Lando Winter, 16, came to the U.S. in August of 2021 from Germany, through an exchange student program through FLAG International (Foreign Links Around the World). His exchange family includes Julie Hawkins of Maud ISD, her husband, and three sons.…
Local Boy Scout Troop 16 finished their Eagle Scout Project yesterday at the Official Opening of the new inclusive playground. The new addition to Spring Lake Park was built as an Eagle Scout Project by 5 Scout Troop 16 members,…
St. James Science Olympiad team was invited to the state tournament in College Station, Texas. Their team went up against teams from schools that would be in the 6A+ category for size in Texas! St. James received 11th overall for…
Join the Caddo Area Council this Saturday, April 30th at Spring Lake Park for their Scout-O-Rama community event! The event is free for all guests! Visitors can expect an incredible day filled with tons of events and tons of fun.…
Leadership Texarkana celebrated local excellence in community leadership at their annual Lunch with Leaders at Texarkana, TX Convention Center on April 19th, with the awarding of the organization’s Leader Of The Year Award, as well as honoring community leaders through…
Harvest Regional Food Bank will host its Annual Drive Out Hunger Golf Tournament Fundraiser, Monday, May 16th at Northridge Country Club in Texarkana. Participants will enjoy a day of fun on the green to help fight food insecurity in Southwest…
East Texas Giving Day kicks off at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26th with 24 participating Bowie and Miller County nonprofits hoping to benefit from the generosity of donors from across the tri-state region. East Texas Giving Day, powered by…
We are one week away from the Texarkana Farmers’ Market Season Opening! This year the Farmers’ Market will be located at the U.S. Federal Courthouse and Post Office at 500 N State Line Avenue. The Summer 2022 Season starts next…
The City of Texarkana is asking for public input by way of a new survey that has been created by the team responsible for conducting the process of the comprehensive plan. The feedback of this survey is essential in getting…
The Texarkana Arkansas School District is currently accepting applications for a new athletic director/head football coach. Coach Barry Norton recently resigned his position after serving in the role since January 19, 2017. “I have enjoyed leading the Arkansas High Razorback…
This month, guests at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park are invited to celebrate the park’s golden anniversary on April 22 and 23. At 4 p.m. on Friday, April 22, retired Executive Director of Parks and Tourism Richard Davies and…
“East bound and down, loaded up and truckin’, A-we gonna do what they say can’t be done.” It’s not likely anyone has grown up in the South and not heard of Smokey and the Bandit before, or better yet can read…
Miller County Red Dirt Master Gardners will be hosting a plant sale on April 23rd, beginning at 7:30AM at the Four States Fairgrounds Home Arts Building. “As horticultural trained volunteers, Master Gardeners extend re search-based information through demonstration and educational…
1st Choice Pregnancy Resource Center will hold its annual Walk for Life on Saturday, May 7th at Spring Lake Park. This is one of two major fundraisers the organization holds each year. The fundraising goal for this year’s Walk is…
As history tells it, the Bowie knife was created in the wake of a melee that broke out after a duel on a Mississippi River sandbar just above Natchez, Mississippi, on September 19, 1827. There, a man named James Bowie…
