Someone called 911 to report a suspicious person looking in cars in their neighborhood and it wound up solving two vehicle burglaries, a vehicle theft, and a burglary of someone’s apartment – all of which were seemingly unrelated. Officer Thomas…
A retired middle school teacher found with hundreds of images of child pornography on a computer in the church where he served as youth leader and secretary was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday. Robert Dale Barkman, 66, pleaded…
Two people are in custody for the murder of 23-year-old Phillip Lee. According to Texarkana, Ark. Police on Saturday, 22-year-old Jacquain Tyson turned himself in to police at the Bi State Justice Center. Tyson was charged with one count of…
The former assistant of State Beauty Supply accused of stealing more than $135,000 has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury. The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Denesha Douglass, 37, of Texarkana, Texas, for Theft of Property in July.…
On Thursday, February 6, 2020 at approximately 7:30 p.m., Miller County Investigator Cody Hensley, coordinating with the Texarkana, Texas Police Department, Texas Parks and Wildlife and Texarkana, Arkansas Police Departments, located and arrested 37-year-old Josh Upchurch of Miller County on…
A Fouke man is facing multiple charges after being arrested by the Bi-State Narcotics Task Force Friday. On Friday, February 7 at approximately 7:30 a.m., members of the Bi-State/8th South Judicial District Narcotics Task Force and the Miller County Sheriff’s…
Miller County parents have been charged with Manslaughter in the death of their child. On September 27, 2019 at approximately 9:15 a.m., Miller County Deputies responded to an address in rural Miller County in reference to infants needing immediate medical…
The Pleasant Grove Education Foundation awarded over $44,000 to teachers on all four campuses Friday. The money was requested in grants written by the teachers. The money was raised in partnership with local businesses and families. To give money to…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a Texarkana pastor on 18 felony counts Thursday connected to his alleged sexual abuse of three girls. Logan Wesley III, 56, was taken into custody in November for alleged misconduct with one girl who…
On Monday, February 3, 2020 Texarkana Arkansas Police were called to the 2200 block of East Street in response to reports of a person “possibly being shot in the chest.” When police officers arrived, they found one victim, 23-year-od Phillip…
Trial has been put on hold for a woman accused of beating her husband’s 3-year-old daughter to death last year. McKenna Faith Belcher, 27, is facing a possible death sentence if found guilty of capital murder in the April 2,…
On February 3, a two-month-long investigation culminated with the arrest of two subjects in Wake Village, Texas. At approximately 10:00 a.m., a search warrant was executed at a residence in the 800 block of Macarthur St. by the Wake Village…
A trial that was supposed to begin this week for a woman accused of stabbing a DeKalb, Texas, man to death in 2015 has been postponed because the defendant is sick with the flu. Shirley Ann Falkowski, 54, is charged…
A Texarkana, Ark., man was arrested recently on animal cruelty charges stemming from his alleged mistreatment of horses last May. Demarkus Antonio Wesley, 33, allegedly removed some animals from property in Texarkana, Ark., on Johnson Lane after learning that Texarkana,…
According to the National Weather Service a wintry mix is possible for the Texarkana area Wednesday night. There is also a marginal chance that the Texarkana area will see severe weather Tuesday night.
