“Cultural Appreciation or Cultural Appropriation? A Conversation about Halloween Costumes” will be the focus of a drop-in event sponsored by the Program for Learning and Community Engagement at Texas A&M University-Texarkana on Tuesday, Oct. 18, from 12-2 p.m. in Eagle…
An Oklahoma man who transported child pornography when he moved from Ashdown, Ark., in 2013 was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday by a federal judge in Texarkana. Patrick Kellam, 43, was in court for sentencing Thursday with Texarkana…
Bowie County US 259 – At Red River north of De Kalb, constructing new bridge. FM 2253 – At IH 30 in Leary, widening overpass and approaches. Camp County None Cass County SH 77 – From FM 251 to FM…
Three education majors at Texas A&M University-Texarkana have been named 2016 recipients of the Delta Kappa Gamma Aspiring Educator Award. Haley Colbert of Texarkana, Arkansas, Leah Williamson Thomas of Texarkana, Texas, and Madison Ward of De Kalb, Texas, each received…
Dr. Drew Morton, assistant professor of Mass Communication at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, was recently honored to participate in the Towson University Department of Electronic Media and Film Visiting Artist Program in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Morton spoke to Towson students and…
The Texarkana Arts & Historic District will host a celebration on October 25, 2016 in downtown Texarkana to recognize the accomplishment of being named a Texas Cultural District. Texarkana was one of seven cities to receive this designation in 2016,…
Three Texas High School students were recognized by LifeNet on Wednesday afternoon for their heroic efforts moments after classmate, Mayten Lumpkin, suffered serious injuries in a diving accident that took place on September 17, 2016. [su_survey] The Lifesaver Award was…
Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Bobby Joe Hampton, 29, of Wilton, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 87 months and 23 days in federal prison on one count of Felon in Possession of…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana is accepting applications for its new traditional four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program that will begin next year. The traditional BSN will require 120 credit hours, including 61 credit hours in prerequisite and core coursework and…
The 2016 UofA Hope-Texarkana Outstanding Staff Award winner, Shaun Clark, was honored for his accomplishment at the Annual Arkansas Community Colleges (ACC) Conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Monday, October 10. Shaun has served as the Director of Industry Outreach…
Thursday, October 13, 2016, Texarkana, Arkansas will be presented their certification of the Prospect Readiness Education Program (PREP). This is the recognition of all the work to achieve the special recognition certifying their resources and abilities to meet economic development…
The Red River County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Silver Alert for Jimmy Dewell Cox. Cox is 82 years old, and described by authorities to be 5’11”, 190 pounds with grey hair and blue eyes. According to police he was…
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department announced the retirement of K-9 Gus today after 7 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Texarkana, Arkansas. K-9 Gus served with his partner Corporal Randy McAdams for his entire tenure with TAPD. “K-9…
Educators in Texas and Arkansas will have another learning opportunity for their students thanks to the research of three future teachers at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. Senior education majors Kristen Childress of Atlanta, Texas, Amanda Nix of Texarkana, Texas, and Stephanie…
A lawsuit filed last week alleges a Texarkana Water Utilities truck driver caused a wreck with a Texarkana, Ark., school bus in August 2015. Little Rock, Ark., attorney Jake Logan filed a complaint in Miller County Circuit Court on behalf…
