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NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury deliberated for about five hours Thursday in the case of Toddrick Matthews, a man accused of beating and strangling his girlfriend to death in 2013. At about 9:45 p.m., 5th District Judge Bill…
Due to a water main break, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has required the City of Hooks AND Burns Red Bank Water Supply public water system to notify all customers to boil their water prior to consumption (e.g., washing…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County prosecutor described a man accused of beating and strangling his former girlfriend to death in 2013 as a maniac and a stalker in opening statements Wednesday. Toddrick Eugene Matthews, 40, is accused of murder…
Co-defendants charged with aggravated robbery in connection with the armed holdup of Ellis Pottery in Texarkana, Texas, last year entered pleas of not guilty Monday at court hearings in Bowie County. Brandon Lee Staggs, 25, and Toni Jo Works, 37,…
Two men who caused a fatal crash when they raced their cars last year along Richmond Road in Texarkana, Texas, pleaded guilty Monday at a hearing in Bowie County district court. Kalob Doyle, 26, appeared before 5th District Judge Bill…
Two men accused of trafficking heroin, fentanyl and cocaine in the Bowie County area appeared in federal court Friday. Armando Moya, 46, was first indicted last June for alleged heroin trafficking. A superseding indictment issued in November added accusations of…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department is searching for Melchor Antonio Labrada Hernandez, 23, after he shot his uncle, Antonio Labrada, 30, with a rifle at a residence in the 2300 block of Summerhill Road early Saturday morning.…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Lamarya Bradley, 54, of Texarkana Texas, for Murder. Officers were dispatched to the report of a deceased person at a residence in the 2100 block of W. 10th Street at 1:44…
Mardi Gras festivities kick of at 10 a.m. Saturday morning in downtown Texarkana. There will be three parades this year. 11 a.m. – Krewe of Barkus, Meoux and Little Rascals — pets and kids of all ages to enter-decorating wagons,…
The case of a man accused of human trafficking, possession of child pornography and sexual assault of a child has been set for jury selection in May. Robert Allen Smith, 34, pleaded not guilty to the charges in January at…
A man who buried his best friend beneath the floor of his backyard shed was sentenced to a maximum 10-year sentence and assessed a maximum $10,000 fine following a one-day, punishment-only trial at the Miller County courthouse. Chad Allen Jernigan,…
Testimony is expected to begin Tuesday morning in the trial of a Texarkana, Ark., man accused of burying a friend beneath a shed in his back yard in 2017. Chad Allen Jernigan, 42, is charged with abuse of a corpse…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested John Hanna, 45, of Wake Village for two counts of Leaving the Scene of an Accident after he turned himself in on Sunday afternoon. Officers initially stopped a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche…
An accused heroin trafficker scheduled for trial April 1 in a Texarkana federal court wants the statement he made to investigators after his arrest kept from the jury. Armando Moya, 47, of New Boston, Texas, was first indicted in June…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Braylon Chatman, Dralyn Darrough, Conner Keener, Chauncey Martin, and Christian Reid, all 19, for two counts of Aggravated Robbery and Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity. Officers were dispatched to the report…
