The summer of 2020 started with a sparkling surprise for one western Arkansas woman. Fifty-six-year-old Beatrice Watkins, of Mena, visited Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Murfreesboro, on Saturday, June 20, with her daughter and granddaughters. Within 30 minutes…
The following Letter to the Editor was submitted by Gary Spicer a concerned alumni of Camp Pioneer. Dear Alumni and Friends of Camp Pioneer, This past Friday on June 19, the members of the Caddo Area Council, Boy Scouts of…
The Wake Village Police Department is currently investigating an overnight vandalism spree; where at least 12 vehicles and 1 apartment building were defaced by spray painted graffiti. In addition to the graffiti, some vehicles sustained body damage, broken glass and…
Texarkana, Texas Police are trying to find Michael Jerome Wilkerson after he allegedly shot another man in a hotel room on N. Stateline Avenue early yesterday morning. Detective Warren Smith obtained a felony warrant for Aggravated Assault with a Deadly…
TEXAKANA, TX—Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 236 positive COVID-19 cases, with 119 recoveries and 16 related deaths. Cass County has a total 35 cases with 31 recoveries, and two deaths. According to the Arkansas Department of…
Harvest Regional Food Bank will distribute emergency food boxes to at least 1,000 food insecure families from the Texarkana area, Wednesday, June 24, 2020, beginning at 8 a.m., at First Baptist Church Texarkana, 3015 Moores Ln, Texarkana, TX. Funding for…
A Texarkana, Ark., man accused of shooting a 15-year-old blue heeler was arrested earlier this month for aggravated animal cruelty. Charles Shuttleworth, 35, was detained after Texarkana, Ark., police responded to a call in the 900 block of East 34th…
The Miller County Judges Office wishes to notify the public of two courthouse employees who have recently tested positive for COVID-19. While it is not uncommon for a COVID-19 exposure to occur within a public building where all employees are…
Howard County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after two were shot and killed Thursday evening in Mineral Springs, Arkansas. The Howard County dispatch center received a 9-1-1 call at 6:48 p.m. Thursday of two people shot at 415 N. Mercer St.…
The Texas Department of Public Safety arrested a man in the parking lot of a Nash, Texas, dollar store this month who allegedly thought he was meeting a 15-year-old girl. Julio Aguilar, 42, allegedly used a cell phone to communicate…
A new Cajun restaurant is now open on Texas Blvd. in Texarkana. Blue Water Bayou Wingmasters & Gumbo opened recently in the old Mother Kelly’s building on Texas Blvd. Father and son duo TJ & Kevin opened the Texarkana location…
A new dinner is now open in Downtown Texarkana. B&J’s Downtown Diner & Creamery opened this week near the Federal Courthouse in downtown Texarkana. B&J’s serves daily lunch specials and a set menu offering salads, sandwiches, and burgers. B&J’s dinner…
Paul Norton, Superintendent of Schools for Texarkana Independent School District, was chosen last evening, Wednesday, June 17, 2020 as the Lone Finalist for Lake Travis Independent School District Superintendent of Schools. The Lake Travis ISD Board of Trustees will vote…
Texarkana Cinemark Theater will reopen on July 3 according to the company. The theater will be showing classic movies until new Hollywood movies are released. According to Cinemark certain areas of the facility will be cleaned every 30 minutes. Any…
Positive cases of COVID -19 have continued to rise throughout Arkansas, the same is true for Miller County. According to Miller County Judge Cathy Hardin Harrison, Tuesday night Miller County had a second death reported due to COVID-19. “For approximately…
