Built in the late 1920’s along the “Rock & Roll Highway 67”, the Texarkana, Arkansas, Municipal Auditorium became popular in the 1940’s and 1950’s when it served as a primary stop for artists travelling from Tennessee down through Texas on…
Texarkana is a city full of history, history surrounding the values that the city was built upon. Some of the oldest buildings remaining are the historical churches downtown that continue to be an integral part of the community to this…
Everyone knows of the quiet, mindful observer who is the epitome of a shy introvert. Maybe a little nerdy and definitely unique, these are the people to “watch” for, the ones who are setting their next goal, or in Matt…
Turn Up The Lights 2018 is a multi-denominational worship event coming to Texarkana that is designed to build unity among the body of Christ from every race and denomination in the community. The event will feature Special Guests: People and…
Texarkana Soccer Club’s TSC girls soccer team played at the USA Cup, an international soccer tournament, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There were over 16,000 players who competed in the event. The TSC, Texarkana’s twelve and thirteen year-old-girls, won their brackets…
The Texarkana Twins will make the trip home riding a wave of momentum after splitting a road series against the league’s second place team, Victoria Generals. After falling in last night’s game, the Twins bats came alive as they outslugged…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Stephen Powell, 38, of Texarkana Texas for Assault with Bodily Injury – Family Violence today. Powell is employed as a deputy/bailiff with the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office. Officers were dispatched to report of…
Every community has a closet full of skeletons. For Texarkana, it’s the unsolved Moonlight Murders, a series of slayings committed by the Phantom Killer during the spring of 1946. In lieu of shying away from the macabre tales, local artist,…
Texarkana wins Division 1 Champions at the Longview Texas-Dixie Rangers Series. Texarkana remained undefeated and won the Championship after 6 innings against Longview for a final score of 12-2. Robert Cheney and Michael Galvan pitched for Texarkana with a combined…
Mr. Terry Taylor was recently named the Arkansas Association of Alternative Educators Administrator of the Year. Mr. Taylor is the Associate Principal of the Washington Academy Charter School in the Texarkana Arkansas School District. He began his teaching career in…
On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, the exhibit for Nicole Brisco, Advanced Placement Art Instructor at Pleasant Grove High School, at Texas A&M library attracted many locals who wanted to see her exquisite and intriguing art first-hand. The opening exhibit was held…
When often thinking of legends, there is a tendency to remember those more well known, but so many legends go forgotten, simply hanging on by word of mouth from those who remember them. Scott Joplin, Texarkana, Arkansas, native, is somewhere…
Francisco “Pancho” Lozano, 55, is Owner of Pancho’s Brewing Lab, Homebrewing Supply Store, 3427 New Boston Rd, Texarkana, TX 75501, where his dream of brewing his own business has become a reality. Lozano’s love of brewing began when he discovered…
What makes a leader? Is it circumstantial, innate, or is it a learned behavior? With Pondexter, there was no question, she was born to lead. As a black female in America during the peak of the Civil Rights movement, Pondexter…
The Texarkana Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will hold a second public meeting to solicit comments for an amendment to the 2015-2040 Texarkana Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Hall, Texarkana,…
