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…
Trial has been rescheduled for December in the case of a man accused of killing two boys, ages 3 and 7, by intentionally crashing his truck into the van they were riding in on Jan. 13 in DeKalb, Texas. Zachary…
The Assistant Chief of Mandeville Fire Department was killed in a crash while responding to a call Tuesday night. According to an Arkansas State Police crash report, Lucas Brian Stephenson, 25-years-old from Texarkana, Ark., was pronounced deceased on scene. Stephenson…
A man who was confronted by Bowie County sheriff’s deputies for alleged shoplifting from a store in Redwater, Texas, in September was given a misdeamor theft citation and arrested for felony animal cruelty. James Lynn Taylor, 27, and a second…
Texarkana, Texas Police are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred around 1:50 p.m. on Sidney Drive near Moores Ln. Police were seen leading two people away from the scene in handcuffs. Texarkana, Texas Police say they believe this was a…
On Sunday, October 24, 2021, the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office responded to 217 Horseshoe Loop Road in reference to a shooting. The 911 caller advised that a white male suspect, later identified as Thomas Wayne Lawson Sr., had shot two…
A man accused of shooting another man outside a house in Nash, Texas, in November 2020 allegedly captured his crime on a Facebook video. Janarieo Dillihunt, 34, has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for aggravated assault with…
An officer-involved shooting at Zapata’s restaurant on Oct. 13 has been determined justified by the Prosecuting Attorney serving Miller County, Arkansas. Jayden Sledge, 20, was shot in the arm by Detective Wayne Easley of the Texarkana, Arkansas, Police Department in…
TEXARKANA, Texas – Texas A&M University-Texarkana received a $45 million capital project appropriation from the 87th Texas Legislature this week during its Third Called Session. The funding, appropriated through Senate Bill 52, will be used to construct a new academic…
Bond has been set at $250,000 for a man who was shot by a police officer in a downtown Texarkana restaurant last week. Jayden Sledge, 20, was allegedly seen breaking into an SUV parked outside Hopkins Icehouse bar and restaurant…
A Texarkana man accused of beating his girlfriend’s 11-month-old son to death has been indicted for capital murder by a Bowie County grand jury. Joshua Lowe, 28, is accused of causing the death of Javontae Neeley. The baby’s mother, Christy…
A multi-agency investigation into prostitution in Bowie County resulted in four arrests this month. Under a new change to Texas law which took effect Sept. 1, persons who offer to pay for sex may be charged with a state jail…
A Texarkana, Arkansas woman was killed in a wreck on Highway 71 Thursday afternoon. 65-year-old Rebecca French was pronounced dead on scene. According to an Arkansas State Police report, French made a left turn southbound on Highway 71 at 3rd…
A Texarkana man accused of strangling his girlfriend to death in August was indicted for murder Thursday by a Bowie County grand jury. Travis Alston Turner, 27, allegedly killed Jennifer Garrett, 29, in a residence they shared in the 6200…
