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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.
Former Lafayette County Treasurer gets 2 Years for Embezzlement
Former Lafayette County, Ark. Treasurer Keesha Rose was sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay back $282,036.97 that she embezzled from county tax payments. On March 19, 2014, a Federal Grand Jury issued an indictment against…
Police Asking For Help IDing Women Who Allegedly Stole $60 Out of Purse
According to Texarkana, Texas Police these two women came into the McDonalds on New Boston Road with three children and ordered food at about 2:30 in the afternoon on March 15th. An employee had just gone on break and forgot…
Rollover Accident Closes Summerhill Rd. Northbound at I-30
1:45 p.m. Friday | A rollover accident in the 5100 block of Summerhill Road left northbound lanes of Summerhill closed at St. Michael Drive for around an hour Friday afternoon. Damage indicated that a Toyota Tundra turning onto Summerhill Rd. was…
Accident on Mall Drive Sends Two to the Hospital
10:00 a.m. Friday | A two vehicle accident on mall drive near the entrance of spring lake park sent two people to the hospital by LifeNet Friday morning. The accident was a few hundred yards before the spot where a rollover accident…
Rollover Accident on Mall Drive Slows Traffic
7:00 p.m. Thursday | A rollover accident on mall drive near the entrance to spring lake park had traffic moving slow Thursday evening. The accident left a car with extensive front end damage and a For Expedition on its side. According…
Texas Senate Set to Pass ‘Campus Carry’ Bill
The Texas Senate gave preliminary approval to a measure Wednesday that would permit concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons on campus. Granbury Senator Brian Birdwell authored the bill, and he argued that the right to bear arms is a…
Garland County Jail Escapee Sentenced to 32 Years in Prison on Firearms Charges in Connection With Robbery and Carjacking
Texarkana, Arkansas – Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Derrick Estell, age 35, of Hot Springs, was sentenced today on two counts of Use of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of…
Curriculum, Construction, Elections, Snow Days, and Land Purchase Approved by TISD Trustees
Texarkana Independent School District Board of Trustees talked middle school curriculum, construction, election cancellation, snow days and land purchase during their regular session on March 17, 2015. Trustees approved the competitive proposal for construction of the Sixth Grade Center at…
Texarkana Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison For Child Pornography Offense
Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that William Gauld, age 33 of Texarkana, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 180 months in prison without the possibility of parole, followed by ten years of supervised release…
Bowie County SWAT Stand-off Ends Peacefully on Kelly Road
A SWAT stand-off between a man barricaded in a room with a knife and the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team ended peacefully around 4 p.m. Wednesday. According to Bowie County Sheriff James Prince a man threatening suicide by cop…
DEA Issues Nationwide Alert on Fentanyl as Threat to Health and Public Safety
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today issued a nationwide alert about the dangers of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues Fentanyl is commonly laced in heroin, causing significant problems across the country, particularly as heroin abuse has…
Search for Missing Man Last Seen in Hope Enters Second Week
The search for a man that went missing from Gurdon, Arkansas and was possibly last seen in Hope, Arkansas is entering its second week. Wesley Livingston, 24, went missing around noon Tuesday from a work site at Georgia Pacific in…
TxDOT Aims to Save Lives, Curb Deadly Work Zone Crashes
With 146 people killed in Texas work zone crashes last year – an increase of more than 20 percent from 2013 – the Texas Department of Transportation urges drivers to slow down, pay attention and be extra cautious when driving…
3 Car Accident on Summerhill at College Drive
11:30 a.m. Tuesday | Texarkana, Texas Police and Fire Departments were quickly on scene of a three vehicle accident on Summerhill Rd. at College Drive. No life threatening injuries were suffered. The cause of the accident was still under investigation.