Arkansas High School is among the first to join the College Board Pre-AP program and is one of only one hundred schools in the nation selected to pilot the new initiative. The new Pre-AP program, which will launch Fall 2018,…
Legend has it that the Ace of Clubs house was built in 1885 by James Harris Draughon with only $10,000 that he won from a game of poker with an ace of clubs. Draughon was a Confederate veteran, lumber investor,…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana professor Dr. Oscar Alzate publishes an article on proteomic analysis of a common soil bacterium. Quantitative proteomic analysis of the Bacillus thuringiensis BGSC-4AW1 strain (serovar andalousiensis) has been published by The Journal of Integrated Omics and…
Service Line Warranties of America (SLWA) will send out mail outs to Texarkana, Texas residential customers to offer protection for homeowners for their Water Service Line in the month of March. The coverage is voluntary and available at monthly or…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana staff members spent the afternoon of February 9, 2018 helping organize donations to Harvest Regional Food Bank by packing boxes with food that will go to families in need, as well as preparing the supplies for the…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana TRiO Program has selected Brandy Lyn Flowers as the 2018 TRiO Hall of Fame recipient. Flowers was chosen for the award by the program staff. She was honored at TRiO Day on February 24, 2018,…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Iron Horse Shooting Team will compete in the Arkansas State Collegiate Championship Shoot this weekend at the Delta Resort and Spa Shooting Complex in Tillar, Arkansas. Disciplines in the shoot will include American Trap, International…
Bennie and Erin Franklin opened Tusks-N-Horns Bar & Grill at The Wyndham hotel in November 2017. The establishment is located at 5301 N. Stateline Ave., in Texarkana, Texas, and is a family-friendly and smoke-free restaurant with an intimate style of…
Jace Hendrickson, Fouke, Arkansas, was born 3 months premature at University of Arkansas Medical School Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas, weighing 1 lb 9 ounces. He was diagnosed with skeletal dysplasia, dwarfism, chronic lung disease, Russell Silver syndrome, and possible…
David Peavy, the owner of 1894 Ritchie Grocery and the 1894 Second Saturday Trade Days, is in the process of buying a 1939 Pullman lounge car. The Texarkana Native owns ArTex Electric Company and Service First Electrical and Plumbing and…
The Texarkana Arkansas School District recently named Mrs. Remica Gray as the 2017-18 Arkansas High School Distinguished Alumna. Mrs. Gray is a life-time resident of Texarkana, AR. She is a class of 1969 graduate of Arkansas High School. She holds a…
Empathy and empowerment go hand in hand. Local Arkansas High School junior, Ali Milligan, is using her voice to enable other women to care for themselves, when they might otherwise not have the resources to, with her volunteer project ‘Period…
There’s a saying that positivity is contagious; we rise by lifting others. This is exactly the motto Darla Wilf, local Coldwell Banker Elite Real Estate Agent, lives by. She finds validation in her everyday activities, from work to running a…
The Texarkana Arkansas School District Board of Directors hired Michael Odom to take the helm as the new Arkansas High School principal. Odom will replace Eva Nadeau, who announced her resignation in January. “We are excited to hire Mr. Odom…
An enhanced concealed carry class will be offered on Saturday, March 17 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the U of A Hope campus in the Technical and Industrial Building, room 160. The enhanced concealed carry license will provide…
