Video of a backdraft happening at a house fire in Texarkana, Arkansas Wednesday night has been shown on news outlets around the world. The video shot by KSLA videographer Fred Gamble shows a large backdraft coming out of the attic of a house…
The monthly Texarkana, Arkansas, recycling event, Green Texarkana, will be held Saturday. The City has recycled more than 68 tons of waste so far in 2015 and is on target to meet its annual recycling goals. Staff members encourage residents…
Ribbon cutting officially opens welcome to Texarkana sign. More info at Posted by TXK Today on Friday, July 10, 2015 The Texarkana Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the Welcome to Texarkana sign along Interstate 30…
A Hooks, Texas man is facing aggravated assault charges for allegedly chasing and ramming a car after one of the driver’s friends turned down his advances at Fat Jacks early Wednesday morning. According to a report written by Texarkana, Arkansas…
According to a Facebook post by Four States Fair and Rodeo Sparks in the Park has been canceled for this evening and will not be rescheduled. Sparks in the Park has been cancelled due to weather. We want everyone to…
Texarkana remains under a flash flood warning until 3:30 p.m. Saturday evening due to widespread showers and thunderstorms in the Texarkana area. By far the heaviest rainfall was ongoing across southwest Arkansas from near ashdown to near hope and south…
UPDATE – TAPD released the following statement Monday morning. “Currently Texarkana Arkansas Detectives are working diligently to determine suspect information involving the recent homicide of Michael Scott Roberts, which occurred last Friday, July 3rd, 2015 at his residence on Garland…
Two suspects involved in shooting at a DEA agent in Little Rock late last night were arrested early Thursday morning in central Texas. Texarkana area officers were alerted by Little Rock Police a little after 1 a.m. that a suspect…
ATLANTA — The Texas Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), has reopened US 59/71 at the Red River between Texarkana, TX and Ashdown, AR. The highway has been closed since Friday, June 26,…
Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Kevin Bolton, age 39, of Gurdon, Arkansas, pleaded guilty today to one count of Kidnapping Resulting in Death. The Honorable Susan O. Hickey accepted the change of…
The Fourth of July is one of America’s favorite holidays. And why not? Families and friends gather to celebrate our country with food, parades, parties, picnics and fireworks. And yet there is a very dark side to this great holiday.…
Highway 71 remains closed despite the Red River cresting 5 feet below the record crest in early June. According to the National Weather Service the Red River has crested and is now on the fall in the Texarkana area. NWS forecasts…
The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for Miller and Bowie Counties. At 12:13 a strong line of storms was 6 miles SE of Prescott to near New Boston moving SE at 10 mph LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE……
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency announced that federal disaster aid has been made available to the state of Arkansas and ordered federal aid to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in…
An 8.52-carat white diamond was found Wednesday (June 24) by Bobbie Oskarson of Longmont, Colorado, at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park, according to park officials. Clear white and icicle shaped, this gem is the fifth largest diamond found by…
