A 19-year-old Texarkana man who raped two young boys in his neighborhood was sentenced to 50 years in prison by a Miller County jury Tuesday night. Juan Perez was found guilty of four of six counts of rape involving boys…
Because of an anonymous donor’s $1 million gift to the Texarkana College Foundation, the Texarkana College Board of Trustees will now consider a recommendation to accept the gift in lieu of approving the proposed tax rate increase for 2015-2016 at…
A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional officer received a 25-year prison sentence from a Bowie County jury Friday afternoon for brutally attacking his former wife in 2013. Richard Greg Turner, called Greg, was taken into custody after 102nd…
It took about an hour Thursday afternoon for a Bowie County jury to find a former Telford Unit guard guilty of brutally assaulting his former wife during a May 2013 attack that went on for hours. The jury will return…
A former prison guard’s ex-wife testified Wednesday that she thought she might be killed during a 2013 assault at the hands of her ex-husband. Richard Greg Turner, called Greg by his friends, is accused of attacking his former wife at…
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will enable the University of Arkansas Community Design Center and Marlon Blackwell Architects to assist the city of Texarkana, Texas, to develop a downtown art park. The…
A jury was chosen Tuesday in Bowie County to decide the fate of a former Telford Unit prison guard accused of terrorizing his former spouse. Richard Greg Turner, called Greg, was a sergeant at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s…
Over 3,000 books were recently donated to the NAACP Kool Schools Mini-Libraries project. College Hill Middle School social studies teacher Yolanda Smith saw a great opportunity to give back to the community. After inquiring about the regular recycling and replacement…
A wrongful death suit filed in connection with a fatal 2013 drunk driving crash casts blame on a popular downtown Texarkana watering hole. Hopkins Icehouse bar and restaurant, the bar’s owners, and Chad Caldwell are among the defendants named in…
Angel Smith is a talented Texarkana teenager with aspirations of dancing professionally. She practices dance 45 hours a week leaving no time for traditional high school. So Angel attends an online high school with other students from around the state…
A federal search warrant involving fake gas purchases and stolen Ryder Truck credit cards points to the former owner of a Prescott, Ark., convenience store, his former employees and a truck driver. A warrant giving federal agents permission to scour…
A jury was chosen in Miller County Tuesday morning to decide the fate of a man accused of burglarizing Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson’s Texarkana home last year. Lawrence Hubbard, 40, is facing up to 40 years in prison if found…
More than two months have passed since a local pilot was found shot to death in his Texarkana home. The question of who killed Scott Roberts remains a mystery. Concerned family members went to Roberts’ home in the 1800 block…
The pastor of an area Baptist church was recently arrested by Texarkana, Texas police for indecency with a child and theft by check. The Reverend Raymond Baker, 70, who served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in DeKalb, Texas, for…
Texarkana, Ark., police have charged one man with felony battery in connection with a fight at the Electric Cowboy Saturday that left another in critical condition. Taylor Rogers, 25, has been arrested in connection with the injuries suffered Saturday by…
