Boot Barn and the Lone Star Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) extend a big thank you to the community for their generous donations benefiting our American Troops serving abroad. Over the past two weeks, Boot Barn…
Students pursing high-demand or STEM degrees at University of Arkansas Cossatot may now complete the Arkansas Future (ArFuture) grant program application. ArFuture was created to promote higher education, increase the skills and education of Arkansas’s workforce, and attract students to…
The Texarkana USA Chamber of Commerce participates each quarter in a cost of living survey with the Council for Community and Economic Research. This survey is used as a comparison guide for individual and business relocations. Furthermore, it is used…
MAGNOLIA – Southern Arkansas University’s chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) performed with great success at the State Leadership Conference in April by winning 36 individual and team awards and with 15 members qualifying to attend the national conference. Under…
Forty-eight students were recognized as honor graduates by Texas A&M University-Texarkana at the spring 2017 commencement ceremony May 13 at First Baptist Church of Texarkana, Texas. Students who complete a minimum of 45 hours of their bachelor’s degrees at A&M-Texarkana…
On May 18, 2017, Ezra Sims, Texarkana, Arkansas passed away peacefully as he was praying in his residence. Three Texarkana, Arkansas Fire Department firefighters responded to the emergency call and attempted to resuscitate Sims. Lilly Sims, spouse of Ezra, wanted…
MAGNOLIA – Nine Southern Arkansas University students – Gabrielle Davis, Lily Hesen, Clayton Hawthorne, Timothy Hawthorne, Lindsey Wood, Hannah Springer, Caleigh Moyer, Anna Dillard, and Jacob Steed, along with community members Sandra Wood and Julie Kardas – recently returned from…
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today applauded the opening of the final Arkansas Department of Veteran Affairs and Arkansas Department of Workforce Services Veteran Service Office in Hope. The Attorney General’s office contributed the full start-up cost of $170,000 through…
The University Honors program at Texas A&M University-Texarkana recently announced the recipients of its Teaching Excellence Awards for undergraduate teaching and mentorship at the University Honors Showcase on the A&M-Texarkana campus. “One of the most exciting initiatives the University Honors…
A Memorial Day service was held today, Monday, May 29 at 11:00 am at the Miller County Courthouse in Texarkana, Arkansas. The annual Memorial Day Walk was held immediately after and took place at the Korea/Vietnam Memorial in downtown Texarkana…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – Texarkana, Texas Police were dispatched at 6:33 PM to a residence in the 400 block of Lumpkin St. Once on scene, officers located Ralph Morrison, 33, suffering from a gunshot wound. Morrison was transported to a local…
Four Texas A&M University-Texarkana students have been inducted into SALUTE, the national honor society for veterans and active-duty military personnel. Charles Jordan and Joseph Bennett, both of Texarkana, Texas, Clay Hunter of Mount Pleasant, Texas, and Judy Stevenson of Schwenksville,…
Judith White has been with the Red Dirt Master Gardeners for five years now, but she has continually improved and built upon her backyard garden for the last 28 years. She insists everything has been moved around at least three…
This morning, May 26, 2017, Texarkana Chamber of Commerce hosted a Business-2-Business Breakfast at St. James Episcopal Church in downtown Texarkana. Business leaders and members of the community attended to view a presentation by Texarkana College President, James Henry Russell.…
Randy Sams’ Outreach Shelter hosted their 2nd Annual Spa Day for female residents who are living in the Shelter. The ladies were transported via limousines to have their hair and nails done at Texarkana College Cosmetology School, facials at the…
