A former Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District instructional aide has been charged with three felonies related to alleged sexual misconduct with three male students last year. Ashlyn Faye Bell, 24, is charged with two counts of improper relationship between educator…
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson on Thursday issued an order requiring residents to wear face masks starting Monday. According to the order all people must where a mask in all indoor and outdoor environments where they are exposed to non-household members…
A Wake Village, Texas, man is being held on a $100,000 bail for the alleged sexual assault of a woman who was unconscious from alcohol intoxication last month in Texarkana, Texas. Adam Fletcher Post, 25, was arrested July 9 after…
TEXARKANA, TX- Due to the continuing increasing cases of COVID-19 The Texarkana, Texas Farmers’ Market will cease operations of the Saturday Farmers’ Market as of July 15, 2020. The City of Texarkana, Texas, Planning and Community Development Office will continue…
The Four States Fair and Rodeo has been postponed until April 2-11, 2021, according to a post on the fair’s Facebook page. The livestock show is still scheduled to occur in September. The fair was originally scheduled for September of…
This month a Bowie County grand jury indicted an 18-year-old man for alleged sexual abuse of a 6-year-old boy. According to a probable cause affidavit, Corey Banks Jr. assaulted the boy multiple times while staying at the home where the…
A visiting judge from Gregg County has declared incumbent James Strain winner of the Precinct 3 Commissioner’s Court race. However, 307th District Judge Tim Womack found “incredibly disturbing” problems including more ballots in a box for a polling place than…
A Texarkana, Texas man died in a house fire in the 2000 block of Olive Street early Tuesday morning. Texarkana, Texas Fire Department was dispatched to the fire just before 4 a.m. Tuesday morning. Two houses burned in the fire.…
A Texarkana, Texas man died in a house fire in the 2000 block of Olive Street early Tuesday morning. Texarkana, Texas Fire Department was dispatched to the fire just before 4 a.m. Tuesday morning. Two houses burned in the fire.…
Today at 5 p.m. the Texarkana Arkansas police department responded to the 3500 block of Garland Avenue in reference to a shots fired call. Upon arrival the victim was located and transported for medical attention. The investigation revealed that an…
Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 391 positive COVID-19 cases, with 186 recoveries and 28 deaths. There are currently 177 active cases being traced in Bowie County. Cass County has a total 62 cases with 35 recovered…
A former correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana has been charged with violating federal bribery laws. James Thompson allegedly accepted money from inmates and brought them contraband in exchange, according to an information filed last week in…
The Arkansas State Police is searching for a murder suspect who is believed to have shot a killed a Howard County woman this morning. The state police Criminal Investigation Division is coordinating the crime scene investigation while Highway Patrol ground…
The number of COVID-19 patients in the Texarkana and surrounding region has increased significantly in the past weeks, resulting in rising hospitalizations. Like area residents, we are concerned about this trend. First, we want to assure our community we have…
A Bowie County grand jury has indicted a man for intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault in connection with a major accident in Texarkana, Texas, on May 1. Kendrick Sauls, 21, was originally charged with two counts of intoxication assault but…
