Area Schools Delay Start Due to Weather
Hooks ISD will have a delayed start today Staff to report by 9 am Students to report by 10 am. Buses will run 2 hours behind. DeKalb ISD will have a delayed start at 10:00 am this morning due to…
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Two facing multiple felonies for allegedly killing 10 deer using night vision scopes
Two Bowie County men are facing multiple felony charges after allegedly harvesting ten deer at night with night vision scopes and without landowner consent. Kirk and Brandon Brooks are both facing multiple state jail felonies and misdemeanors in connection with…
Feds seek to punish accused drug dealer as repeat offender
Federal officials hope to punish a Texarkana man accused of selling methamphetamine as a repeat offender. Roderick Tyrone Thurman, 40, was indicted Wednesday for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and two counts…
Formal charges for man accused of shooting two at Waffle House
A Bowie County grand jury has indicted a local man accused of shooting two last year in the parking lot of Waffle House on State Line Avenue in Texarkana, Texas. Calvin Marshon Gardner, 30, allegedly pulled into the Waffle House…
Father charged as accomplice to capital murder in 3-year-old’s death
The father of a 3-year-old girl who was allegedly beaten to death last year by her stepmother has been charged in Miller County as an accomplice to capital murder. Everette Cawley, 24, and his wife, McKenna Belcher, 27, are both…
Two teens indicted for capital murder in home invasion shooting
Two teens have been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for allegedly kicking in the door of a family’s apartment and killing a husband and father. Daveon Demonta Woods turned 18 less than three weeks after he and Cameron…
Woman gets 20 years for manslaughter, killed boyfriend with brick
A woman who used a brick to strike her boyfriend during a physical confrontation was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week. Lamarya “Margie” Bradley, 55, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Willis Sanders, 62, before 102nd…
Man hit by car, killed while walking on I-49
A person walking down Interstate 49 was struck and killed Saturday evening. According to an Arkansas State Police Preliminary Fatal Crash Summary, an unidentified person was was walking northbound in the right lane of I-49 when they were struck by…
Jury sentences woman to 25 years for murder
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A woman who shot a man she once dated in the back of the head in May 2018 was sentenced Friday night to 25 years in prison. Tonya Ruth Barnett, 42, claimed she shot Cecil “C.J.” Ellis…
Jury sentences man to life for attack, sexual assault of adult family member
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury deliberated about 10 minutes Friday before sentencing a man to life in prison for beating and sexually assaulting an adult family member in her bedroom in July 2016. Clifton Littesam Poulton, aka “Kippie,” 45, has…
Jury finds Tonya Barnett guilty of murder in death C.J. Ellis
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury has found a woman who shot a man she was romantically involved with in her Texarkana, Texas, mobile home guilty of murder. Tonya Ruth Barnett, 42, claimed she shot Cecil “C.J.” Ellis Jr., 35, in…
Tornado Watch Issued Until 2 A.M.
A Tornado Watch has been issued for the Texarkana area until 2 a.m. Half inch hail and winds in excess of 30 mph will be possible with this storm. Texas Counties Included ANGELINA BOWIE CAMP CASS CHEROKEE FRANKLIN GREGG HARRISON…
Texarkana’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Now Open
Texarkana’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened on Friday. Red River Remedy is located at 4423 E Broad St. in Texarkana, Ark. It is located in the old Electric Cowboy building. Manager and Co-Owner Anders Peterson told TXK today that, “we…
Jury selected in case of Bowie County woman accused of fatally shooting boyfriend
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Tonya Ruth Barnett, 42, initially claimed she shot Cecil Ellis Jr., 35, in self-defense as the two struggled over her cell phone May 24, 2018. But after an autopsy report showing Ellis was shot in the back…
Woman gets 10 years in Ellis Pottery attempted robbery
A Texarkana woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday for her role in the attempted robbery of a home and garden center in November 2017. Toni Jo Works, 38, and her boyfriend, Brandon Lee Staggs, 26, were both…