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CrimeTwo charged with murder in Blanton Street killing; police say 19-year-old was a random target
TEXARKANA, Texas — Texarkana, Texas, police have arrested two people in the shooting death of 19-year-old Fran’Davion Smith, who was killed Monday night in…
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Wellons Real Estate Helps Landowners Buy, Sell and Build the Outdoor Property They Want
Wellons Real Estate offers full-service land brokerage and land development for families and landowners across the South, including Zach Flanagan’s Bodcau Creek 320 listing…
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Man Gets Life Without Parole In De Kalb Double Murder
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A repeat offender who murdered two people last year at a De Kalb, Texas, home was found guilty of capital murder Thursday…
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Tear gas, SWAT team used to arrest Texarkana man wanted on protective order warrant
TEXARKANA, Texas — Officers used tear gas and a SWAT team to arrest a Texarkana man who ran into his house Tuesday when police…
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19-year-old man shot and killed on Blanton Street in Texarkana
TEXARKANA, Texas — A 19-year-old man was shot and killed Monday night in the front yard of a home in the 400 block of…
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Texarkana serves: local service members around the world
The military’s own photographers have recorded Texarkana-area service members at work around the world for two decades. See 110 of their photos.
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A Yorktown veteran, a lost grave and Wright Patman Lake
Evan Thomas Watson was at Yorktown when Cornwallis surrendered in 1781. He died in 1834 near today’s Maud, on land Arkansas Territory then claimed.…
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Texarkana man accused of stealing boat motors near Fulton and trading them for meth
A Texarkana, Texas, man is charged in Hempstead County with breaking into a property near Fulton, Arkansas, and stealing two boat motors, then trading…
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Sanders to hold get-out-the-vote rally at Naaman’s BBQ in Texarkana on Sunday
TEXARKANA, Ark. — Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will hold a get-out-the-vote rally at Naaman’s BBQ in Texarkana at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, two…
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Video shows trooper firing rifle to shoot out tires of semi that rammed police units in Hope
HOPE, Ark. — Arkansas State Police dash camera video of the Oct. 12 tractor-trailer chase through Hope is now online. It shows a State…
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Dr. Clark Green, longtime Texarkana pediatrician, dies at 66
Dr. Robert Clark Green, a pediatrician who cared for Texarkana children for more than 36 years, died Oct. 26 while in Maui, Hawaii, according…
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131 years ago tonight: Texarkana’s night with the heavyweight champ
In October 1895, a title fight chased out of Texas landed Bob Fitzsimmons in handcuffs at Texarkana, then at supper with a pet lion…
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McCurtain Memorial Hospital CEO Brian Whitfield resigns; CFO Kena Allen named interim CEO
IDABEL, Okla. — McCurtain Memorial Hospital CEO Brian Whitfield has resigned, and the hospital’s chief financial officer, Kena Allen, will run the hospital while…
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Police say man fired shot at visitor, pointed gun at ex-girlfriend inside Hope apartment
HOPE, Ark. — A Sherwood man is charged with two counts of aggravated assault after police say he let himself into his ex-girlfriend’s Hope…
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Juvenile found dead after reported shooting in Stamps; State Police investigating
STAMPS, Ark. — Arkansas State Police are investigating the death of a juvenile who was found dead late Thursday after a reported fight and…
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Man said he threw a dropped wallet out his truck window; police found it inside, TTPD says
TEXARKANA, Texas — Police arrested a 23-year-old man Monday after a woman’s dropped wallet went missing from a Summerhill Road business and her credit…
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Bowie CO Allegedly Allowed Inmate To Escape, Provided Cuff Key
TEXARKANA, Texas–A former Bowie County correctional officer allegedly helped an inmate escape from a local emergency room by leaving a handcuff key within easy…
Obituaries
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Tommy Joe Morgan, Jr.
Tommy Joe Morgan, Jr., age 46, of Lake Worth, Florida, passed away at his home on Monday, October 26, 2026. He was formerly of…
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Andrew “Andy” Adams
Andrew “Andy” Adams, age 96, of Texarkana, Texas, died Tuesday, October 27, 2026 in a local memory care facility.
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Lamont Bernard Evans
Lamont Bernard Evans (54) passed away on October 20, 2026, arrangements are pending and will be announced when finalized.
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Dr. Robert Clark Green
Dr. Robert Clark Green
Business
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PeopleFund brings small business loans, grants to Texarkana with Amber Keith leading local effort
The nonprofit lender is hosting a free Nov. 5 event at Texas A&M University-Texarkana and plans an office in The Assembly Line.
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Pickers Self-Service Auto Parts Takes 50% Off All Auto Parts in Two-Day Customer Appreciation Sale
Pickers Self-Service Auto Parts is taking 50% off all auto parts, excluding batteries, Friday, Oct. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 31, at 5512 E. Ninth…
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Hyatt Studios Texarkana makes it official with chamber ribbon cutting
TEXARKANA, Texas — Hyatt Studios Texarkana celebrated its ribbon cutting with the Texarkana USA Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, drawing a big crowd outside…
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TexAmericas Center Signs Agreement to Support Japanese Business Growth and Technology Commercialization
Texarkana, USA (October 9, 2026) – TexAmericas Center, which owns and operates one of the largest advanced manufacturing, logistics and rail-served industrial parks in…
Education
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Arkansas High Class of 1991 marks 35th reunion with Pig Pantry donation
TEXARKANA, Ark. — Members of the Arkansas High School Class of 1991 marked their 35th reunion earlier this month by giving back to their…
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Pleasant Grove teens wash cars to build computer lab at Cambodian school
Pleasant Grove students Daniel Ayers and Mason Fry gave half their earnings to put computers in a rural Cambodian school.
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UAHT-UAM Partnership Gives Working Arkansans a Path to Earn a Bachelor’s Degree Close to Home
HOPE/TEXARKANA, AR — For working adults who want to earn a bachelor’s degree but cannot put their careers and families on hold to move…
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5 Genoa Central FFA alumni earn American FFA Degree
Memphis Brewer, Caleb McClure, Zoe Parsons, Jeremiah White and Emma Williams are among 17 Arkansans to receive FFA’s highest degree.
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Tommy Joe Morgan, Jr.November 1, 2026
Andrew “Andy” AdamsNovember 1, 2026
Texarkana serves: local service members around the worldNovember 1, 2026
A Yorktown veteran, a lost grave and Wright Patman LakeNovember 1, 2026
Texarkana man accused of stealing boat motors near Fulton and trading them for methOctober 31, 2026
Sanders to hold get-out-the-vote rally at Naaman’s BBQ in Texarkana on SundayOctober 31, 2026