On Thursday, October 3 2024 Bowie County Deputies were notified of several dogs missing from their homes in the Simms area. One of the victim’s reported that a possible suspect resided in the area and an investigation was started. Investigator…
TEXARKANA, Ark.–Whataburger has pushed back this week on Party Factory liquor store’s bid in a state court lawsuit to reclaim land it says the fast food chain improperly built concrete pillars on, blocking a drive-thru route thirsty customers have used…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Bowie County grand jury on Thursday indicted a man accused of strangling a fellow inmate to death with a cord while serving time last year at the Barry Telford Unit in New Boston, Texas. Ivan Villalobos, 37, is…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A 19-year-old who told police last year that he murdered his mother, father, younger brother and adult sister because he thought they were cannibals, was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison plus 50 years as part of a plea…
TEXARKANA, Texas–More criminal charges have been levied against a husband and wife facing allegations that they sexually and physically abused at least six young children over a period of years. Cody Blake Barnes, 32, and his wife, Brittany Michelle Barnes,…
TEXARKANA, Ark.–A diesel mechanic shop in Texarkana, Arkansas, has agreed to pay at least a $50,000 fine for tampering with emissions control systems in diesel-powered trucks in violation of the federal Clean Air Act. The owner and president of Redemption…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–The victim of a fatal shooting last week was allegedly shot outside his father’s New Boston apartment with his own firearm by a close friend in the heat of an argument. The accused shooter, Javier Jesus Vega, 21,…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A mother and step-father accused in the beating death of a five-year-old boy last week allegedly waited nearly two hours to call 911 after finding the child wasn’t breathing, according to court records. Terry Don Robinson Jr., 35, and…
HOPE, Ark–A Michigan man who sexually abused a 14-year-old Hope girl in 2022 is being held in the Hempstead County jail following extradition from Illinois where he was recently paroled from a five-year term for aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Aaron…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A former employee of a local equipment manufacturing business was arrested Friday after allegedly making threats to harm his former co-workers. Byron Phillip Powell, 41, on Thursday allegedly told a Ledwell & Son’s employee he encountered outside the gate…
HOPE, Ark. — On Tuesday, September 17, 2024, at approximately 7:42 a.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) stopped a grey 2024 Chevrolet Trailblazer around the 28-mile marker on Interstate 30 East in Hempstead County for a traffic violation. Troopers searched the…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who was required to wear a GPS ankle monitor as a condition of his parole was arrested last week in Bowie County for allegedly cutting the device off his leg. Bobby Lee Olds, 51, who has also…
TEXARKANA, Ark–A doctor who was convicted in 2022 by a federal court jury of excessively prescribing addictive drugs to turn a profit was recently sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison. Lonnie Joseph Parker, 60, was found guilty…
On Saturday, September 14, 2024, at approximately 8:11 a.m., Officers from TTPD were dispatched to Wadley Hospital for a 2-year-old child that arrived with a gunshot wound to the leg. The juvenile’s mother was on scene with the child and…
On Wednesday, September 11, 2024, Special Agents from the Arkansas State Police (ASP) Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force arrested Alejandro Mendoza, 34, of Texarkana, Ark., for felony counts of Engaging Children in Sexually Explicit Conduct and Possessing of…
