Correctional Officer Paula Greer and Correctional Officer Kimberly Haney both received the Valor Award at a ceremony Thursday in recognition of their quick actions during an attempted hostage situation inside the Telford Unit in New Boston this past summer. On…
Wildlife biologists are advising hunters, ranchers and rural residents in Northeast Texas of a handful of confirmed black bear sightings recently. [su_survey] At least four sightings have been documented on game trail cameras between June and late August in Bowie,…
Two local fire departments responded to Redwater Thursday morning and successfully rescued a dog that was trapped in a well under a home. Redwater Volunteer Fire Department responded along with Wake Village Fire Department where the found the dog trapped…
One person was transported by LifeNet after crashing into Sonic on New Boston Rd. Thursday morning. According to an on scene witness the car was traveling down New Boston Rd. when it lost control and crashed into an order spot…
Texarkana, Texas Fire and Police responded to a single vehicle rollover accident on Cooper Ln. at Kings Hwy. Wednesday evening. The accident happened around 7:30 p.m. The vehicle was traveling northbound on Kings Hwy. when it left the roadway in…
Texarkana, TX – A registered sex offender accused of possessing child pornography appeared in a Bowie County courtroom Monday. Adafarasun Mack, 38, appeared with Chad Crowl of the Bowie County Public Defenders Office for a pretrial hearing Monday before 5th…
A man sentenced to 20 years in prison last month for sexually assaulting the teen daughter of a friend received a five-year sentence Monday for retaliating against witnesses. Jason Scott Estes, 30, appeared with Texarkana attorney Mike Lusk on a…
Texarkana, TX – The Kansas City Southern’s Holiday Express train is returning to Texarkana this year. The Holiday Express train will be in Texarkana on December 10th from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. KCS’ Holiday Express is a six-car train…
The Miller County Sheriff’s office is searching for 13-year-old Hailey Michelle Lafayette. She has been missing since around 9 p.m. Friday night. Hailey is 13-years-old, 5’4” tall, and weighs 180 lbs. She has brown hair with blonde highlights and blue…
A retired Arkansas Highway Police officer was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release Friday morning by a federal judge in Texarkana. [su_survey] John William Vickers, 55, of Prescott, Ark., appeared for sentencing on a charge of…
A former officer with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers chapter 386 in Texarkana was sentenced to five years probation Thursday for embezzlement. [su_survey] Clinton Humphrey, 43, a lineman with American Electric Power, was paid to serve as the local…
According to DPS troopers a man ran from them Thursday so that he would have a place to stay tonight. [su_survey] The chase started around noon on the loop in Texarkana, when a trooper attempted to stop the man for…
The Arkansas Supreme Court has disqualified a measure that would have allowed three Arkansas counties to legalize gambling from the November ballot. The proposed constitutional amendment would have given three private companies rights to run casinos in Boone, Miller and…
A man who was arrested after fighting with police responding to a domestic disturbance call in February 2014 was sentenced to federal prison time Wednesday by a federal judge in Texarkana. [su_survey] Bobby Joe Hampton, 29, appeared before U.S. District…
On Monday at 5:13 p.m., Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers responded to a crash on US-259, approximately a quarter mile west of DeKalb. The preliminary crash investigation indicates that a 1992 Isuzu 300 was traveling north on US-259, waiting…
