The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America’s birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin…
Saturday 10:30 A.M. | liberty eylau volunteer fire department, Texas DPS, and LifeNet responded to a single car rollover accident on Highway 59 at 2516. According to first responder on scene the driver may have been suffering from a medical…
Bowie County IH 30 – At Weaver Creek Relief repairing bridge. US 59 – At FM 989 reconstructing intersection replacing asphalt pavement with concrete. Traffic restricted to one lane each direction. Expect traffic delays. FM 2240 (Moores Lane) – in…
Press Release From Texarkana Chamber TexAmericas Center Executive Director Bill Cork has been named as the sole finalist for the position of CEO/president by the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The Board is entering into employment contract negotiations with Cork,…
Three major road construction projects will be wrapping up construction in the next few weeks. Texarkana drivers have been dealing with delays on Moores Lane and Highway 59 for months now as construction crews widen the roadway. According to Marcus Sandefur,…
4:00 P.M. Thursday | Police received a call from a guest at Wyndham Suites that people were seen breaking into and stealing copper from the hotel. Five TTPD units responded and spent about an hour searching the abandoned hotel building.…
TEXARKANA, Texas–Texarkana, Texas Police arrested a pair of suspects on June 11th, 2014 at approximately 10pm for possession of Marijuana over 5 pounds but under 50 pounds. On June 11th, 2014 at approximately 9:15pm, Officer Kody Edwards performed a traffic stop, on a…
TTPD was on the way to help serve a warrant on Eric J. Phillips with the US Marshals Office. On the way to serve the warrant officers spotted the suspect on State Line and attempted to stop him in the…
The New York Times ran an article Sunday about The Affordable Healthcare Act and how the “law is altering the economic geography of the county. Arkansas accepted the Medicaid expansion but Texas did not.” From the article Arkansas accepted the…
Today is the state-wide Run-off Election for the Republican Primary candidate for Attorney General for the State of Arkansas. The Run-off election is between Leslie Rutledge and David Sterling. The Republican winner of the run-off election will take on Democrat nominee Nate…
On June 8th, Texarkana Arkansas Police Officers responded to a local gas station in reference to a theft report. It was reported to police that an individual stopped at the gas station to get fuel. After parking by a gas…
11:00 A.M. Monday | High water flowing over the road has US Highway 82 closed near Leary, TX. There was a rear end accident when a car traveling East on 82 rear ended a vehicle stopped at the high water.…
The stormy weather had 911 dispatchers receiving a high number of 911 hangup calls. I bet you didn’t know that stormy weather causes 911 hangup calls. Neither did I until I started listening to the scanner. [selfie] from 911dispatch.com Every…
TXK Today is partnering with Arkansas 911 News out of Hot Springs, Arkansas to help them with their web & marketing side. Wasn’t planning on annoucing this until we launched the new website but he just posted a story that…
