Two Dead and Five Injured in Wreck on 259
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol two people are dead and five injured after a wreck on 259 just north of the Texas border. John Nguyen, 22, was headed north in a Scion on US 259 when he crossed over…
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.
Texarkana Texas Accident and Police Call Statistics
Texarkana, Texas Police Department recently released two images showing traffic accident and calls for service statistics for the month of October. ‘ Some interesting numbers taken from the chart. There were 3,012 service calls initiated by 911 calls and 606…
Police Searching for Two for Stealing Cell Phones
According to Texarkana, Texas Police they were involved in a theft at Kmart on Monday morning. The guy with the Chicago hat concealed a cell phone from a store display while the guy in the background served as his lookout.…
Missing Critical Person
11/15/14 UPDATE AT 1:50 PM – Rone has been located and returned home. Texarkana, Texas Police are asking for assistance in locating a man with medical issues who walked out of Wadley Hospital’s Emergency Room earlier tonight. Rone was transported…
Arkansas High Student Arrested for Gun at School
Wednesday morning, at approximately 9:10 a.m., in the Second Chance building located on the Arkansas High School grounds, a student reported that a fellow student told him that he had a gun in his possession. The student immediately wrote a note…
Sonic Summerhill Road Opening Early Next Week
Officially TXK Today has been told Sonic on Summerhill Rd. will be opening early next week. Unofficial word has them opening for business Tuesday. TXK Today first reported back in May that a Sonic was coming to this location. This…
Walmart Robbery Suspects Arrested
Texarkana, Texas Police responded to a business in the 4000 block of New Boston Road in reference to a robbery. Officers were dispatched to the business at 3:45 am on Thursday, November 13, 2014. Police were advised that a white…
Proceedings Delayed For Local Attorneys Nominations For Federal Judicial Appointment
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed the judicial nomination proceedings for local lawyer Robert Schroeder III. The Texarkana lawyer is up for the appointment for the federal judicial appointment for the Eastern District of Texas in Texarkana. The original meeting was supposed…
TAFD Responds to House Fire 2100 Block of Ash [VIDEO]
6:00 p.m. Thursday | Texarkana, Arkansas Fire Department responded to a house fire in the 2100 block of Ash Street. The fire dispatch indicated the home is a “vacant residence”. When fire fighters arrived on scene heavy smoke was coming…
Smith County Bank Officer Sentenced for Embezzling Funds
A 59-year-old Lindale, Texas woman has been sentenced to federal prison for embezzling bank funds in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Mary Jane Haxton pleaded guilty on July 18, 2014, to misapplication of…
Bowie County Sheriff’s Office Arrests Three for Methamphetamine
Just after midnight on November 11, 2014, Deputy Kenny McMillen found a vehicle parked at the nature viewing area adjacent to the Elliot’s Bluff boat ramp. Finding it suspicious that a vehicle would be parked at a nature viewing area…
Fat Jack’s Accused of Illegal Broadcast of Boxing Match
A popular area bar is being sued for broadcasting a boxing match without having permission. G & G Closed Circuit Events, LLC is suing Jack Mills owner of Fat Jacks along with Fat Jacks Oyster Bar for showing Abner Mares…
Texarkana College Board of Trustees Runoff Election for Place 5 Position, At-Large, to be held December 9, 2014
November 12, 2014, Texarkana, Texas- A special runoff election for Texarkana College’s Board of Trustees Place 5 position, at-large, will be held Tuesday, December 9, 2014. The runoff is between Kaye Ellison and Melvin Banks, who both ran on the…
FCI Texarkana Worker Accused of Sex with Prisoner
A former Prisons Case Manger at Federal Correctional Institution Texarkana is being accused of having sex with an inmate. According to a criminal information filed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Locker in the Texarkana division of the Eastern District of…
Single Vehicle Rollover Accident U.S. 82 Nash
5:00 p.m. Tuesday | Nash Police Department and LifeNet were on scene of a single vehicle rollover accident on New Boston Rd. in Nash, Texas. The car left the roadway for unknown reasons and rolled over into a ditch. The…