The Arkansas State Highway Commission has approved more than $20 million in funding to applicants for Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program, and Recreational Trails Program (RTP) projects in Arkansas. The TAP is a Federal-aid program…
A Bowie County jury deliberated less than an hour Wednesday before finding a 21-year-old man guilty of robbing a local Taco Bell last year. Lamarcus Deshon Criner, 21, is scheduled to return to court this morning for the punishment phase…
TxDOT has closed the access road to the spillway off of U.S. 59 due to the large number of recent wrecks at the intersection. “We worked with the Army Corp of Engineers in deciding to close the intersection in order…
An accident involving two semi-trucks on Interstate 30 near Four State Parkway has eastbound Interstate traffic heavily congested. Two semi-trucks got in a small accident in the westbound lanes causing one truck to cross the median into the cable divider…
A man who was accused of stealing liquor from Chubby Cheeks in Texarkana has died while another man recovers from injuries following a fatal stabbing in downtown Shreveport. [su_survey] Just after 9:30 p.m. on December 7, 2015, Shreveport Police patrol…
A Bowie County jury is expected to hear opening arguments this morning at the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston, Texas in the trial of a Texarkana man accused of robbing a Taco Bell in fall 2014. Lamarcus Criner, 21,…
Two men and a woman accused of murder in the shooting death of a 24-year-old Texarkana, Ark., man appeared before a judge in Bowie County Monday. Lawyers for Brandon Eric Brown, 22, Marquell Deonte Smith, 21, and Shamari Newton, 25,…
1:15 p.m. Monday | A two vehicle accident left St. Michael drive closed and traffic being detoured onto Cowhorn Creek Monday afternoon. One person was transported by LifeNet with non life-threatening injuries. Traffic was diverted onto Cowhorn Creek until the…
8:00 a.m. Monday | Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle who fled from a major accident at Richmond Rd. and College Dr. Monday morning. According to police the driver exited the vehicle and took off running from…
A former Arkansas Highway policeman recently arrested by state authorities for threatening to kill area law enforcement officers and the U.S. President, is now facing a federal weapons charge. [su_survey] John William Vickers, 55, appeared Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge…
The motorcycle operator killed in the collision at Texas Boulevard and West 40th Street on December 3, 2015 has been identified as Carlos Henderson, 36, of Texarkana, Arkansas. [su_survey] According to police the investigators have determined that Henderson was traveling…
A former correctional officer who claims she was raped by her supervisor is suing the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. The woman alleges she was sexually harassed, sexually assaulted, raped and physically intimidated by Sgt. William Forte while on the…
4:00 p.m. Thursday | An accident involving a motorcycle on Texas Blvd. at 40th St. has left one person dead Thursday afternoon. While the investigation continues, officers have been able to determine the following. A 2006 Honda motorcycle, operated by…
Airman First Class Sawyer Spaulding, returned home to Texarkana following a 6 month deployment to Afghanistan along with a 16 month station assignment at Aviano Air Base in Italy. His first stop and surprise was to see his sisters, Texas…
A Hope, Ark., man claims he was subjected to sexual harassment, treated unfairly and fired in retaliation by his supervisor at Historic Washington State Park. Texarkana lawyer Joshua Potter filed a lawsuit in a Texarkana federal court last week for…
