An 18-year-old Nash, Texas, man is accused of sexual misconduct with four different 13 and 14-year-old girls in indictments issued this week by a Bowie County grand jury. Gary Tanner Royal, who is referred to as Tanner by his alleged…
A homeless man accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy at the public library in downtown Texarkana has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury. Library employees became concerned June 26 when they noticed a homeless man twice take…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Reginald Peoples, 35, of Texarkana Texas for Aggravated Robbery. Peoples was involved in the robbery of a business in the 1600 block of New Boston Road on Tuesday morning. Officers were…
September 6, 2018, Texarkana, TX- At today’s special called Texarkana College Board of Trustees meeting, TC President James Henry Russell announced his plans to resign from his position in January 2019 after 7 ½ years of service at the college.…
A formal charge of felony abuse of a corpse has been filed by Miller County prosecutors against a man who allegedly buried a friend’s body beneath a shed in his back yard. Chad Allen Jernigan, 41, was arrested in July…
A first-degree sexual assault charge has been filed by Miller County, Ark., prosecutors against a former Texarkana, Texas, high school teacher. Carlton James Bailey Jr., 26, allegedly admitted to sexual contact with an 18-year-old female student during an interview with…
A former volunteer softball coach pleaded guilty Monday to fourth-degree sexual assault involving a 15-year-old girl. Michael Avila, 35, appeared with Texarkana attorney John Pickett for a hearing Tuesday morning before Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson at the Miller County jail…
The application for admission to the Evening Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program at the University of Arkansas Texarkana is now open. Students can apply online at uacch.edu from September 1 to November 1, 2018. The Evening LPN program is a…
A New Boston, Texas, man facing charges of transporting and possessing child pornography pleaded not guilty before a federal judge in Texarkana this week. John Matthew Emerson, 35, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven for arraignment Tuesday in the…
On Tuesday September the 4th at 3:00 p.m. the Governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, and Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, will attend the REDI economic development announcement at the Federal Court House, located in downtown in Texarkana USA. According to…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department continues to investigate a three vehicle crash that claimed the life of Virginia Comer, 17, of Nash Texas on Wednesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the crash at 5:12 p.m. yesterday on…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Texarkana, Texas, man received both the maximum sentence and the maximum fine Wednesday for sexually abusing a young girl who lived near him in 2014 and 2015. Jimmy Lee Mathis, 64, was sentenced to life in…
A man and woman from Tennessee entered pleas of not guilty to charges of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for financial gain at a hearing Tuesday before a federal judge in Texarkana. Gloria Esperanza Sosme, 25, and Leonel Sosme-Pucheta, 28,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury of six women and six men was selected Tuesday to decide the case of a 64-year-old Texarkana man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 2014 and 2015. Testimony is scheduled to begin Wednesday…
A Texarkana man entered pleas of not guilty Monday to charges stemming from the alleged sexual abuse of two girls. Cedric “Gunsmoke” Cooley, 56, appeared with Bowie County Public Defender Clayton Haas before 202nd District Judge John Tidwell on Monday…
