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In a press conference at the Texarkana joint operations center Friday afternoon Cass County Judge Becky Wilbanks announced there is 1 confirmed case of COVID-19 in Cass County. According to Wilbanks the case was contracted through community spread and not…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred at the Rosehill Ridge Apartments in the 1200 block of Stuckey Street Thursday afternoon. Eric Gentry, 35, of Texarkana Arkansas, died at the scene after…
Police are investigating a fatal shooting the occurred at the Rosehill Ridge Apartments Thursday afternoon. Police responded to a 911 call of a shooting at 4:17 p.m. at Rosehill Ridge on Stuckey Street. According to police the victim was pronounced…
Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson just announced new directives canceling Arkansas School until at least April 17. According to Hutchinson 62 people in Arkansas have tested positive for COVID-19. He said community spread is happening in Arkansas. State Government employees will…
Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday took sweeping action to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus across Texas, issuing an executive order that will close restaurants and schools, among other things. During a news conference at the state Capitol, Abbott…
On Wednesday, March 18 2020, Bowie County Judge Bobby Howell signed a Declaration of Local Disaster Due to the public health emergency from COVID-19. Miller County, Ark. and the city of Texarkana, Texas also issued disaster declarations. The Texas Department…
The boil water notice has been lifted for the Texarkana area. On Sunday, March 15, 2020, the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) and the Texarkana Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) required the Texarkana Water Utilities Public Water System to issue…
A Texarkana man was killed in a crash on Interstate 49 Monday night. According to an Arkansas State Police crash report, 59-year-old Wendell Craig Tittle of Texarkana, TX. was killed in the crash at the 35 mile marker of Interstate…
The entire Texarkana area and surrounding towns remain under a boil order through at least noon Tuesday due to the water outage Sunday. *The first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 in Bowie County has been identified. Last Update – 5:00…
TEXARKANA, TX- The first presumptive positive case of COVID-19 in Bowie County, TX has been identified. Presumptive positive means that the person has tested positive for the virus with a test done at the state or local level. Currently, presumptive…
Out of an abundance of caution in regards to COVID-19, Pleasant Grove ISD will be closed March 17-27, 2020 with the potential of a longer extension. Pleasant Grove ISD will finish today, Monday, March 16, as normal. All school activities…
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced that all public schools in Arkansas will be closed for on-site instruction starting Tuesday. Monday will be an optional day for school districts. All Texarkana Arkansas School District schools will be closed starting Monday,…
The City of Texarkana has issued a boil order for any water used for drinking or cooking. Nash and Wake Village have also issued a boil order. There is no need to boil water used for other purposes. According to…
UPDATE 10 a.m. – Water pressure is returning and the city is now under a boil order. Much of Texarkana is without running water Sunday morning. This includes Macedonia-Eylau Municipal Utility District, Hooks, Nash, Wake Village, Burns Red Bank. According…
A Texas man suspected of leading Texas lawmen on a high-speed pursuit across the state line ended with the man shot by a Hempstead County Deputy as he reportedly charged another deputy with a machete. At 5:23 a.m. Deputies were…
