TEXARKANA, TEXAS – SALT LAKE CITY – DECEMBER 11, 2020 – Martha and Josh Morriss Mathematics & Engineering Elementary School announced today the school has been certified and named as a Leader in Me Lighthouse School by FranklinCovey Education. This…
On Saturday, December 5, 2020, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office responded to a local grocery store in reference to fraudulent checks being passed. During the course of the investigation, it was found that several hispanic males passed 56 fraudulent payroll…
A woman accused of killing a New Boston, Texas, woman and taking her unborn baby was indicted by a Bowie County grand jury today for capital murder and kidnapping. Taylor Rene Parker, 27, aka Taylor Morton, faces life without parole…
A man who recently finished serving time in a prison in Texas is now awaiting trial for the alleged sexual abuse of a young girl in Miller County. Steven Whitworth, 34, was convicted in Dallas County, Texas, of aggravated sexual…
On December 8th, 2020, the Texarkana Arkansas and Texas Police Departments received several 911 calls in reference to package thefts in local neighborhoods. The Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department developed information that a black male in a White Nissan Titan truck…
Two men who shot and killed a pregnant cow on County Road 2302 in September 2019 were sentenced to 10 years probation Monday and ordered to pay a rancher $5,000 in restitution. Hunter Sinyard, 22, of Texarkana, Texas, and Jedediah…
Texarkana, Texas, Dec. 7, 2020 – CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances, CHRISTUS Good Shepherd and CHRISTUS St. Michael Health Systems are preparing to receive, manage and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine internally to health care workers in the coming days and weeks.…
A ransomeware cyber attack has struck city computers causing outages across Bowie and Miller Counties. According to Bowie County 202nd District Court Judge John Tidwell, “the computers at the Courthouse and BiState have been shut down today along with other…
A Hughes Springs, Texas, man has been charged with second-degree sexual assault in Cass County for allegedly assaulting a woman who delivered a package to his house. Timothy Jan Leftwich, 59, allegedly called the woman back to his front door…
A man required to register as a sex offender because of child sex abuse convictions in Arkansas is being held in the Bowie County jail on a charge of online solicitation of a minor. Jamar Antonio “Jay Polo” Ellis, 28,…
A Little Rock man was sentenced to five years probation Monday in Bowie County, Texas, for insurance fraud involving a Utility Terrain Vehicle which had been painted purple by the time it was recovered by law enforcement. Roderick Jenkins, 39,…
Texarkana Arkansas Police Department held their annual shop with a cop event Tuesday morning. Things were a little different due to COVID-19 but over 100 kids got presents.
A former teacher’s aide with Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District pleaded not guilty Monday to three felonies in Bowie County. Ashlyn Faye Bell, 24, is charged with two counts of improper relationship between educator and student and a count of…
Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports 49 new cases since Friday, November 20, 2020 for a total of 2,540 positive COVID-19 cases, with 100 deaths. The Department of State Health Services is reporting 1,797 recoveries. Cass County added 30 new…
A freeze warning has been issued for the Texarkana area from midnight tonight until 9 a.m. Monday morning. Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 are expected. The warning encompasses portions of southeast Oklahoma, southwest Arkansas and northeast Texas. Generally speaking,…
