Priority registration for the spring 2017 semester at Texas A&M University-Texarkana will open Monday, Nov. 7, and continue through Monday, Jan. 16. Students should register according to their classifications as follows: Graduate Students Nov. 7 to Jan. 16 Seniors (90+…
A citizen-driven initiative that would allow Arkansas doctors to recommend medical cannabis for sick and dying patients has been removed from the November ballot due to lack of valid signatures. If voters would have approved the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act,…
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department is investigating 3 cases in which over the counter pain reliever medication bottles and their contents have been tampered with. According to Texarkana, Ark. Police in these three cases, one bottle of Excedrin Extra Strength…
A man was killed Friday morning after being hit by a semi-truck while attempting to cross Interstate 30. It happened just before 7 a.m. around mile marker three on Interstate 30 in Texarkana, Ark. Police have yet to release a…
The Miller County Sheriff’s office is searching for 13-year-old Hailey Michelle Lafayette. She has been missing since around 9 p.m. Friday night. Hailey is 13-years-old, 5’4” tall, and weighs 180 lbs. She has brown hair with blonde highlights and blue…
A retired Arkansas Highway Police officer was sentenced to time served and three years of supervised release Friday morning by a federal judge in Texarkana. [su_survey] John William Vickers, 55, of Prescott, Ark., appeared for sentencing on a charge of…
The Arkansas Supreme Court has disqualified a measure that would have allowed three Arkansas counties to legalize gambling from the November ballot. The proposed constitutional amendment would have given three private companies rights to run casinos in Boone, Miller and…
A man who transported child pornography from Ashdown, Ark., to Broken Bow, Okla., is scheduled to appear for sentencing Thursday in a Texarkana federal court. [su_survey] Patrick Kellam, 42, admits he downloaded images of child porn which he kept while…
A man disabled in a 2013 crash in Texarkana filed a lawsuit this week against a convicted drunk driver and the bar where he was allegedly over-served. [su_survey] Tameka Pavon, 38, died after her Honda sedan was violently struck by…
Three people were extricated by Texarkana, Ark. Fire Department from a two vehicle accident on U.S. 82 Wednesday morning. [su_survey] The accident occoured on Highway 82 near Ward Rd. The accident has left highway 82 with only one lane open.…
A 51-year-old Texarkana man is facing charges in Miller County for allegedly sexually abusing two young female relatives. Michael Sweeten is currently free on a $50,000 bond. He is accused of raping and sexually assaulting two female relatives, now ages…
Two Mexican men caught with 26 kilos of pure powder cocaine while traveling through Hempstead County, Ark., recently pleaded guilty in a Texarkana federal court. Miguel Yanez-Garcia appeared Thursday before U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey with federal public defender Tiffany…
Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that James R. Cheek, age 68, formerly of Douglasville, Georgia, and Herschel J. Breig, Sr., age 68, formerly of Nixa, Missouri, appeared today before the Honorable United States…
A nurse accused of negligent homicide in the death of a 20-year-old diabetic who died July 1 in her cell at the Bi-State jail entered a not guilty plea Tuesday. Brittany Johnson, 26, stood with Texarkana attorney Jeff Harrelson in…
Today is send-off day for the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) students. “Thirty-eight LPN students have worked diligently all summer in the classroom and simulation labs and will begin clinical practice at local nursing homes and hospitals…
