-Washington County officials are investigating a deadly fire in the Wedington Woods community. Firefighters responded just before midnight Wednesday to a mobile home on Appaloosa. Sheriff’s deputies say 82 year old Mary Carpenter died in the fire. Carpenter’s body has been sent to the state crime lab to determine an official cause of death. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
-One person is dead,after an early morning car crash on Thursday. According to Arkansas state police,the accident happened at around 5 a.m. Samantha Wender was driving on I49 near mile marker 78 near Lowell,when she lost control of her car and hit a semi truck. Wender died at the scene. The driver of the semi truck was not injured.