Pleasant Grove Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Josh Gibson has been named a recipient of the 2019 UIL Sponsor Excellence Award. The award was announced by Pleasant Grove High School Principal Todd Marshall during Pleasant Grove High School’s pep…
New sidewalks will be constructed along sections of Summerhill Road (SH 93) and Richmond Road (FM 559) in Texarkana next year according to plans approved in December by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). “Federal money through TxDOT’s Statewide Curb…
A man accused of shooting a partygoer at a party Sept. 22 at the Rancho Del Sol arena in DeKalb, Texas, has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury. Pedro Alarcon-Sepulveda, 21, allegedly fired a gun during a large…
One of two people accused of letting a woman’s remains decompose in a bedroom while they cashed her disability checks and went about their lives appeared before a Miller County judge on Tuesday. Tony Ken Hooker, 63, entered pleas of…
A federal judge in Texarkana ruled Monday that a man accused of possessing child pornography will remain in jail while his case is pending. Troy “T.J.” Dewayne Daniels, 31, was arrested for child pornography possession Nov. 25. His home on…
A 3-year-old boy was pronounced dead on scene Monday evening after the mother was struck while crossing State Line Ave. while carrying the child in her arms. The pedestrian crash happened in the 5000 block of N. State Line. According…
Texarkana’s first medical marijuana dispensary has been approved to open. According to the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission, on Monday Bloom Medicinals was approved to open. The owners have not announced an opening date. Bloom Medicinals is located at 410 Realtor…
Three people are in custody after a shooting in Nash Monday afternoon. According to Nash Police Detective Michael Sutton, Tavarius Johnson-Fisher was selling marijuana to Kamoni Mosley when Mosley allegedly took the marijuana from Johnson-Fisher at gunpoint. Tavarius Johnson-Fisher and…
UPDATE – HAUSNER HAS BEEN CAPTURED. Authorities are currently searching for an inmate that escaped from the Southwest Arkansas Community Correction Center in Texarkana. Charles Hausner escaped from the facility Monday. Hausner was in jail for possession of a controlled…
A teen who brought a stolen handgun to school the day after he threatened a former girlfriend was sentenced to 20 years in prison earlier this week. Ladarious Kashone Cardwell Forte, 18, pleaded guilty Tuesday to unlawful possession of a…
A Bowie County grand jury issued an indictment Thursday for a registered sex offender who was allegedly recorded in August by a home security camera peeping into the window of an 8-year-old boy. Harold Gene Spicer, 56, is required to…
A new Japanese restaurant is now open on State Line Ave. in Texarkana. Kyoto Teriyaki opened for business on Wednesday at 3520 N. State Line in the old Tina’s Wig World building. According to co-owner Jung Kim, Kyoto Teriyaki was…
At approximately 10:20 a.m., a loaded handgun was found on a Bowie County Transportation school bus at Pleasant Grove Middle School. A student who was loading the bus reported the firearm to the bus driver, who immediately secured the scene…
A Texarkana man was arrested last month after he allegedly shared child pornography with an undercover law enforcement officer in California. Troy Dewayne Daniels, 48, was arrested Nov. 25 and is currently being held in the Bowie County jail on…
A man who shot and killed his uncle after a physical altercation March 2 was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday following a plea of guilty to manslaughter. Melchor Labrada Hernandez, 24, pleaded guilty with the assistance of Texarkana…
