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The Bowie County Sheriff’s Office has been informed that workers for the 2020 census will be actively working in Bowie County from now through July 31, 2020. Currently, census workers will be out verifying addresses only. This means you may…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–An inmate accused of assaulting a correctional officer in November 2016 at the Barry Telford Unit in New Boston is on trial this week in Bowie County. David Robert Steiner Jr., 40, is serving time in the Texas…
NACOGDOCHES, TX (August 21,2019). On August 20th, 2019 around 12:30 p.m. an Officer with the Nacogdoches Police Department K9 Unit conducted a traffic stop in the 4500 block of NW Stallings Dr. The passenger in the vehicle ran from the…
UPDATE – TAMUT has received the all clear and campus is reopen. Construction crews have severed a gas line on the TAMUT campus. The campus has been evacuated to First Baptist Church on Moores Lane and is closed until further…
A Miller County circuit judge granted a defense request Tuesday for a gag order in the case of woman accused of capital murder in the death of her husband’s 3-year-old daughter. McKenna Belcher, 26, appeared with Little Rock lawyer Andrea…
A man who claims he was beaten and denied medical treatment during a two-day stay at the Bi-State jail is suing the private company that manages it in a Texarkana, Texas, federal court. William Scott Jones, 41, was arrested by…
Prosecutors in Miller County recently filed formal harges of rape against two brothers, 20 and 21, accused of sexual misconduct with a younger male. Joseph Baker, 21, and Joshua Baker, 20, are each facing two counts of rape. Deputy Prosecuting…
A man who unsuccessfully tried to rob the Ellis Pottery garden store on Summerhill Road in Texarkana, Texas, last November is now accused of trying unsuccessfully to escape from the Bowie County jail. Brandon Lee Staggs, 26, was allegedly “chipping…
A Bi-State jailer has been arrested for attempting to smuggle marijuana and tobacco into the jail. According to authorities on Tuesday Bowie County Captain Robby McCarver received a call from Texarkana Texas Police Officer Colton Johnson. Officer Johnson informed Captain…
For the second time, a Miller County jury has found Marvin Arrell Stanton guilty of murder and sentenced him to life plus 15 years in the Sept. 25, 2015, death of Jesse Hamilton. Hamilton, 22, was parked at the Raceway…
On Tuesday, August 13 Bowie County Deputy Ed Steger and Investigator Dustin Thompson worked with a local resident and arranged for Jessica Stotts to deliver three and one-half ounces of methamphetamine to a residence. Deputy Steger and Investigator Thompson waited…
A man who repeatedly stabbed an EZ Mart clerk with a screwdriver during a robbery received 45 years in prison Monday. Oral Sonny Shorter Jr., 20, attacked the clerk Oct. 20 as she was walking out of a freezer at…
For the third time, a jury was chosen to decide the case of a man facing a murder charge in Miller County for allegedly shooting another over a dispute concerning a parking spot. Marvin Arrell Stanton, 53, was 48 when…
A woman and her dog died in a house fire in Texarkana, Texas Sunday afternoon. The fire happened around 12:30 p.m. in the upstairs apartment of a unit in the 600 block of Belt Road. Firefighters found the unresponsive woman…
A teen accused of attacking a mother and holding a gun to her toddler’s head has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for aggravated robbery and aggravated kidnapping. Xavier Lavar French, 18, is accused of pistol whipping a…
