Some Texarkana area schools have announced they will be closing due to weather expected with Hurricane Laura. Hurricane Laura is expected to reach the Texarkana area midday Thursday. Texas Schools Bowie County Schools say they will wait until early Thursday…
A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Texarkana area until 7 p.m. Thursday. Hurricane Laura is currently category 3 but is expected to increase to category 4 before making landfall on the Texas/Louisiana…
Miller County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged a local man with rape and sexual assault involving a young girl. Jimmy Ted Standridge, 44, allegedly sexually abused the girl beginning when she was 7 until age 10 when she was living…
Last week two men were arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor in Bowie County for allegedly attempting to arrange sex with a 15-year-old girl. An agent with the Texas Department of Public Safety posed as a 15-year-old…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury found one of three teens accused in the shooting of a Texarkana man guilty of capital murder Thursday. Daveon Woods, aka “Shoota,” was sentenced by 202nd District Judge John Tidwell to life in…
Texarkana, Texas, police arrested a third suspect last week in the Nov. 9 shooting of a local father and husband in the family’s Texarkana, Texas, apartment. Kentraile Collins Jr., 17, was arrested Aug. 13 on a charge of capital murder…
A local doctor accused of operating a pill mill in the Texarkana area is scheduled for trial in January. Lonnie Joseph Parker, 55, is scheduled to face a jury Jan. 19 in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of…
Texarkana Cinemark Theater will reopen on Friday, August 21 according to the company. Cinemark theaters have been closed since March 18 due to the Coronavirus. Masks will be required except when eating & drinking in auditoriums. According to Cinemark certain…
TEXAKANA, TX— Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 783 positive COVID-19 cases, with 323 recoveries and 51 deaths. There are currently 409 active cases being traced in Bowie County. Cass County has a total 185 cases with…
The City of New Boston, Texas, filed suit in Texarkana, Texas, federal court Tuesday against Netflix and Hulu. The complaint seeks certification as a class action lawsuit on behalf of all Texas municipalities. According to the complaint, the streaming services…
The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a Flash Flood Warning for… Columbia County in southwestern Arkansas… Hempstead County in southwestern Arkansas… Howard County in southwestern Arkansas… Lafayette County in southwestern Arkansas… Central Little River County in southwestern Arkansas……
Domtar announced today they will be permanently closing their remaining paper machine at the Ashdown, Arkansas mill. According to Domtar around 109 employees will be let go due to the closure. The machine has been idled since April 2020. The…
TEXAKANA, TX— Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 769 positive COVID-19 cases, with 308 recoveries and 40 deaths. There are currently 421 active cases being traced in Bowie County. Cass County has a total 176 cases with…
A Bowie County grand jury has indicted a woman for first-degree arson with injury in connection with a house fire in New Boston, Texas, earlier this year. Sherelle Hurd, 33, faces five to 99 years or life in prison if…
Over the weekend, the Texarkana Arkansas School District was notified that one of their students tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19). “We have not received any reports of other students or staff members experiencing illnesses with symptoms resembling those of coronavirus,”…
