AUSTIN – In conjunction with National School Bus Safety Week (Oct. 19-23), the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding drivers that it is illegal to pass any school bus that is stopped and operating a visual signal –…
Arkansas Department of Corrections has issued an alert to local law enforcement of a missing work release inmate in Texarkana. According to the alert 37-year-old Joshua Patterson was last seen around 7 a.m. at M&M Milling on Globe Ave. in…
Texarkana, Texas Police and Fire responded to Walmart on New Boston Rd. Sunday evening on reports of a man making a bomb threat. According to police the store was contacted by an unidentified person stating that there was a bomb…
A man convicted of sexual abuse in Texarkana nearly 20 years ago plead guilty last week in federal court to failing to register as a sex offender after he moved across the state line. Bobby Charles Cooks, 62, is required…
According to Miller County Sheriff’s Office records Ronald Eitel was arrested Thursday evening for a parole violation. Jail records show Eitel had an intake time of 6:56 p.m. to Miller County Jail. A 16-year-old foreign exchange student reported to authorities…
UPDATE – Eitel has been arrested for a parole violation and is currently in Miller County Jail. Read More At approximately 3:00 p.m. today Texarkana Arkansas Police Detectives assisted with the removal of a 16-year-old female foreign exchange student living…
Miller County prosecutors filed formal charges Thursday against a Tennessee woman for transporting a minor for commercial sex. Ashley Elizabeth Hatfield, 27, is facing a single count of transportation of a minor for prohibited sexual conduct. Hatfield allegedly helped the…
UPDATE – A 16 year old foreign exchange student has been removed from Eitel’s home after she alerted authorities after seeing the alert. Read more. [su_survey] The Texarkana Arkansas Police would like to inform all residents of a level 4…
Texarkana, Texas Police Detectives are charging two Texarkana, Texas men with the burglary of a home in the 500 block of King Street which led to one of them being shot by the resident. During the course of the investigation,…
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agreed Monday to halt the execution of a man scheduled to die next month for the 1997 murder of a Texarkana man. Julius Jerome Murphy was sentenced to death by a Bowie County jury…
The last of eight men charged in connection with a 2013 crackdown on drug trafficking in the Texarkana area dubbed Operation M-Pact received a 10-year federal prison sentence last week. Johnny Voneric Hunt, 42, and seven others were charged with…
Bowie County Sheriff James Prince announced today that he is seeking re-election. He will do so on the Republican Party ballot in March of 2016. Of the party switch, Prince said, “I want to be sure that in this day…
Texarkana, Texas Police are investigating a possible home invasion and shooting that occurred this afternoon in the 500 block of King Street. At approximately 1:15 p.m. today Texarkana, Texas Police responded to a shots fired call in the area of…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department reminds local businesses and individuals to use extreme caution when providing any personal information to unknown phone callers or sending money to strangers. Several area hotels were contacted by telephone on October 12, 2015 by…
A Texarkana man who was involved in trafficking large amounts of methamphetamine plead guilty in federal court Friday. Keith Everett Kelley, aka Head, appeared with Longview lawyer Greg Waldron at a hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven in the…
