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Crews will begin erecting barricades and construction warning signs along Interstate 30 through Texarkana on Wednesday, Aug. 5, as a major construction project to widen the highway begins. Actual construction and some lane closures will begin later in the month,…
A 17-year-old was killed in an overnight shooting in Texarkana, Arkansas. On August 3, 2020 at 11:10 p.m. TAPD was notified of a shooting in the 2800 block of Love Creek. Officers arrived on scene to find a 17 year…
A Texarkana man was arrested earlier this month after allegedly sending messages to a woman that they should have sex and go to heaven together. Nicholas Jordan Wood, 33, allegedly began sending messages to a woman June 29 on Facebook…
Miller County Circuit Judge Carlton Jones declared a mistrial Wednesday in the case of a 74-year-old man accused of child sex abuse. A jury of six men and six women was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the case…
TEXARKANA, Texas – A 49-year-old Cass County, Texas, man has been indicted for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. Bryan Lee Simmons was indicted by a federal grand jury on March…
TEXAKANA, TX— Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 601 positive COVID-19 cases, with 262 recoveries and 37 deaths. There are currently 302 active cases being traced in Bowie County. Cass County has a total 141 cases with…
On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration announced it would award more than $273 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants. Of that $3.6 million will be going to construct a new termainal building at Texarkana Regional Airport. Texarkana Regional Airport…
Texarkana, USA (July 29, 2020) – TexAmericas Center today shared that Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), a global security and aerospace company employing more than 110,000 people worldwide, will expand operations into a building at the TexAmericas Center in support of a…
The Mighty Crab seafood restaurant will soon be opening in the Hopkins Icehouse location on Gibson Lane. Hopkins Icehouse announced last week they would soon be closing to make way for the new restaurant. In a deal brokered by Reynolds…
A Hooks, Texas, woman accused of sexually abusing a teen boy she met through work at a juvenile justice facility pleaded not guilty to three charges of sexual assault of a child in Bowie County this week. Jessica Marie Pratt,…
A woman has been charged with retaliation in Bowie County for allegedly threatening a witness during a local pastor’s trial earlier this month for child sexual abuse. Porsche Owens, 29, stepdaughter of Logan Wesley III, is accused of shouting at…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Marshals today elevated the fugitive status of an Arkansas man who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and her 4-year-old son. Jory John Worthen, 24, is now a Marshals’ 15 Most Wanted fugitive, and authorities are asking the…
TEXAKANA, TX— Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 546 positive COVID-19 cases, with 227 recoveries and 34 deaths. There are currently 286 active cases being traced in Bowie County. Cass County has a total 97 cases with…
A woman who allegedly hit a 7-year-old boy multiple times after knocking him down at a playground on the grounds of a Texarkana, Texas, apartment complex has been charged with felony injury to a child. Krystal Riley, 32, allegedly shoved…
Two women have been arrested for allegedly stealing $48,000 from two elderly women. Detective Warren Smith arrested Patricia Richardson and Rhonda Latham for Exploitation of an Elderly Person late last week. Richardson was working as a part-time caregiver to two…
