The 234 Apartment

A child who was among four people hospitalized after an Arkansas apartment fire late last week has died, authorities said Thursday. In a statement, the Pine Bluff Fire Department said that a 3-year-old was pronounced dead Sunday after being transported to Arkansas Children ’s Hospital in Little Rock. Crews with the Fire Department were called around 1:10 a.m. Friday to a fire at 2200 Woodgate Drive, the address for Pinewood Apartments. Two people — a child and a woman — have been released from the hospital, according to the agency. A third child remained hospitalized as of Thursday afternoon. All four, who were initially transported to Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Pine Bluff, had been taken for treatment of smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Remnants of a meth lab were found in an Oak Hill apartment early Tuesday morning . According to a report from the Oak Hill Police Department , on Tuesday, July 5, at approximately 1 a.m., officers of the Oak Hill Police Department (OHPD) responded to 116A Morgan Street in Oak Hill with the Jackson County EMS . While the OHPD was at the residence, officers noticed indications of drug use and a possible methamphetamine lab. The OHPD called for methamphetamine technicians from the Jackson County Sheriff ’s Office (JCSO). They then obtained a search warrant for the apartment. Upon executing the search warrant at the residence, the officers allegedly discovered drug paraphernalia , chemicals to manufacture methamphetamine, and two gas generators that can be used in the process of manufacturing methamphetamine. Upon inspection of the items found, the methamphetamine technicians from the JCSO removed the components of the methamphetamine lab. Also on scene were the Madison...