A man whose two young children were seated on top of a secret compartment containing nine kilos of cocaine when he was arrested earlier this year pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Texarkana federal court. Jose Geraldo Ornelas-Pineda, 30, was arrested…
An inmate caught with various kinds of drugs while serving time at Texarkana Federal Correctional Institution last year was given an extra 27 months in federal prison at a sentencing hearing Monday in Texarkana. Marcus Dewayne Maxwell, 47, appeared for…
Texarkana, TX (07/15/19) – McAlister’s Deli® in Texarkana is trying to win $10,000 for Harvest Regional Food Bank in the 2019 Tea Town Showdown, which is a friendly competition against all McAlister’s Deli across the country to see which town…
A man accused of robbing the Venus Adult Superstore in Texarkana, Ark., in 2017 is expected to face a Miller County jury this month. Travon Mandell Peoples, 28, faces a mandatory life sentence if found guilty of aggravated robbery because…
Miller County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 1-year-old child drowned in a bathtub Tuesday evening. On Tuesday, July 9 at approximately 7:30pm, Miller County First Responders and EMS personnel were dispatched to a residence on Miller County Road 40…
A potential hurricane is predicted to bring heavy rainfall and flooding to the Texarkana area this weekend into early next week. Potential Tropical Cyclone Two is predicted to strengthen into a hurricane as it moves across the northern Gulf of…
An Arkansas Department of Correction inmate accused of killing a female correctional officer in the kitchen of the Miller County jail more than two years ago appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since being found competent by officials…
Separate federal indictments handed down in the last days of June for two men allege they were distributing methamphetamine in the area. Andre Scoggins, 48, is accused in a four-count indictment of distributing more than five grams of meth Sept.…
Texarkana native Ross Perot died July 9, 2019 at the age of 89. Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas on June 27, 1930. He ran an independent presidential campaign in 1992 and a third party campaign in 1996. Perot died…
Pleasant Grove ISD employee Matt Abston received an Air Force commendation medal in May for his meritorious service from 2011 to 2015. “Staff Sergeant C. Matthew Abston distinguished himself by meritorious service while assigned to 307th Force Support Squadron, 307th…
Texas Rangers are investigating after an inmate was found hanging in his cell at the Bi-State Jail. On July 6, 2019 Bowie County Deputies Norman Alexander and Ed Steger were dispatched to the Bi-State Jail to assist Life Net personnel.…
A federal indictment unsealed last week in Texarkana accuses a 66-year-old man of possessing and receiving pornographic images involving children under 12. Charles Donald Thompson is the only defendant named in a two-count indictment handed down June 26 in the…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested three juveniles early this morning after they crashed their stolen car at an apartment complex in the 5200 block of Summerhill Road. The three boys, ages 15 and 16, had escaped from a juvenile…
A 66-year-old man with a lengthy history of drunk driving arrests was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a single vehicle crash last year that ended the lives of two passengers. Isiah Williams used walker as…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department continues to investigate Saturday’s shooting at the Sunset Apartments, located in the 1600 block of Allen Lane. Detectives arrested Mariah Cherry, 20, Farmington, Missouri, for Aggravated Robbery on Monday afternoon at the…
