Six federal indictments issued last month by a federal grand jury in Arkansas accuse six men of distributing methamphetamine. All six men were indicted June 5 but appeared for arraignment on different dates in June in Texarkana. Two of the…
A new restaurant opened this week in the location where Timothy’s was on Kings Highway in Texarkana. Benchmark American Brasserie was opened Tuesday by Jason and Becky Williams. Jason was most recently the general manager of Pecan Point Gastropub. Becky…
A Hooks, Texas man was killed in a wreck on Interstate 30 Tuesday evening. According to an Arkansas Fatal Crash Report, 54-year-old Kevin Runnels was killed in the crash. The crash happened 5:30 p.m. Tuesday evening at the 44 mile…
An Ashdown, Ark., man with a long history of drunk driving convictions has been indicted for murder in connection with a crash in February that killed two in Bowie County. Isiah Williams, 67, allegedly had a blood alcohol of .216,…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The development team for the Hotel Grim Lofts announced a new co-developer has been added to the project alongside Sari & Company. Cohen-Esrey headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas will serve as the predevelopment and design coordination authority,…
A former New Boston, Texas, Independent School District substitute teacher who worked at the middle school last fall has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for alleged misconduct with female students. Dylan Reed Simpson, 21, was indicted in…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Texarkana man received five consecutive life sentences Thursday after being found guilty of giving teen girls drugs in exchange for sex. Kenneth Dewayne Nelson, 63, was found guilty Thursday morning by a jury of five counts…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A man accused of trading drugs for sex with five teen girls who pleaded guilty to seven felonies Tuesday withdrew his pleas Wednesday and elected to let a jury decide. Kenneth Dewayne Nelson, 63, pleaded guilty Tuesday…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Javier Perez, 26, of Terrell, Texas, on Tuesday for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. At approximately 5:40 yesterday afternoon, officers were dispatched to the Texarkana Public Library, located at 600…
Sparks in the Park is happening Saturday, June 30 at the Four States Fair Grounds. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. According to police 30,000 people are estimated to attend this year. Police ask that if you plan to attend be…
A Duncanville, Texas, man accused of murder in the September 2013 death of a Hooks, Texas, woman pleaded not guilty to murder Monday at a hearing before a Bowie County district judge. Toddrick Matthews, 40, stood before 5th District Judge…
A Miller County jury sentenced a repeat offender to 37 years in prison last week. Tobey Lee McCarley, 40, was convicted of theft by receiving, possession of methamphetamine under two grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and simultaneous possession of drugs…
The Texarkana, Ark. City Board Of Directors met Saturday and voted unanimously to rename Hobo Jungle Park the Ermer Dansby Pondexter Sports Complex. This was the only item on the agenda of the meeting held at noon Saturday.
A federal grand jury in Texarkana indicted a man Thursday for allegedly possessing more than a kilogram of heroin with the intent to sell it. Armando Moya, 46, is the only defendant named in a one-count indictment accusing him of…
A man who prosecutors describe as a “serial, hands-on offender against minors” was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Wednesday for receiving child pornography. Nathan Karl Thomas, 25, pleaded guilty March 31, 2016, to two counts of receipt of…
