The Texas A&M University-Texarkana Eagles baseball team will open its 2016 inaugural season Friday, Jan. 29, with a double-header against Evangel University of Springfield, Missouri, beginning at 2 p.m. at George Dobson Field at Spring Lake Park in Texarkana, Texas.…
Police are investigating after a girl was stabbed during a fight at the corner of W. 24 St. and Walnut St. Wednesday afternoon. According to Texarkana, Texas Police spokesperson Shawn Vaughn, two juvenile girls were fighting and others tried to…
8:00 a.m. Wednesday | A single vehicle accident had Highway 67 down to one lane just east of Redwater Wednesday morning. According to first responders on scene the accident may have been caused by the driver having medical issues. According…
12:15 a.m. Wednesday | Hooks Volunteer Fire Department responded to a rollover accident involving a semi-truck just east of the 212 exit on westbound Interstate 30. The truck ran off the shoulder of the Interstate causing it to roll onto…
A federal judge in Texarkana sentenced several men involved in trafficking methamphetamine in the Hope, Ark., area to years-long prison terms this week. LaQuan Haynes, aka “Quan” and “Lil’ Hayes,” was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Monday by…
The woman accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Caitlin Caskey Saturday night in Little River County made her initial appearance in an Ashdown, Ark. courtroom Tuesday morning. [su_survey] 40-year-old Tracie Dierks, who has not yet been formally charged, had her…
A registered sex offender who injected teen girls with meth at his home in Texarkana, Ark., was sentenced to 25 years at a hearing in Miller County Monday morning. [su_survey] Lonnie Lee Lunsford, 31, pleaded guilty to 40 counts of…
Arkansas State Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint on Highway 70 in Hot Springs, Ark. last weekend that resulted in 29 arrests, according to Arkansas911news.com. Texarkana, Ark. Police Department provided their mobile breath alcohol testing unit for use at the request…
A retired Arkansas State Highway Police officer appeared in cuffs and shackles for a plea hearing Friday morning in a federal court in downtown Texarkana. John William Vickers, 55, of Prescott, Ark., was arrested Oct. 26 by Hempstead County authorities…
The Voluntary Protection Program, an Occupational Safety and Health Administration program, awarded its highest rating to Red River Army Depot in a ceremony Thursday, Jan. 21. Red River is the first to achieve VPP Star Status within the TACOM Life…
A winter weather advisory is in effect for portions of southwest Arkansas including Hempstead County until 8 a.m. Friday morning. According to the National Weather Service the Texarkana area will receive at most a dusting of snow overnight.
A federal judge sentenced a child molester with 20 prior felony convictions to 40 years in federal prison Thursday afternoon. [su_survey] Johnny Evans, 47, recently received a 25-year term in Hempstead County, Ark., for rape and sexual assault involving the…
A man died Thursday afternoon in a single-vehicle crash on Gun Club Rd. in Liberty Eylau. The man was driving on Gun Club Rd. when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed into a fence post. According to first responders…
Update – According to an Arkansas Fatal Crash report two people were killed in the wreck. 37 year-old Bobby Burris of Ogden, Ark. and an unnamed juvenile died from injuries received in the accident. 66 year-old Linda Hobbs is listed…
A former school bus driver accused of secretly taping his adult housemates was arraigned in Miller County Circuit Court Tuesday. Michael Giles, 58, appeared with attorney Jeff Harrelson of Texarkana at a hearing before Circuit Judge Carlton Jones and pleaded…
