Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Tuesday, January 7, 2025.
- One person has died following a New Year's Eve fire at the Midland Park Apartments in Little Rock
- Arkansas has won a $17-million federal grant to improve maternal health outcomes
- New Secretary of State Cole Jester has hired reporter Samantha Boyd as his office's communications director
- Arkansas recorded its first tornado of 2025 on Sunday, touching down in Lincoln County
- The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Arkansas overnight Thursday and into Friday, predicting between four and seven inches of snow
- Warming centers are open across Central Arkansas as below freezing temperatures will continue overnight for the rest of the week
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