NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury sentenced a man to 40 years in prison Friday for attempting to rob an EZ Mart in Texarkana, Texas, at gunpoint in 2018. Craig Eugene Taylor, 23, was found guilty by the jury…
Authorities are currently searching for a missing boater on the Red River at Index Bridge. According to police radio traffic, a boat started taking on water and sank soon after launching. A passenger safely swam to shore but the other…
Texarkana, Texas Police arrested Bradley Riddle last night after an apparent road rage incident. He is charged with Unlawfully Carrying a Weapon, Deadly Conduct, and DWI-2nd. About 6:00 last night, a woman called police and said that a man had…
According to the National Weather Service the Saharan Air Layer will move over the Texarkana area through the weekend. This dust layer originated in West Africa. It can suppress rainfall amounts and also hurricanes. It also can lead to amazing…
The suspect in a Texas side shooting is in custody after a standoff with the Texarkana, Ark. Police Department SWAT team Thursday afternoon. Michael Jerome Wilkerson was wanted after he allegedly shot another man in a hotel room on N.…
TEXARKANA, TX– Governor Greg Abbott announced Monday the results of a study completed by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts at the request of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission (TMPC) analyzing the impact on the state’s economy of the various…
A DeKalb, Texas, woman charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child involving a 12-year-old girl pleaded not guilty this week in Bowie County. Chavez was arraigned Monday by 202nd District Judge John Tidwell. She is represented by Texarkana attorney…
Work has begun on a new VA Clinic that will be located on Summerhill Rd. in Texarkana. The clinic will be located next to the Social Security office on Summerhill Rd. near Moores Lane. The 21,000 foot clinic will replace…
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…
