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A 19-year-old Texarkana man who raped two young boys in his neighborhood was sentenced to 50 years in prison by a Miller County jury Tuesday night. Juan Perez was found guilty of four of six counts of rape involving boys…
Texarkana, Texas Police are investigating the death of an unidentified male who was discovered in a camper trailer Sunday afternoon. According to TTPD Public Information Officer Shawn Vaughn, “Officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Cedar Street at approximately…
Bowie County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Chris Allison arrested a woman with $30,000 worth of methamphetamine early Saturday morning. According to Bowie County Chief Deputy Jeff Neal Sergeant Allison was patrolling W. 7th Street near Kings Highway when he observed a 2013…
Because of an anonymous donor’s $1 million gift to the Texarkana College Foundation, the Texarkana College Board of Trustees will now consider a recommendation to accept the gift in lieu of approving the proposed tax rate increase for 2015-2016 at…
A man is in custody after leading multiple area police agencies on a chase across Texarkana Saturday afternoon. The pursuit started when a Bowie County Sheriff’s Deputy attempted to stop a car for running a stop light near College Drive…
A former Texas Department of Criminal Justice correctional officer received a 25-year prison sentence from a Bowie County jury Friday afternoon for brutally attacking his former wife in 2013. Richard Greg Turner, called Greg, was taken into custody after 102nd…
A New Boston, Texas man is in critical but stable condition in a Shreveport hospital after being shot by his wife early Friday morning. According to Bowie County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeff Neal, deputies were dispatched to the 500 block…
A Domtar employee at the Ashdown, Arkansas mill was killed in an on the job accident Friday morning. “Today Domtar is mourning the loss of one of our employees in a railcar incident at our pulp and paper mill in…
It took about an hour Thursday afternoon for a Bowie County jury to find a former Telford Unit guard guilty of brutally assaulting his former wife during a May 2013 attack that went on for hours. The jury will return…
A man is in custody after leading police on a short chase Thursday afternoon in Nash. According to Nash Police Detective Michael Sutton officers were investigating a burglary on Ashlee Blvd. when they discovered a neighbor smoking marijuana in his…
A former prison guard’s ex-wife testified Wednesday that she thought she might be killed during a 2013 assault at the hands of her ex-husband. Richard Greg Turner, called Greg by his friends, is accused of attacking his former wife at…
A jury was chosen Tuesday in Bowie County to decide the fate of a former Telford Unit prison guard accused of terrorizing his former spouse. Richard Greg Turner, called Greg, was a sergeant at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s…
A local game warden suffered minor injuries after a suspect ran over his foot while officers were attempting to stop a vehicle during a high speed chase on Richmond Road. Officers attempted to stop a vehicle allegedly involved in a residential…
A wrongful death suit filed in connection with a fatal 2013 drunk driving crash casts blame on a popular downtown Texarkana watering hole. Hopkins Icehouse bar and restaurant, the bar’s owners, and Chad Caldwell are among the defendants named in…
