Early voting for the Texarkana, Texas Ward 6 City Council seat begins Monday and runs through January 24. Two people announced their candidacy for the Ward 6 seat. Mike Ingram and Jay Davis, both native Texarkanians, filed to appear on…
A person walking down Interstate 49 was struck and killed Saturday evening. According to an Arkansas State Police Preliminary Fatal Crash Summary, an unidentified person was was walking northbound in the right lane of I-49 when they were struck by…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A woman who shot a man she once dated in the back of the head in May 2018 was sentenced Friday night to 25 years in prison. Tonya Ruth Barnett, 42, claimed she shot Cecil “C.J.” Ellis…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury deliberated about 10 minutes Friday before sentencing a man to life in prison for beating and sexually assaulting an adult family member in her bedroom in July 2016. Clifton Littesam Poulton, aka “Kippie,” 45, has…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury has found a woman who shot a man she was romantically involved with in her Texarkana, Texas, mobile home guilty of murder. Tonya Ruth Barnett, 42, claimed she shot Cecil “C.J.” Ellis Jr., 35, in…
A Tornado Watch has been issued for the Texarkana area until 2 a.m. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Texas Counties Included ANGELINA BOWIE CAMP CASS CHEROKEE FRANKLIN GREGG HARRISON…
Texarkana’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened on Friday. Red River Remedy is located at 4423 E Broad St. in Texarkana, Ark. It is located in the old Electric Cowboy building. Manager and Co-Owner Anders Peterson told TXK today that, “we…
A Miller County jury sentenced a man who shot a woman in the face at a Texarkana, Ark., apartment complex last April to 48 years in prison Wednesday. Markelle Demetrice Davis, 20, was sentenced to 33 years for first-degree murder…
Texarkana, Texas Police arrested Kimberly Hale yesterday afternoon after she tried to pass a fake check at a bank on West 7th Street. According to police, the teller immediately recognized the account name on the check as being one that…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Tonya Ruth Barnett, 42, initially claimed she shot Cecil Ellis Jr., 35, in self-defense as the two struggled over her cell phone May 24, 2018. But after an autopsy report showing Ellis was shot in the back…
A Texarkana woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for her role in the attempted robbery of a home and garden center in November 2017. Toni Jo Works, 38, and her boyfriend, Brandon Lee Staggs, 26, were both…
Three men from Texarkana were recently arrested for aggravated robbery by Atlanta Police in Cass County Texas. According to Atlanta Police, on Monday, December 30, 2019, the Atlanta Police Department received a report of an armed robbery that had just…
Jury selection got underway Monday morning at the Miller County courthouse for a man accused of shooting a woman fatally in April during an argument in a Texarkana, Ark., apartment complex. Markelle Demetrice Davis, 20, is facing a murder charge…
Bail was set at $25,000 for a Texarkana, Ark., man accused of burglarizing a local animal shelter on multiple dates. Steven James Owens, 53, aka “Tater Bug,” appeared Friday morning for an initial court appearance on two counts of commercial…
A single vehicle crash left a Suburban upside down in the volleyball court at Bringle Lake Park Saturday morning. The vehicle was traveling along University Avenue when it left the roadway and flipped multiple times coming to rest in the…
