NEW BOSTON, Texas–A Texarkana man who sent hundreds of sexually oriented messages and touched female teen athletes inappropriately while giving them so-called batting lessons, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday by a Bowie County jury. Matthew Lynn Riddle,…
Because of COVID exposure in the office, the Texarkana, Arkansas District Court at the Bi-State Justice Center will be closed until January 25, 2022. All court dates scheduled during this time will be reset. The health and well-being of our…
The United States Postal Service is working to give families and households free COVID testing kits, and all you have to do is visit HERE and sign up to get yours for free. Each address can only receive 4 free…
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System is partnering with the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Kappa Xi Omega Chapter to host a free COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic on Jan. 17, as part of the Martin Luther King Day of Service. The Vaccine…
In the wake of temporary school closures in the Texarkana Area, several local restaurants and businesses are following suit. Starbucks and Chick-fil-A are among a growing list of restaurants and chains around the area that are closing their lobbies to…
Dear Texas Employers: Executive Order GA-40 provides, as a matter of Texas law, that “[n]o entity in Texas can compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by any individual, including an employee or a consumer, who objects to such vaccination for…
The Bowie County Regional Monoclonal Infusion Treatment Center received its allotment of Regeneron, yesterday. The site has been open and providing infusions on a limited basis since September23, 2021. With the receipt of its allocation, the center had 507 doses…
During the last two years of the pandemic, dealing with its effects has been difficult for families all across the US. Families have dealt with loss of income, difficulty finding work, as well as issues regarding health concerns. While every…
A new form of treating patients suffering from COVID-19, as well as those who have been exposed and who have preexisting health conditions, is coming to Texarkana in the next week according to a press release by the Join Operations…
On behalf of the Junior League of Texarkana, the Board of Directors has officially cancelled the annual Mistletoe Market set for December 3-5, 2021, at the Texarkana Arkansas Convention Center. This year would have been the 35th anniversary of our…
As many testing sites begin to close or refuse to test for asymptomatic patients, Healthcare Express Urgent Care has opened a drive-up COVID-19 testing site in the parking lot of their Wake Village location. The drive-up testing site offers Rapid…
As COVID-19 numbers are continuing to rise in our local Texarkana area, local school districts are working diligently to find substitute teachers to replace those out on COVID-19 leave. The new TEA guidelines, updated on September 2nd, encouraged districts to…
The COVID-19 Pandemic has roughly impacted students in our area, and around the world during the last two years of their education. At the beginning of the pandemic, Seniors at the time missed out on special events such as Prom,…
In the newest update from the Texas Education Agency Covid-19 Policies, Texas School Districts were given the option to “choose to require household-based close contact students to stay at home during the below stay-at-home period if they are in an…
Although the school year has just begun for students in our area, the need for substitute teachers has never been higher. In response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases impacting our local schools, districts have made applications for those…
