A jury was selected Monday to decide the fate of a 19-year-old Texarkana man accused of sexual misconduct with young boys. Juan Perez faces 25 to 40 years or life in prison if convicted of preying on 8 and 10-year-old…
A Texarkana woman accused of fatally shooting her former son-in-law may soon face formal murder charges in Bowie County. At a hearing Monday morning, members of the Bowie County District Attorney’s office told 5th District Judge Bill Miller they are…
Attorneys for a same-sex couple have notified Hood County clerk Katie Lang that they intend to sue her for refusing to issue their clients a marriage license. Attorneys for Dr. Jim Cato and Mr. Joe Stapleton, who have been together for 27 years,…
A Bowie County jury on Wednesday sentenced Delbert Dewayne Sisemore to 45 years for for breaking into a Texarkana home and threatening a woman with a gun. According to Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp Sisemore was sentenced to 45 years…
In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday that same-sex marriage is protected by the U.S. Constitution, the Texas attorney general’s office has conceded a separate legal challenge to the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. That challenge had been left…
According to Bowie County Clerk Tina Petty her office intends to issue same-sex marriage license. This comes in the wake of Friday’s historic 5-4 Supreme Court decision that States can not keep same-sex couples from marrying. According to Petty her…
The widow of a New Boston, Texas man who was electrocuted while repairing Internet lines over Interstate 30 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Vyve broadband. Paul Siler was using a bucket truck to work on a line that…
The son of a man killed by a backhoe while working on Galleria Oaks Drive is suing John Deere for wrongful death. Jose Andrade Sr., 65 of Texarkana, died February 3 when according to the complaint filed in the Texarkana…
On Wednesday April 29th 2015 approximately 8:00 p.m., Demitres D. Coleman, 40, was arrested on an indecency with a child warrant that was reported earlier this year. According to Nash Police Detective Michael Sutton during the investigation, a total of…
A former guard at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana received five-years of probation last week for having sex with an inmate. According to information presented in court, on June 1, 2014, Chares, while employed as a Bureau of Prisons…
A Texarkana woman who worked as a clerk for a local judge has been arrested for allegedly stealing fines paid to a local Judge’s office. According to Bowie County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeff Nea on April 10, 2015 Judge Steven…
Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Christian Archer and Brandon L. Waller were sentenced today to a combined total of over 25 years in federal prison for unrelated drug trafficking charges. Archer, age…
Fayetteville, Arkansas – Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced today that Matthew Smith of Little Rock, and Dr. Marc Smith of Texarkana, were honored with the Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Policy Award today at…
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – An Orange County, California Superior Court judge on Monday set bail at more than $1 million for a Texarkana man suspected of sexually assaulting a young child in her Santa Ana, California home. U.S. Marshals arrested Dustin…
El Dorado, Arkansas – Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Anthony F. Winters, age 51, of Longvalley, New Jersey, was sentenced today to 48 months in federal prison followed by three years of…
