A brother and sister from Ashdown who are facing federal charges for theft of government benefits allegedly discussed their scheme on phone calls recorded by the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Robert Allen Merrell, 35, and his sister, Debbie Farmer Day,…
A woman who allegedly had approximately two pounds of meth in a purse when stopped in September near Hope, Arkansas, has been charged with a federal drug crime. Anita Marie Hughes, 43, was allegedly bringing drugs she picked up in…
An inmate being housed in the Bowie County Annex Jail has died from injuries he suffered in an altercation earlier this month. During the earlier morning hours of October 9th, 2020 Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC) Inmates Ricky Daffron and…
October 30, Texarkana, TX. –Professional eater Randy Santel will be at Taco Tico® in Texarkana this Friday at 6 pm to help kick off their brand new ‘All About The Taste Challenge.’ In order to add to his 900+ food…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – Alana Coleman, 38, was arrested late last week by U.S. Marshals in Mexico for Capital Murder. She was wanted for the 2012 murder of Donald Ray Morris in Texarkana. Following her arrest, Coleman was transported to Texarkana…
Don’t forget to set your clocks back an hour Saturday night before bed. Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, November 1. Daylight saving time starts back Sunday, March 14, 2021. Monday, November 2 sunset will be at 5:22…
As the old saying goes, good things come to those who wait. For those people who love staying at the DeRoche Ridge campground at DeGray Lake Resort State Park, that patience has paid off! After being closed for nearly five…
The Texas A&M University-Texarkana Athletics Department has quarantined three of the university’s intercollegiate athletic teams after a player on each team tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend. The TAMUT women’s soccer team, women’s basketball team, and men’s basketball team…
On Friday, October 16, 2020, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nacia Rene Randle, 42, of Texarkana, Texas, for Solicitation to Commit Murder and two counts of Sexual Assault. Randle was employed with Community Healthcore as a mental health specialist,…
A former registered nurse who was captured on video breaking into a safe containing controlled substances at HealthCare Express in Texarkana, Texas, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison Thursday for tampering with a consumer product. Clifford Russell Harris,…
Porfirio Ruiz, Jr. has been arrested for Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child. Texarkana, Texas Police alerted the public they were searching for him Monday. According to police, Ruiz was arrested by Border Patrol officers in Brownsville as he…
A Texas appeals court has upheld the life sentence of a woman convicted of human trafficking in Bowie County earlier this year. Linda “Gucci” Dooley, 39, was found guilty in March by a jury and sentenced to life. Dooley posted…
Earlier this month a Bowie County grand jury indicted a woman who allegedly left four young children at home by themselves this August. Georgia Justice Peters, 25, is facing four counts of abandoning or endangering a child with criminal negligence.…
LEISD Administration and the Board of Trustees passed an approximately $250,000 bonus at last night’s board meeting. In a letter to staff announcing the bonus, LE Superintendent Ronnie Thomson said, “We want you to know that you are seen and…
BEAUMONT, Texas – This week, the Department of Justice announced it has charged more than 14,200 defendants with firearms-related crimes during Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, despite the challenges of COVID 19 and its impact on the criminal justice process. These…
