The Transportation Security Administration announced today that it has begun verbally advising travelers who present non-compliant licenses of the upcoming REAL ID requirement and enforcement date. Beginning October 1, 2020, each traveler must present a REAL ID-compliant driver’s license, state-issued…
The Arkansas State Police has been in close contact in recent days with the Federal Bureau of Investigation attemping to identify the source of an alleged threat of gun violence at an undisclosed Arkansas school reportedly planned for later this…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury deliberated less than half an hour before sentencing an inmate with a history of murder to life in prison for assaulting a Telford Unit correctional officer in November 2016. The eight-woman, four-man jury…
A felony information filed Wednesday in a Texarkana, Texas, court charges a former treasurer of the Pleasant Grove High School Showstoppers Booster Club with wire fraud in connection with the alleged embezzlement of approximately $60,000. Nikki Diane May allegedly pocketed…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–An inmate accused of assaulting a correctional officer in November 2016 at the Barry Telford Unit in New Boston is on trial this week in Bowie County. David Robert Steiner Jr., 40, is serving time in the Texas…
UPDATE – TAMUT has received the all clear and campus is reopen. Construction crews have severed a gas line on the TAMUT campus. The campus has been evacuated to First Baptist Church on Moores Lane and is closed until further…
A Miller County circuit judge granted a defense request Tuesday for a gag order in the case of woman accused of capital murder in the death of her husband’s 3-year-old daughter. McKenna Belcher, 26, appeared with Little Rock lawyer Andrea…
On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at approximately 9:00 a.m., members of the Bi-State/8th South Narcotics Task Force, Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office, Miller County Sheriff’s Office, Lewisville Police Department and Arkansas State Police executed a search warrant at a residence located…
A man who claims he was beaten and denied medical treatment during a two-day stay at the Bi-State jail is suing the private company that manages it in a Texarkana, Texas, federal court. William Scott Jones, 41, was arrested by…
Prosecutors in Miller County recently filed formal harges of rape against two brothers, 20 and 21, accused of sexual misconduct with a younger male. Joseph Baker, 21, and Joshua Baker, 20, are each facing two counts of rape. Deputy Prosecuting…
A man who unsuccessfully tried to rob the Ellis Pottery garden store on Summerhill Road in Texarkana, Texas, last November is now accused of trying unsuccessfully to escape from the Bowie County jail. Brandon Lee Staggs, 26, was allegedly “chipping…
Texarkana’s Animal Care & Adoption Center is hoping area residents will help Clear the Shelters this Saturday, August 17th, from 11 a.m – 2 p.m. 203 Harrison St, Texarkana, Ark. Experts agree that owning a pet is one of the…
Two traffic stops resulted in two drug arrests early Thursday for a Miller County deputy. At approximately 12:19 a.m. while on routine patrol, Miller County Deputy Stephen Rhyne conducted a traffic stop on a 1997 Toyota Pickup just off of…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police arrested Bosnia Taylor, 20, of Texarkana, Arkansas, on Wednesday afternoon for several charges after she falsely reported that two children in her care were missing from the Walmart Supercenter, located at 4000 New…
A Bi-State jailer has been arrested for attempting to smuggle marijuana and tobacco into the jail. According to authorities on Tuesday Bowie County Captain Robby McCarver received a call from Texarkana Texas Police Officer Colton Johnson. Officer Johnson informed Captain…
