Two vehicle accident blocks Richmond Rd. southbound lanes
2:45 p.m. Saturday | A two vehicle accident left southbound lanes of Richmond Rd. blocked for a short time Saturday afternoon. Unknown injuries at this time.
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Semi-truck overturns at S. State Line and Jarvis
8:00 a.m. Saturday | Texarkana, Texas Fire Department and Liberty Eylau Volunteer Fire Department responded to a rollover accident involving a tanker semi-truck Saturday morning. The semi was on the access ramp from South State Line to Jarvis Pkwy. No…
Hope police searching for Triple J robbery suspects
On August 11, 2015, at approximately 4:10am officers of the Hope Police Department responded to the 2600 block of North Hazel Street in Hope, also known as Triple J Shell Gas Station, in reference to a robbery that had just…
Juvenile captured after owner finds teens asleep in rent house
Texarkana, Texas Police arrested one juvenile Friday morning after the owner discovered two teens in her rent house in the 1400 block of Lee Street. According to the owner she was checking her rent houses Friday morning when she discovered two teens…
Harvest Regional Food Bank Receives $55,000 Walmart Foundation Grant to Support New Staff Position to Enhance Operations
Texarkana, August 13, 2015 – Harvest Regional Food Bank announced a $55,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation to fund a new position, retail store donation coordinator, for the specific purpose of working with local and national retailers to secure more…
Father of PGA pro dies of self-inflicted gunshot wound
Dad of Golfer Billy Hurley III has died of a self inflicted gunshot wound nearly a month after turning up in Texas, according to a statement from Hurley’s management company. According to Leesburg Police Willard Hurley Jr., 61, stayed the…
Semi-truck rollover accident on I-49 at I-30
A semi-truck exiting Interstate 49 onto westbound Interstate 30 turned over in the middle of the roadway Thursday afternoon. Traffic is being diverted onto the shoulder of the ramp around the accident. Interstate 30 is uneffected. The driver of…
Appellate court upholds 30-year sentence for hit-and-run death of Officer Sprague
The conviction and 30-year sentence of 23-year-old Justin Miles Sanders for the hit-and-run death of Texarkana, Texas Police Officer Jason Sprauge was upheld by an appellate court Wednesday. Sprauge was responding to a 9-1-1 call of a large disturbance at Grady T.…
Texarkana Arkansas Police Provide School Safety
The Texarkana Arkansas School District is beginning another year and Texarkana Arkansas Police Department needs everyone’s help to ensure the safety of our children. Traffic fines are doubled in school zones and officers will be conducting traffic enforcement within these…
BCSO Searching for Tasty Donuts Armed Robbery Suspect
Bowie County Sheriff’s Office Deputies are currently searching for a suspect involved in an armed robbery of Tasty Donuts in Redwater Wednesday morning. According to deputies the suspect was wearing long blue overalls and carrying a gun. A Bowie County…
Head on collision on Hwy 59
A major collision involving a car and a semi-truck left much of Highway 59 blocked Wednesday morning just south of 2516. Traffic was moving slow around the accident being diverted to the shoulder. LifeNet transported the driver of the car…
Truck crashes into shed
A truck crashed into a backyard storage shed of home after a two vehicle accident on Lake Drive Tuesday evening. The vehicle lost control for an unknown reason hitting a car and then traveling through Mt. Zion Baptist Church parking…
ERCOT system breaks 69,000 MW in hourly peak demand for first time ever
AUSTIN, TX, Aug. 10, 2015 – For the first time in this grid operator’s history, hourly demand within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) system today broke the 69,000 MW threshold, with peak demand for electricity reaching 69,783 megawatts…
John F. Moss Library Book Club to discuss “Go Set a Watchman”
Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman,” the first draft of what turned into her much-beloved “To Kill a Mockingbird,” has been released. The reviews are in, but the John F. Moss Library Book Club at Texas A&M University-Texarkana wants you…
Texarkana Business Owner Elected President of National Trade Association
Jeff Reddell, owner of PACE Glass in Texarkana, Texas, recently was elected president of the National Windshield Repair Association (NWRA). The NWRA is a not-for-profit trade association organized in 1994 to promote the legitimacy of windshield repair (rather than replacement)…