Early Friday morning, around 9:00 am, The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department was notified of an individual lying in the drainage system near the 3900 block of Jefferson Avenue. Once officers arrived on the scene, it was determined the white female…
A former Red River Army Depot who allegedly took hundreds of thousands in bribes in exchange for outside contracts pleaded not guilty before a federal judge in Texarkana on Thursday. Jimmy Scarbrough, 69, of Hooks, Texas, and three other men…
A Texarkana woman died about 6:37 p.m. Monday when the truck in which she was a passenger collided with the rear of a log truck. According to a preliminary Arkansas State Police report, Gregory Cowling, 51, of Texarkana was driving…
Over the last several months the Texarkana area has experienced a spike in violent crime. Most of these incidents involved juvenile and young adult suspects who were committing a variety of crimes including, vehicle burglaries, theft of firearms, robberies, assaults,…
A man with convictions for sex offenses in California involving a child and in Arkansas involving a 74-year-old woman is in Bowie County custody for an alleged assault on a disabled Texarkana woman last month. Everick Lovosier Monk, 59, allegedly…
A Texarkana father and his son pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 involving a young girl. David Ernest Fant, aka “Captain,” and Hayden David Fant allegedly told the girl that sexual abuse…
A man who allegedly shot his wife and shot his girlfriend in a Texarkana, Texas, apartment complex parking lot in the presence of a young child pleaded not guilty Monday to murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and child…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – A second man has been arrested in the fatal Halloween party shooting that occurred inside Octavia’s Event Center on October 30. The ongoing investigation led detectives to believe that Andre Morine, 24, of Texarkana, Arkansas, was involved…
A Bowie County jury sentenced a 21-year-old man to 8 years in prison Friday for shooting a firearm in a trailer park on a Sunday afternoon last year. Assistant District Attorney Katie Carter argued that Treace Shipp put many lives…
A Red River County, Texas, man pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of child pornography before a federal judge in Texarkana. James Thomas Tucker, 36, appeared with Assistant Federal Public Defender Kenneth Hawk before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven for a…
A Miller County, Arkansas, man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for possession of a firearm while a convicted felon. James Andrew Taylor, 55, was found guilty by a jury last week. After hearing of Taylor’s seven prior…
A Bowie County assistant district attorney announced Monday that the state will not seek a death sentence for a man charged with capital murder in the death of an 11-month-old boy. Joshua Deshaun Lowe, 28, is charged with capital murder…
Three people are dead after a house fire in Bowie County Tuesday evening. Bowie County Fire Departments were dispatched to County Road 4242 just after 7 p.m. Tuesday evening. Simms, Maud, Dekalb, and New Boston Fire Departments responded to the…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The victim who died in Saturday night’s shooting at a Halloween party inside Octavia’s Event Center has been identified as 20-year-old Javon Gooden, of Texarkana, Texas. The other victims who were also shot included both males and…
According to Texarkana, Texas Police Department at least nine people were shot and one person has died at a Halloween Party in Texarkana. The shooting occurred at Octavia’s Activity Center at Richmond Rd. and Texas Blvd. just after midnight. Police…
