Below are items discussed, approved and reviewed during the July 2022 regular meeting of the TISD Board of Trustees. The Board approved an agreement to purchase the former Pine Street Junior High School property for $585,000. The property is being…
Texas A&M University – Texarkana is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of its doctoral program in Education Leadership (classes begin in January 2023). Applicants can get an early start by taking some of the four elective concentration courses…
LITTLE ROCK– Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge joined 22 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit today against the Biden Administration for withholding school lunch program funding from schools that fail to adopt the Administration’s new guidance on gender identity and…
Shaun George, Assistant Principal of Redwater High School (RHS), has been selected to represent the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals (TASSP) as the Region 8 Educational Service Center (ESC) Outstanding High School Assistant Principal of the Year. TASSP recognizes…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) will hold multiple New Student Orientations for the fall semester. Students can choose from orientations on each campus on the dates listed below. Hope Campus New Student Orientation Options: Evening Monday, August 15 •…
Jefferson Avenue will be closed to all traffic within the 3400 Block beginning on Tuesday, July 26th at 7:00 am due to road work. Jefferson Avenue will be blockaded on the South side of the 35th Street intersection. TASD Administration…
The Arkansas High Collegiate Academy Student Orientation will be held on Monday, August 8 at 6:00 p.m. at the University of Arkansas at Texarkana Campus Center Building. The Collegiate Academy Student Orientation is for 10th and 11th grade collegiate academy…
Texarkana College announced its recipients of the annual National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Awards at the Board of Trustees meeting held Monday. Each year TC recognizes two individuals as NISOD nominees, one faculty member and one…
The University of Arkansas at Texarkana is offering a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Program this fall. Nursing assistants provide basic care and help patients with activities of daily living. Overall employment of nursing assistants and orderlies is projected to grow…
Four local NCAA athletes have signed Name, Image, Likeness (NIL) deals with Farmers Bank & Trust (FBT). Derrian Ford, Landon Jackson, Carlee Ratcliff and Frankie Price (in alphabetical order) will be partnering with the bank for the upcoming year. Chris…
The Miss Southwest/Ouachita River Scholarship Competitions were held Saturday, July 16 at Hempstead Hall on the campus of the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. Eight candidates competed for two Miss Titles and five candidates competed for two Teen Titles. Over $13,000…
The Liberty-Eylau Independent School District has hired Crystal Noiel as the Middle School's Assistant Principal for the 2022-2023 school year. Noiel is a 1998 graduate of Liberty-Eylau. She received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M-Texarkana and her master’s degree from…
The U.S. has recently seen a dramatic increase in traffic fatalities, with Texas being no exception. In fact, 2021 marked the second deadliest year on Texas roads since TxDOT started tracking fatalities in 1940. Located between Hooks and Texarkana, the…
Jessica Bilbo, the Library Media Specialist at Harmony Leadership Academy, was recently named an Arkansas Teacher of the Year Regional Finalist. The Arkansas Department of Education announced the thirteen state finalists in a media release on Friday, July 15. Mrs.…
Join us for dinner and a MURDER! The Texarkana Museums System invites you to its latest Murder Mystery Party, “The Cudham Riding Club Murder,” beginning at 6:00 p.m. on July 30 at the P. J. Ahern Home, 403 Laurel Street.…
