Texarkana, Texas Police are working a double fatality accident on South Lake Drive Tuesday evening. According to Police spokesperson Shawn Vaughn Lake Drive is closed between Caddo St. and Buchanan Rd. and will remain so for the next few hours.…
A jury of eight women and four men was selected Tuesday morning at the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston, Texas, to decide if a Texarkana man is guilty of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Jason Scott Estes, 30, faces…
A man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in 2014 was arrested Monday on a warrant for retaliation. Jason Scott Estes, 30, was taken into custody Monday when he showed for a final pretrial hearing in his sexual assault…
Bowie County Sheriff Deputies are investigating a shooting that left one person seriously wounded Sunday afternoon. The shooting happened around noon Sunday on County Road 4240. According to Authorities Barry Green went to the house of Michael Hooks and shot…
Texarkana, Texas Police are looking for an eight year old boy who run away from his home on Bell Street. His name is Freddie and he is 4′ tall/80 pounds. According to police, he was last seen this morning a…
A former major league baseball player and Pleasant Grove High School graduate was indicted last month for three counts of intoxication assault by a Cass County, Texas, grand jury. Phillip Douglas Norton, 40, was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs…
A 51-year-old Texarkana man is facing charges in Miller County for allegedly sexually abusing two young female relatives. Michael Sweeten is currently free on a $50,000 bond. He is accused of raping and sexually assaulting two female relatives, now ages…
Two Mexican men caught with 26 kilos of pure powder cocaine while traveling through Hempstead County, Ark., recently pleaded guilty in a Texarkana federal court. Miguel Yanez-Garcia appeared Thursday before U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey with federal public defender Tiffany…
Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James R. Cheek, age 68, formerly of Douglasville, Georgia, and Herschel J. Breig, Sr., age 68, formerly of Nixa, Missouri, appeared today before the Honorable United States…
A New Boston, Texas, man accused of sending pornographic photos of himself sexually assaulting a 2-year-old girl was indicted by a Bowie County grand jury last week. Joseph Leatherman, 28, allegedly emailed five sexually graphic photos of himself with a…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a Texarkana man recently for murder in the November 2015 death of a toddler. Michael Decarius Moore, 25, allegedly caused the blunt force injuries that led to the death of 2-year-old KaDerius Lamar King…
A nurse accused of negligent homicide in the death of a 20-year-old diabetic who died July 1 in her cell at the Bi-State jail entered a not guilty plea Tuesday. Brittany Johnson, 26, stood with Texarkana attorney Jeff Harrelson in…
A Texarkana woman pleaded not guilty Monday to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon Monday in a Bowie County court. Michelle Purvis, 35, was in court for arraignment Monday at a hearing before 202nd District Judge Leon Pesek Jr. Texarkana…
The parents of a 20-year-old Texarkana woman who died in the Bi-State jail this summer after a nurse allegedly refused to treat her filed a lawsuit Friday in federal court. Morgan Angerbauer’s blood sugar level was over 800 when she…
The parents of a teen boy sexually molested by the mother of a friend agree to a 25-year prison sentence Friday at a hearing in Texarkana. Kimberly Elaine Mitchell, 37, sobbed as 102nd District Judge Bobby Lockhart sentenced her to…
