TEXARKANA, TX- The City of Texarkana, Texas will invest funds into the Ground Floor Collective’s 100 Families Initiative to strengthen the build-out of the HopeHub software system for Texas-side use; a crucial technology component that will revolutionize how cities support…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A 19-count federal indictment recently unsealed in a Texarkana federal court charges three men with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and other crimes in the Texarkana area. Jarmaine Lajuane Hunt, Lee Henry Houff and Marcus Washington are charged in a…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who has allegedly terrorized a woman he previously dated for years is accused of breaking windows on her residence and car, slashing her tires and assaulting her in the months since the couple’s breakup last year. Larry…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A former Texas High School band director was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison Tuesday for soliciting sex from male students. Brandon Neil Sams, 48, previously pled guilty to coercement and enticement of a minor. On Tuesday he…
On Monday, July 15, 2024, at approximately 6:03 p.m., Texarkana Arkansas Police responded to a shooting in the 2600 block of Laurel St. Upon the officers’ arrival, they observed the victim lying on the ground. The victim was bleeding from…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana woman who falsely claimed to be a licensed private investigator is accused of attempting to get confidential information from a local school district. Bessie “Bess” Elizabeth Gamble Williams, 65, was arrested Monday by officers with the Texas…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man who shared videos of himself sexually assaulting a 3-year-old pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of the sexual exploitation of a minor to produce child pornography in Texarkana federal court. Billy Joe Truss, 33, is facing a…
TEXARKANA, Texas–Bond has been set at $100,000 for a New Boston man accused of soliciting sex from a law enforcement officer he thought was a 16-year-old girl. Keith Thomas “Tom” Kiker, 36, allegedly responded to a post on a subthread…
BOWIE COUNTY, Texas–A woman whose passenger reportedly suffered severe injuries when she crashed into a tree last month was allegedly over the legal limit for alcohol. A Texas state trooper was dispatched at about 9:45 a.m. on the morning of…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man accused of sexually abusing a young girl repeatedly beginning when she was 8 years old has been charged with the continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 in Bowie County. Jerry Lynn Jordan, 53, is allegedly…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A man accused of cooking fish and fish heads on a barbecue grill he didn’t own allegedly threatened to kill the police officer who arrested him for trespassing last week. Ronald Walker, 56, was the subject of a suspicious…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Bowie County jury on Thursday convicted a member of the Texarkana street gang Loyalty Cash Business of helping to coordinate the fatal December 2020 shooting of a fellow gang member in a murder-for-hire scheme and on Friday…
On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, at approximately 1:48 a.m., Texarkana Arkansas Police Officers were called to Neighborhood Car Wash, 1216 East Street in response to four juvenile suspects attempting to break in and vandalize the coin machines at the car…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A federal indictment unsealed last week accuses a former employee of Texarkana-based Trumble Construction Inc., doing business as RBT Construction Inc., of bilking the company of more than $260,000 in 2020 and 2021 through phony invoices. Dezmann Joseph Rice…
HOPE, Ark.–A woman arrested last week in Hope has been accused of smoking marijuana while driving erratically with a 5-year-old child in the front seat, according to court records. Dawn Bryant, 53, was allegedly observed by a director with the…
