🌱 How a Highway 62 crash in Lincoln claimed a young life

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• How a Highway 62 crash in Lincoln claimed a young life

Today's riddle: My brother swallowed a box of firecrackers. - Is he all right now? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A couple of morning showers, with a high of 59 and low of 22 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 52, low: 41.
• Saturday: Windy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 62 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Washington County wrecks claim two young lives (magnoliareporter.com) — An 18-year-old Lincoln woman, Amberleigh Hale, was killed and another Lincoln teen injured in a two-vehicle crash at Highway 62 and North Street in Lincoln on December 11. Arkansas State Police also reported a separate fatal wreck on I-49 near Greenland, with both incidents occurring in Washington County under clear, dry conditions.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 18

• Holt - Spelling Bee
  Holt Middle School , 2365 Rupple Rd , Fayetteville
  8:00 am
• TENTATIVE: TAC Committee (NWARPC)
  Fayetteville, AR Calendar , 1311 Clayton , Springdale
  10:30 am
• Canceled: TAC Committee (NWARPC)
  Fayetteville, AR Calendar
  10:30 am
• Preschool Storytime with Ms. Lacy (Babies-K)
  Siloam Springs, AR Calendar , 205 East Jefferson Street , Siloam Springs
  11:00 am
• Waldron vs Mountainburg
  Mountainburg Sr High School , 129 Hwy 71 SE , Mountainburg
  4:00 pm
• Siloam Springs Panthers vs Lifeway, Lakeside
  Siloam Springs High School , 700 N Progress Ave , Siloam Springs
  4:30 pm
• TENTATIVE: Fayetteville Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
  Fayetteville, AR Calendar
  5:00 pm
• TENTATIVE: Planning Commission Work Session
  Fayetteville, AR Calendar , 113 W Mountain St , Fayetteville
  5:00 pm
• Planning Commission Work Session
  Fayetteville, AR Calendar , 100 W Rock St, Suite 246 , Fayetteville
  5:00 pm
• Fayetteville Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
  Fayetteville, AR Calendar
  5:00 pm
• Boy's Basketball at Bentonville Fulbright
  Woodland Junior High School , 5303 SW Bright Rd , Bentonville
  5:30 pm
• Basketball- 9G/9B @Cardinal Arena vs Stillwell, OK
  Farmington School District Farmington, AR 72730
  5:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Prairie Grove

• Year in Review: The biggest Arkansas news stories of 2025 (kark.com)

Fayetteville

• Prosecutors drop sexual indecency charge against Fayetteville behavioral treatment center worker (nwahomepage.com)
• Fayetteville to gain apartment complex (nwaonline.com)
• Fayetteville murder suspect claims jail guard destroyed legal paperwork, threatens to sue (nwahomepage.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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