A jury was selected Tuesday to decide the punishment Kendrick Sauls should receive for intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault. Sauls, 22, pleaded guilty to both crimes at a hearing in April before 5th District Judge Bill Miller. Sauls’ defense attorney,…
The DEA raided multiple Lansdell Family Clinic locations Tuesday morning. DEA agents and local authorities were spotted at the Texarkana, Ark. and De Queen locations Tuesday morning. Authorities on scene said an active investigation was underway and would provide no…
A man who allegedly offered to buy a happy meal for a 10-year-old girl in exchange for a sexual encounter has been charged in Bowie County. Eduardo Degollado Mendez, 37, has been arrested for indecency with a child by sexual…
A man who allegedly uploaded pornographic photos and videos of young children while at home, work and church appeared this week before a federal judge in Texarkana. James Thomas Tucker, a resident of Bogata in Red River County, Texas, appeared…
A Miller County inmate in custody on child sex abuse charges is accused of physically and sexually assaulting his cellmate last month. Charles Anderson, 62, allegedly knocked his cellmate unconscious, tied him to his bunk and sexually assaulted him April…
The Pleasant Grove ISD Board of Trustees approved Carla Dupree for the position of Assistant Superintendent of Schools on Tuesday, May 11 at their regular called board meeting. Dupree joins Pleasant Grove ISD with 21 years of administration experience, most…
The Pleasant Grove ISD Board of Trustees approved Matt Fry for the position of Director of Operations on Tuesday, May 11 at their regular called board meeting. Fry brings 17 years of experience in education to the position and will…
A DeKalb, Texas, woman has been indicted for two counts of sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child for alleged sexual misconduct with a teen girl. A relative of Kaylynn Nicole Garrett, 25, called…
A Texarkana man who was engaged in a standoff with police after barricading himself in his apartment with two young boys in March pleaded not guilty to multiple felonies Monday at a hearing in Bowie County district court. Andrew Justin…
A Bowie County grand jury has indicted a New Boston, Texas, man for 20 counts of possession of child pornography and for a charge of sexual performance of a child. New Boston, Texas, Police Department investigators began investigating James Wilson…
A Texarkana man has been arrested by the Wake Village Police Department for online solicitation of a minor. On Thursday, May 6 at approximately 1:00 p.m., Jason Roberts, 39, of Texarkana, Texas, was arrested in the 200 block of Redwater…
A man who intentionally rammed his car into another driver’s vehicle in January 2019 pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated assault with serious bodily injury in Bowie County. Jim Ryan Hodges, 40, is scheduled to appear before 5th District Judge Bill…
Severe weather is possible for the Texarkana area Monday evening into the overnight hours. According to the National Weather Service, very large hail, damaging thunderstorm wind gusts, isolated tornadoes and excessive heavy rainfall will all be possible on Tuesday from…
A Texarkana, Arkansas, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week in Miller County after pleading guilty to sexual assault of a child, abuse of an endangered or impaired person and abuse of a corpse. Tony Ken Hooker,…
A former Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District aide pleaded guilty Wednesday to four felonies connected to sexual misconduct with three male Texas High School students in 2019. Ashlyn Faye Bell’s sentencing trial began Wednesday before a jury of 12 women.…
