BATESVILLE, Ark. (WKRC) -- A former director of nursing has been accused of stealing hundreds of prescription pills from nursing home residents following an internal audit. According to KAIT, 51-year-old Carla Renee Shaw was taken into custody after allegedly stealing hundreds of prescription pills. The investigation began on Dec. 30 after administrators at The Springs of Batesville Nursing Home in Batesville, Arkansas, contacted law enforcement regarding alleged theft incidents.

A potentially deadly fungus has been spreading throughout Tennessee, health officials have warned. Over 35 cases of histoplasmosis, a lung infection caused by exposure to the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum, have been confirmed in a three-month period in the Maury and Williamson County area, according to numbers presented on Jan.

FAYETTEVILLE -- After a lengthy break between games, the Arkansas women's basketball team is set to welcome a team that figures to enter Bud Walton Arena with a heightened sense of confidence Thursday. Fresh off one of the SEC's more eye-opening games yet, Georgia (16-3, 2-3 SEC) looks to build upon a dominant 82-59 victory over No. 18 Ole Miss when it faces the Razorbacks at 6:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on SEC Network+. It was no fluke when the Lady Bulldogs routed the Rebels, having led for all but 1 minute, 27 seconds, and were ahead by as many as 28 points late.

TEXARKANA, Texas - As Texarkana braces for possibly the first winter weather storm of the year, transportation crews are pre-treating roadways on both sides of the state line. "Our goal is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best," said Heather Deaton, TXDOT public information officer. Deaton says they're working now to pre-treat highways with a salt and water solution to help prevent ice bonding to the roadway. All their maintenance offices are equipped with brine makers.

After a run of unseasonably warm days in late December and early January, Arkansas is expected to get walloped with a monster of a winter storm that will more than make up for the reprieve. The weather system is expected to bring heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain to the state beginning Friday and lasting through early Sunday. Temperatures could plunge to the single digits. Almost all of Arkansas is now under a winter storm watch, according to the National Weather Service. Much of the rest of the central U.S. will also be hit.

BATESVILLE, Ark. (WKRC) -- A former director of nursing was reportedly accused of stealing hundreds of prescription pills from nursing home residents following an internal audit. According to KAIT, 51-year-old Carla Renee Shaw was taken into custody after allegedly stealing hundreds of prescription pills. The investigation began on Dec. 30 after administrators at The Springs of Batesville Nursing Home in Batesville, Arkansas, contacted law enforcement regarding alleged theft incidents.