The Texarkana Arts and Historic District committee has commissioned local artist Arthur Pletcher to update the Scott Joplin mural in downtown Texarkana located on the Norton & Wood Law Firm building facing the Perot Theatre and 3rd Street on the…
ATLANTA — The Texas Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), has reopened US 59/71 at the Red River between Texarkana, TX and Ashdown, AR. The highway has been closed since Friday, June 26,…
A man accused of breaking into two houses and threatening a homeowner with a gun is expected to testify today in his trial for aggravated robbery. Delbert Dewayne Sisemore pleaded guilty to burglary of a habitation and possession of less…
Two suspects recently arrested by Mount Pleasant Police for allegedly coordinating shipments of heroin from Mexico to the Eastern seaboard have been indicted by a federal grand jury. According to Mount Pleasant Police Department 37-year-old Ivet Manrique-Banda and 22-year-old Edgar…
According to Texarkana, Texas Police Department the man pictured was allegedly involved in a theft recently at Lowe’s. Police are asking for you to call them if you recogiznie him. Contact TTPD at 903-798-3116 or CrimeStoppers at 903-793-STOP. TTPD asks…
According to Bowie County Clerk Tina Petty her office intends to issue same-sex marriage license. This comes in the wake of Friday’s historic 5-4 Supreme Court decision that States can not keep same-sex couples from marrying. According to Petty her…
Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Kevin Bolton, age 39, of Gurdon, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to one count of Kidnapping Resulting in Death. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey accepted the change of…
The Texas Department of Transportation brought its “Talk, Text, Crash” campaign to Texarkana on Monday to urge drivers to put down the phone and minimize distractions or else run the risk of crashing. Across the state in 2014, there were…
The Fourth of July is one of America’s favorite holidays. And why not? Families and friends gather to celebrate our country with food, parades, parties, picnics and fireworks. And yet there is a very dark side to this great holiday.…
Highway 71 remains closed despite the Red River cresting 5 feet below the record crest in early June. According to the National Weather Service the Red River has crested and is now on the fall in the Texarkana area. NWS forecasts…
The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for Miller and Bowie Counties. At 12:13 a strong line of storms was 6 miles SE of Prescott to near New Boston moving SE at 10 mph LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE……
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for NW Bowie County until 8:30 p.m. According to the report a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles NE of Clarksville at 7:50 p.m. moving east at 20…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the state of Arkansas and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in…
In the wake of Friday’s Supreme Court decision that renders laws limiting marriage to one man and one woman unconstitutionally invalid counties across Texas are having to prepare to issue same sex marriage licenses for the first time. The Court…
The Texas Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), has again closed US 59/71 at the Red River between Texarkana, TX and Ashdown, AR due to floodwaters over the highway north of the river.…
