Motorists who normally travel FM 989 (Kings Highway) between US 67 (West 7th Street) and US 59 (South Lake Drive) will need to find an alternate route on Tuesday, Aug. 27. Union Pacific Railroad will be closing the highway to…
The Bowie County Sheriff’s Office has been informed that workers for the 2020 census will be actively working in Bowie County from now through July 31, 2020. Currently, census workers will be out verifying addresses only. This means you may…
The number of independently licensed providers certified to offer treatment for those with mental health challenges or drug addiction has risen from 31 in 2017 to 207 in 2019, an increase of 567 percent, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced today. The…
The City of Texarkana, Texas Street Department will begin reconstruction of N. Park Road from Winchester Drive to Moores Lane beginning on September 3, 2019. The estimated time for completion is approximately 3 weeks. Cement treatment will occur first, taking…
NACOGDOCHES, TX (August 21,2019). On August 20th, 2019 around 12:30 p.m. an Officer with the Nacogdoches Police Department K9 Unit conducted a traffic stop in the 4500 block of NW Stallings Dr. The passenger in the vehicle ran from the…
A Bowie County man has been arrested for Voyeurism of a Child Under 14 Years of Age. On Saturday, August 3 around 1:00 p.m., the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Dunham Drive about a prowler that…
Sheriff James Prince and his Chief Deputy, Jeff Neal, recently attended the Sheriffs’ Association of Texas 141st Annual Training Conference at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, July 27 – July 30, 2019. Over 1,500 were in…
A Contra Costa, California jury awarded $21.4 million in damages on March 29, 2019 to the families of two brothers who died of cancer following their occupational exposure to benzene, a known carcinogen, at Cooper Tire in Texarkana, Arkansas. The…
On Friday, May 24, Bowie County Sheriff’s Office Deputies were dispatched to the area of US Highway 67 W. and County Road 1215 in reference to someone throwing live kittens from a moving vehicle. The caller had unsuccessfully tried to…
TEXARKANA, Texas – A Texarkana, Texas, physician has agreed to pay $118,000 to settle allegations of improper billing practices for his Medicare patients at his three clinics, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Dr. Donald S. Douglas, 50, operates…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested George Cummings, Jr, 28, of Prescott, Arkansas, for Criminal Trespass and Resisting Arrest at a local apartment complex on Sunday. A partial video of the arrest was posted on social media…
On Monday, April 29, 2019, the United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, Duane “Dak” Kees, and Assistant U.S. Attorney, Ben Wulff, recognized the investigative efforts of five lawmen from Texarkana Arkansas P.D., Miller County Sheriff’s Office and…
April 16, 2019 – Phoenix, Arizona – Cable ONE today announced that it will be rebranding as Sparklight™ beginning in the summer of 2019. “We are very excited for this evolution to our new brand and the next chapter in…
The Liberty-Eylau Community honored three community members Thursday morning at the annual LEISD Community Breakfast. Awards were given for outstanding community service, educational service, and school spirit. Georgia McFaul received the H. E. Markham Community Service Award. McFaul was a…
Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), an American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) company, today submitted a request to the Arkansas Public Service Commission (APSC) for a net annual increase of $45.6 million in the company’s non-fuel base rates, plus $12 million…
