Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:20 a.m. CST

ATKINS, Iowa (AP) — Sheriffs officials in eastern Iowa have identified a driver killed in a crash after reached speeds over 100 mph while fleeing a traffic stop. The Linn County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release Thursday that 38-year-old Matthew Earl Cox, of Cedar Rapids, died in the early Wednesday crash. Investigators say the chase began when a Linn County deputy tried to pull over a car in Atkins that Cox was driving. Investigators say Cox’s speeding car drove off a Benton County road and crashed into a culvert. Officials say a woman also in the car and later identified as 33-year-old Mary Jeanette Ridenour, of Cedar Rapids, was seriously injured and flown to an Iowa City hospital.

LONG GROVE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified two people killed in an eastern Iowa crash that also injured three others earlier this week. The crash happened Tuesday morning north of Davenport on Highway 61 near Long Grove, killing 47-year-old Gary Warren and 45-yearold David Muller, both of Maquoketa. Investigators say Warren was driving and Muller was a passenger in a car that was hit when an oncoming van crossed the median. Another passenger in the car, a 19-year-old man, remains hospitalized in Iowa City in critical condition. Police say the 18-year-old driver of the van was taken to a Davenport hospital with serious injuries and faces charges. The van also hit a pickup truck, and the truck’s 59-year-old driver suffered minor injuries.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Police have made an arrest in the shooting death last year of a Waterloo man. The Courier reports that police arrested 28-year-old Stephen Devon Phillips on suspicion of first-degree murder in the May 15 death of 30-year-old Terrell Bernard Flowers. Investigators have said the shooting followed an argument between the two men earlier in the day during a gathering at a Waterloo home. Police say Phillips was told to leave the house and that he told people on his way out that he would return and “shoot up the place.” Police say Phillips later returned to the house and again argued with Flowers before pulling a gun and firing.

UNDATED (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is extending the state’s mandatory face mask order by a month, a break from what Texas and neighboring Mississippi are doing. Nonprofits, churches and health care outreach workers are helping older people who have difficulty signing up for vaccinations. A new study of pro athletes found heart inflammation was uncommon after a mild case of COVID-19. The research was conducted by major professional sports leagues in the U.S. The top three states with the highest coronavirus positivity rates are Idaho (24.4%), South Dakota (22.6%) and Iowa (19.7%). Some 27.7 million people have completed their coronavirus vaccinations, or 8.4% of the population.