parish in Villisca, was transported to the Fremont County Law Enforcement Center and charged with solicitation. His bond was set at $2,000. The Iowa State Patrol assisted in conducting the investigation.

In an update to our story late last month, the Iowa State Patrol said today (Saturday) a truck driver from Tennessee died from injuries he suffered during a crash June 24th on Interstate 80, in Adair County. 61-year old Charles Delk, of Pulaski, TN, who was not wearing a seat belt, died two-days later at Mercy Hospital, in Des Moines, where he was transported to by Stuart Rescue.

Delk was traveling west on I-80 at around 10:25-a.m. on June 24th near Stuart, when he lost control of the 2008 Freightliner semi he was driving. When the semi went into the north ditch, the trailer became separated from the tractor, and came to rest on its left side. The tractor/cab came to rest on its top.

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater issued a statement Friday evening with regard to a high-speed pursuit that occurred earlier in the day, Friday. In a social media post, Vandewater thanked all the law-enforcement agencies who assisted the Iowa State Patrol in their pursuit of a vehicle reported stolen out of South Dakota. Vandewater said a Trooper attempted to stop the vehicle for speeding on Interstate 80 in Adair County, but the driver of the vehicle refused to yield.

Photo’s from the Adair County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page

The suspect left the interstate and drove south from Stuart on the Stuart Road, at a high rate of speed. The stolen vehicle was traveling at around 100-miles per hour when the driver failed to negotiate a tight curve near the intersection with Highway 92, east of Greenfield. The vehicle went into and out of a ditch, vaulted over Highway 92 and rolled over. Vandewater said amazingly, none of the vehicles’ occupants were seriously injured. No names have been released at this time.

Among the agencies assisting in the pursuit and its aftermath, was: An officer from the Iowa Department of Transportation-MVE; the Stuart Police Chief; Special Agents from State Fire Marshal Division; deputies from the Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office; EMS personnel from the Adair County Ambulance, and likely close to a dozen additional State Troopers.

Authorities in southwest Iowa gathered to search for a missing man Friday afternoon. The unidentified individual was eventually located and transported to the Clarinda Regional Health Center, for evaluation. Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer said the search began when deputies responded at around 3-p.m. to call for help from a female reporting that her boyfriend needed medical / mental help and was walking down the road on Oak Ave south of 310th Street.

Personnel from the Sheriff’s Office responded to the area. As Page County Sheriff’s Office personnel were approaching the area, the man walked into a cornfield. A perimeter was set up with assistance from area Law Enforcement. K-9’s and Law Enforcement searched the area. The male was found thanks to assistance from the Iowa State Patrol, K-9s and handlers from: Montgomery, Fremont, & Taylor County Sheriff’s Office, officers with the Clarinda Police Department, and Med Air Helicopter.

A crash between a large truck and an SUV carrying seven people Friday morning, in Ringgold County, left five people dead, including three children. The Iowa State Patrol released the names of the victims late Friday evening. Those who died from their injuries included: 2-year old Hayden King, 12-year old Brianne Baker, 30-year old Sydney N. King, and 49-year old Ranae Baker, all from Redding (IA), and 4-year old Elizabeth Taylor Lakey, of Grant City, Missouri. Injured in the crash, was 9-year old Willy Baker, of Redding. All of the crash victims were wearing their seat belts. Brianne and Willy Baker were flown from the scene by helicopter to Blank Hospital in Des Moines, where Briane died from her injuries. The others who perished died at the scene.

Officials say the accident happened at around 10:45-a.m., Friday, at the intersection of Highway 2 and Ringgold County Road P-27. The crash took place when Renae Baker, who was driving a 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander SUV, failed to stop at the intersection as she was traveling north on P-27. Her SUV was struck on the passenger side by a 1993 Peterbilt semi registered to Stamp Construction, of Atlantic, and driven by 28-year old Ted Zacharias, of Atlantic. The truck was traveling west on Highway 2.

Following the collision, both vehicles ended up in the northwest corner of the intersection, in a ditch, with the truck coming to rest on its side. In addition to the five dead and two injured persons in the SUV, a one-year old child in the vehicle was treated at a hospital and released. One other person remains in critical condition. Ted Zacharias was not hurt in the crash.