Splash Pad Closing For Maintenance
The Spring Lake Park Splash Pad will be closed for maintenance on Monday, August 18th and Tuesday, August 19th, 2014 and will re-open with adjusted hours of 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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Category Around Town
[Update] Arkansas Side Businesses Seek Temporary Restraining Order To Stop Local Option
Update 2:50 P.M. – The judge has ruled denying the restraining order. [AdSense-A] Two Arkansas side liquor stores were in court Monday morning seeking a temporary restraining order to to stop a proposition to sell beer & wine in Texarkana, Texas from…
Green Texarkana to be held Saturday
Green Texarkana, a monthly recycling event, will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at East Third and Hazel Streets in Texarkana, Ark.
TC faculty member dies during hiking trip
Texarkana College expressed its sympathy Friday to the family, friends and colleagues of long-time faculty member, Dawson Johnson. Johnson was found dead yesterday evening by park rangers in Sequoia National Park after falling approximately 1,100 feet from the north summit…
Future of animal shelter looks bright
Last week, 120 animals were euthanized but only 15 were adopted from the Texarkana Animal Care and Adoption Center. A 90 percent kill-rate at the shelter is unacceptable to Arkansas City Manager Harold Boldt who just formed a Shelter Advisory…
Texarkana Arkansas Police P.R.I.D.E Academy Starts August 4th
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department has been inundated with juveniles who are committing misdemeanor offences, such as theft or simple assault, that do not result in any type of corrective programs or incarceration. Unfortunately, there are limited corrective resources and…
Texarkana Fire Fighter Surprises Girlfriend With Wedding Proposal
11:00 A.M. Wednesday | Brad Smith a firefighter for both the city of Texarkana, Texas & Wake Village Fire Department used his fellow fire fighters to help him ask his girlfriend to marry him. His girlfriend Savannah thought that we…
Construction Begins on Raising Cane’s Site
On June 1 we reported that Raising Cane’s chicken was advertising for managers for a Texarkana location. It was then reported that they would be building at St. Michael Dr. & Richmond Rd. where there is currently an Exxon gas…
Drainage project will close one lane of Jonathan Street
TEXARKANA, TEXAS— The Texarkana, Texas Streets Department will be working on a drainage project on Jonathan Road between McKnight Road and Sarah Circle that will close one lane of traffic for three to four weeks. The project, which will begin…
Storm chasing duo teams up to pursue tornadoes
Bobby McKellar became interested in storms when he was just a kid. He now chases tornadoes because as a child he witnessed firsthand the devastation a tornado can do. “The memory that haunts me to this day is one of…
Microbrewers to bring pub to downtown historic buildings
[dropcap type=”3″]T[/dropcap]wo local microbrewers are attempting to finish restoring two adjoining, historic buildings downtown in hopes to bring Pecan Point Brewing Company to life. “We hope to open by mid-September,” said John Hubbard, co-owner. Hubbard and his business partner, Bill…
Mary Wormington leaves Texarkana after 16 years of service.
Well-known Texarkana trailblazer Mary Wormington is leaving town to accept a new position. Wormington served as Chief Professional Officer of the United Way of Greater Texarkana for 16 years. “I have taken a position with United Way of Northwest Arkansas,…
David Haak Announces Candidacy for Texarkana, Ark., Mayor
Businessman David Haak has decided to run for Texarkana, Ark., Mayor. Haak will make it official, however, when he holds a press conference at 10 a.m. Monday at the Texarkana, Ark., City Hall, second floor boardroom. “I am excited to…
Pink Behind the Thin Blue Line
[dropcap type=”2″]S[/dropcap]tephanie Sprague just observed a wedding anniversary without her husband. Jason Sprague was a Texarkana, Texas, Police Officer killed last year in the line of duty. Jason, 30, died June 15, 2013, the morning after he was fatally struck…
Traffic Advisory: Morris Road under construction
Morris Lane and Robin Road remain closed to through traffic while Texarkana Texas Public Works Department continues work on a street construction project which will provide a thoroughfare from Moores Lane to Summerhill Road. According to Texarkana, Texas Design Engineer,…