The Faith Love and Hope Youth Corp. sponsored its 13th annual “NFL Weekend” fundraiser beginning with a golf tournament Friday morning with some 50 golfers in attendance. Organizer Rose Warfield-McGill, executive director of the corporation, said the numbers were a…
People might be shocked to learn that the number of car crashes reported in Texarkana last year – 2,320 – has not increased this year. It’s just that readers are seeing more of them being reported in the news. Still,…
The Tiger Bookmobile fromTexarkana Independent School District is preparing to roar through Texarkana this summer to encourage children to read. The unique, one-of-a-kind, mobile literacy unit is meant to get children wild about reading. “You can’t miss the 48’ mobile…
Santa Fe Cattle Company has Texarkana in its radar, but it could well be a year or two when – and if – it decides to open up shop here. “There have been serious conversations regarding a Texarkana location for…
A bug infestation has reportedly taken over Harte Hanks, an international marketing company with a call center in Texarkana. Some say the insect problem is so bad that a majority of the roughly 500 employees are being bitten and stung…
Just $365 will support an abused woman in a shelter for one month. Domestic Violence Prevention, Inc., is facing a severe financial shortfall and needs $30,000 to by July’s end in order to meet its obligations and maintain its services,…
Carla Reed offered an update to the TISD graduation story that ran on TXK Today Monday, in which her husband, Pete Reed, was not allowed to see their son graduate even though he had a ticket in hand and arrived…
Pete Reed did not get to see his son, Preston, graduate June 7 even though he said he had a ticket for the ceremony and arrived before 2 p.m. Like many such events in Texarkana, Texas High School’s graduation ceremony…
American Red Cross Offers Ways to Prepare Portraying tornado victims seeking shelter, local residents turned out Saturday alongside the American Red Cross for a mock disaster drill in an effort to prepare for tornado season. People gathered at Williams Memorial…
Vicki Lachmann, from suburban Chicago, is very familiar with the “Give an Hour” program – an organization that provides free therapy to post 9/11 veterans and their families. As a therapist experienced in treating mood disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression…
Just imagine a post-9/11 veteran who suffers from depression not having to wait for treatment at the Veteran’s Administration clinic. That’s actually a reality through the “Give an Hour” program. And better yet – it’s also free. Founded in 2005…
By JANE BECKERDITE I quit smoking two years ago. As Mark Twain said, “Quitting smoking is easy. I’ve done it a thousand times.” Well, I, too, have quit many times before. I once quit for six months, but for some…
By JANE BECKERDITE Cathy Smith is a determined woman. She wants the students at Genoa Central High School to have proper sheet music, instruments and dress uniforms like most school bands. “My granddaughter, Leigha, was in the band from 8th…
By JANE BECKERDITE Nothing is for sale and everything is free. These are the basic rules of the Facebook group “Free Stuff Texarkana” and its processing location, “The Warehouse,” whose mission is to simply pay it forward. The Facebook group…
By JANE BECKERDITE Dr. Maya Angelou, author of the classic autobiographical “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” has died. She was 86. “Her words are so inspiring to all,” said Lee Ann Zuliani Barker. “My favorite poems are ‘Phenomenal…
