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Early Friday morning, on December 14th, 2018, TAPD Officers Richard Conkleton and Dylan McCrary were traveling from Texarkana to the Law Enforcement Training Academy (ALETA) in Camden, Arkansas, for graduation after 13 weeks of training. On their journey, at 6:30…
A man accused of killing his girlfriend in a Hooks, Texas, residence in 2013 was scheduled for a March jury trial at a pretrial hearing Friday. Toddrick Eugene Matthews, 40, is accused in the Sept. 9, 2013, death of Sonjah…
A Texarkana woman died Saturday morning from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash on Realtor Road. Kayla Michelle Morton, 24 of Texarkana, Ark., was pronounced dead a St. Michael hospital. According to the Arkansas Fatal Crash Report Morton was eastbound…
Texarkana’s newest restaurant Tacos 4 Life opens for business Friday. For every taco, quesadilla, salad or rice bowl sold, 22 cents is donated to Feed My Starving Children. “They have produced a scientifically developed rice pack designed to meet the…
A Bowie County grand jury indicted a 19-year-old man Thursday for aggravated robbery and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Oral Shorter Jr. allegedly attacked the clerk Oct. 20 as she was walking out of a freezer at EZ Mart…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury handed down a life sentence Wednesday for a man who started a fight at a party and later went to a man’s home and shot him. Takyme Devon James, 41, was asked to…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Testimony is underway in the trial of a Texarkana, Texas, man accused of fatally shooting another to death after an earlier altercation at a football watching party. Takyme Devon James, 41, was angry at Tony Sanders, 51,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday morning in New Boston at the Bowie County courthouse for a man accused of ending a fight over a football game with a gun. Takyme James, 40, was arrested a…
Newk’s Eatery newest location is now open in Texarkana, Texas. The Texarkana location of Newk’s Eatery opened for business 10:30 a.m. Monday at 3001 Mall Drive. Newk’s is a chain of fast casual cafés which operates over 100 restaurants in…
A Miller County jury of six men and six women sentenced a man to life in prison plus 20 years Friday for sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl in 2004 and 2005. Gerald Herbert Lowery, 58, was sentenced by the jury…
First Assembly of God Church located at 3401 W. 7th Street will host their annual Drive-thru Live Nativity on Friday, December 7 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and Saturday, December 8 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. We are…
The Wake Village Police Department has learned the injured individual from Monday morning’s pursuit/crash, 20-year-old De’andre Jackson has passed away from injuries sustained in the crash. Jackson’s body has been sent to Dallas for Autopsy. The original charge against Deontrae…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury handed down a life sentence and a maximum $10,000 fine for a man who estimated he assaulted a friend’s daughter 50 to 60 times while she was 10 and 11 years old. Tonny…
A man accused of photographing himself and posting online photos of himself sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl is in federal custody. Aaron Lloyd Mitchell, 21, appeared before a federal judge in Texarkana on Friday for a detention hearing. At the…
Two people are in a local hospital after crashing while attempting to evade police in a pursuit. At around 2:30 a.m., Monday December 3, 2018, Wake Village patrol officer Jeremy Johnson was patrolling the north side of Wake Village in…
