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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…
Texarkana, Texas— Judge Bobby Howell hosted a press conference today, March 13, 2020 to provide an update on the COVID 19 (Coronavirus) situation. “Today Governor Greg Abbott declared a State of Disaster in Texas, giving local communities access to federal…
Gov. Greg Abbott on Friday declared that the new coronavirus is a statewide public health disaster while adding that Texas is on the verge of being able to significantly ramp up its testing capacity. At the same time he announced…
In the wake of the continuing spread of COVID-19 and in the interest of the health of the entire Texas A&M University- Texarkana community the university has announced that all classes will be delivered online beginning Monday, March 23rd. All…
A Texarkana, Ark man is facing multiple felonies for allegedly breaking into multiple homes in Miller County. On Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at approximately 4pm, Miller County Deputies began responding to a series of 911 calls regarding residential burglaries and…
Damon Eric Lynn of New Boston, Texas, age 56, passed away on February 15, 2020. A memorial service will be held for Lynn on Saturday, March 14, 2020, at 10:00 AM in the Truman Arnold Student Center on the Texarkana…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury sentenced a Texarkana, Texas, man to 65 years in prison Wednesday for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl he met through a social media app. Calvin Delmonte Lyons III, 26, picked the girl up…
Bowie County Judge Bobby Howell facilitated a press conference today to discuss the local response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Howell said city and county officials are following state and federal guidelines in response to the Coronavirus. “Representatives from our cities…
A Texas A&M Texarkana student has tested negative for the COVID-19 (Corona) virus, according to an e-mail sent to students. It was announced yesterday that an A&M Texarkana student who may have been exposed to COVID-19 (Coronavirus) was being voluntarily…
