A woman from Creston was arrested late Monday night on a drug charge. Creston Police say 33-year old Krystal Smith was taken into custody in the 800 block of W. Jefferson Street on a Possession of drug paraphernalia charge.  Smith was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.

An ongoing investigation into drug activity following a traffic stop last spring in Ringgold County has resulted in charges. The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office reports 49-year-old Harvey Ray Roach, Jr. was charged with felony distribution and selling of methamphetamine.

Roach, whose last reported address was listed as Tingley, was arrested following a search of a vehicle in March by the Ringgold County K9 Unit. The investigation into Roach’s alleged narcotics involvement was conducted by the Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office, the State of Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, and the South Central Iowa Drug Task Force.

Republican Congressman David Young’s bill calling for the Veterans Administration to fix problems with its suicide hotline has cleared the U.S. House and awaits action in the Senate.

Young’s bill calls on the Veterans Administration to come up with a way to ensure all calls to the crisis line are answered.

Young says it means if calls continue to slip through the cracks, the V-A must tell congress they need more staff, more training for the staff already there or even better technology to deal with call volume. The crisis line fielded half a million calls last year. Young had hoped his bill would clear the Senate last week, but it didn’t. He expects the bill will pass when congress convenes AFTER the November election. About 20 veterans commit suicide in America every day, but a recent report found few of those veterans had gotten services from the V-A in the year before their death.

(Radio Iowa)