Tornado Warning Issued
A Tornado Warning has been issued until 10:15 a.m. for Bowie and Red River Counties. At 9:42 a confirmed tornado was located near Boxelder moving east at 50 mph. Tornado reported at Hwy 82 and cr 3210 in Annona. Penny…
Field Walsh
Field founded TXK Today in 2014 and has covered news in Texarkana for more than a decade. As owner and editor, he runs the newsroom and builds the technology behind the site, from breaking-news alerts to the daily morning digest. He also owns Square World Media, the Texarkana company behind TXK Today and Arkansas Breaking News.
North Heights evacuated after second bomb threat
North Heights Junior High School has been evacuated after receiving a second bomb threat Thursday morning. According to Texarkana, Ark. Police, 9-1-1 received a call again this morning warning that a bomb would go off in the school today. Police…
Jury convicts woman of exploiting mentally disabled man
A Bowie County jury returned a guilty verdict in less than half an hour Wednesday for a Texarkana woman who scammed a disabled man last March. [su_survey] This morning the jury of five women and seven men is scheduled to…
Police and fire respond to bomb threat at North Heights
Texarkana, Arkansas Police and Fire Departments responded to North Heights Junior High School Wednesday evening after 9-1-1 received a bomb threat. According to Texarkana, Ark. Police Department Public Information Officer Corporal Kristi Bennett, a call came into 9-1-1, from what…
Police apprehend man hanging from top of Hotel Grim
A man with his feet hanging off the top of the Hotel Grim in downtown Texarkana was apprehended by police Wednesday afternoon. According to the Texarkana, Texas Police Facebook Page, officers Aaron Wafford, Jordan Starkey, and Martin McGee climbed up…
Trial begins for woman accused of exploiting disabled man
Testimony gets underway this morning in the trial of a woman accused of exploiting a disabled man in Bowie County last year. Karen Paroline, 51, allegedly emptied Sherman Prewitt’s bank account of about $400 by using his debit card at…
Women in Business: A Tribute to Texarkana’s Triumphant Women
This is a sponsored featured story. TXK Today has compiled a list to pay tribute to the successful women of Texarkana’s community. We shift the spotlight towards women whose power in business affairs has been acquired from a combination of community…
Rep. Ratcliffe seeking paid wounded warrior fellow in Texarkana
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) is hiring a Wounded Warrior Fellow to serve as a Veterans’ Advocate and Outreach Coordinator in his Texarkana office. The Fellow will work in coordination with Rep. Ratcliffe’s full-time veterans caseworker. Last year alone, Rep. Ratcliffe’s…
TxDOT closes I-10 eastbound lanes at Texas-Louisiana border
Eastbound lanes of I-10 were closed early Wednesday at the Texas-Louisiana state line as rising floodwaters from excessive rainfall covered the interstate. Louisiana officials had halted westbound traffic earlier on Tuesday when water from the swollen Sabine River went across…
Swing Thought Golf Tour in Texarkana
The Swing Thought Golf Tour is at Northridge Country Club this week. $100,000 in prize money is up for grabs. Check it out starting Thursday morning.
Traffic accident results in arrest of city employee for DWI
The City of Texarkana, Texas has placed one employee on leave for driving while intoxicated. Christopher Wilgus, 43, was involved in a motor vehicle collision while driving a city vehicle at W. 40th Street and Rio Grande Avenue around 12:00…
Police catch group of vandals with stolen property
On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 1:00am, Texarkana Arkansas Police responded to Sugar Ridge Lane in reference to multiple calls of a suspicious vehicle traveling around the neighborhood. One of the victims advised that the front glass door had been…
Manhunt on for accused rapist who no-showed for trial this morning in Bowie County
Bowie County prosecutors and Texarkana area law enforcement are asking for the public’s help in locating Tevin “T-Will” Willis. [su_survey] Willis, 21, was scheduled to go on trial today at the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston, Texas, for…
Man accused of putting baby’s hand in boiling water pleads not guilty
A Texarkana, Texas, father accused of putting his 10-month-old daughter’s hand into boiling water pleaded not guilty Monday before a Bowie County judge. [su_survey] Christian Marquis Coleman, 38, appeared with a member of the public defender’s office for arraignment on…
Police arrest man for family violence
Texarkana, Texas Police arrested 24-year-old Brandon Martin of Texarkana, TX. after he allegedly attacked his girlfriend at Motel 6 Monday afternoon. Martin ran across Summerhill Rd. and was found by officers in the Canon Office Equipment Store. According to Texarkana, TX. Police…