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Vero’s Latinos Store is part Grocery store, butcher shop, and taqueria, pioneering authentic Mexican food in an area that sorely needed variety, accessibility, and most of all, flavor. The owners, a family of three sisters, have offered the freshest, made-to-order…
A woman accused of traveling from Queen City, Texas, to Texarkana with two 12-year-old boys in the trunk of her car pleaded not guilty to child endangerment charges Monday afternoon at a hearing in Bowie County. Camille Marie Hancock, 37,…
Built in the late 1920’s along the “Rock & Roll Highway 67”, the Texarkana, Arkansas, Municipal Auditorium became popular in the 1940’s and 1950’s when it served as a primary stop for artists travelling from Tennessee down through Texas on…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: The mother of a 4-year-old who died in March of blunt force head trauma was in court Friday morning for a bond reduction hearing at the Bowie County courthouse in New Boston. At the end of the…
Texarkana, Ark. Police are investigating after discovering a body buried in the backyard of a home on Union Rd. in Texarkana, Ark. Although the identity of the deceased has not yet been confirmed by DNA or dental records, Police believe…
Everyone knows of the quiet, mindful observer who is the epitome of a shy introvert. Maybe a little nerdy and definitely unique, these are the people to “watch” for, the ones who are setting their next goal, or in Matt…
A Bowie County grand jury last week indicted a man accused of stabbing another outside of a downtown Texarkana non-profit center in April. Texarkana, Texas, police were called April 22 to the Randy Sam’s homeless shelter regarding a person who…
A 17-year-old is being charged as an adult in Miller County for the alleged sexual abuse of a 6-year-old girl. Dequintis Lamar Bailey is facing a minimum of 25 years on each of four counts of rape involving a girl…
A Nash, Texas, woman indicted Friday by a Bowie County grand jury on charges of child endangerment allegedly was driving with two 12-year-old boys in the trunk of her car when she was pulled over in April. Camille Marie Hancock,…
Texarkana Soccer Club’s TSC girls soccer team played at the USA Cup, an international soccer tournament, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There were over 16,000 players who competed in the event. The TSC, Texarkana’s twelve and thirteen year-old-girls, won their brackets…
A former Trinity Christian School teacher who filmed boys in school restrooms without their knowledge was sentenced to four years in prison Monday as part of a plea bargain. Shane Samuel Jones, 31, pleaded guilty Monday to felony charges of…
Every community has a closet full of skeletons. For Texarkana, it’s the unsolved Moonlight Murders, a series of slayings committed by the Phantom Killer during the spring of 1946. In lieu of shying away from the macabre tales, local artist,…
A Miller County man accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old is facing multiple felony charges. Drew Curtis Bynum, 27, is charged with sexual assault and three counts of rape for alleged wrongdoing from March until June with the daughter of…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A DeKalb, Texas, man who pointed a gun at firefighters, shot two deputies, injured a third deputy and survived being shot himself, received a 50-year sentence Thursday as part of a plea agreement. Bryan Lee Batchelor, 49,…
A Magnolia, Ark., man who caused more than $1,000 in damages April 30 to a new visitor’s center on Highway 71 must pay restitution to the department of transportation as a condition of his five-year probation. Dustin Wade Otwell, 37,…
