NEW BOSTON, Texas–A jury of six men and six women began hearing testimony Tuesday afternoon in the case of a man accused of murder in the alleged strangulation killing of his girlfriend. Travis Alston Turner, 29, is accused of strangling…
Monjunis Italian Cafe is now open in Texarkana, Ark. The restaurant opened for business at 511 E. 51st St. on Monday, January 30. Monjunis serves traditional Italian food such as Spaghetti and Meatballs, homemade Lasagna, Shrimp Fettucine Alfredo, fresh crisp…
TEXARKANA, Texas–An Indiana man who used threats to coerce girls from Texas and Oklahoma to send him sexually exploitative images was sentenced to over two decades in prison by a federal judge in Texarkana. Russell James Ott, 35, pleaded guilty…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who used a hidden camera to secretly record a friend’s wife and two daughters in their bathroom was sentenced to 14 years behind bars as part of a plea agreement. Jarrod Wade Dee, 37, pleaded guilty to…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A veterinarian and five other staff were reportedly hurt when a man slammed his car into a surgery room at Wisdom Animal Clinic while allegedly fleeing from a Texas trooper earlier this month. Joshua Ellis Sutton, 31, is facing…
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Ark.–A former correctional officer at the Lafayette County jail was arrested last month on eight felony charges connected to the alleged sexual solicitation of a 12 to 13-year-old girl, according to court documents filed Tuesday. Gavin Everett Daniel…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – Chief Kevin Schutte announces that there will be a new look for Texarkana Texas police officers very soon. The police department provides all uniforms and equipment for the officers, including body armor, body worn cameras, and other…
Judge Tommy Potter has announced the Miller County District Court, both city and county divisions in Texarkana, Arkansas will grant amnesty beginning February 1st through April 28th, 2023. Individuals who have outstanding warrants for failure to appear, failure to obey…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana man accused of sexual misconduct with a 4-year-old girl is being held in the Bowie County jail with bond set at $200,000. Moses Ross, 25, allegedly assaulted the girl while visiting her family’s home in Texarkana, Texas,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who was shot in July by the son of an elderly woman who was allegedly shoved to the ground when she tried to break up a domestic assault is facing felony charges that a Bowie County grand…
TEXARKANA, Ark.–A judge in Miller County, Arkansas has refused to reduce the $500,000 bond set last year for a man accused of causing fatal injuries to a 2-month-old Texarkana boy and destroying related evidence after the crime. Jeffrey Allen McPherson,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–One of three men charged with capital murder in the 2019 death of a local husband and father who was killed in front of his pregnant wife is set to face a jury next month in Bowie County. Kentraile…
ASHDOWN, Ark.–A man from Wake Village, Texas, just outside Texarkana, was allegedly asleep at the wheel at an Ashdown, Arkansas, convenience store’s gas pumps when approached by police on New Year’s Eve. When a reportedly sleeping Jeremia Lin Rothmeyer, 40,…
A man who allegedly escaped from the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana on New Years Day last year pleaded not guilty the charge on Thursday. Ramon Benjamin Fernandez, 30, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge James Boone Baxter with an interpreter…
Two people are dead after an early morning single vehicle crash on State Line Ave. in Texarkana, Ark. The car was northbound when it left the roadway flipped and caught fire. The crash happened around 3 a.m. Monday morning. Both…
