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Monday New Boston, Texas | Bowie County Commissioners court discussed switching to paying Jurors with cash payments for their service instead of checks due to recent check fraud. Bowie County Judge James Carlow said that someone ‘up north’ had made…
16 year old Paul Martin and 15 year old Betty Jo Booker were killed 74 years ago tonight at the entrance to Spring Lake Park. Although they were not the first victims of the “Phantom Killer” their attack was when…
12:00 p.m. Monday | Bowie County Sheriff’s Office and Texarkana, Texas Police were alerted this morning that an inmate had walked off from the work camp at the Federal Prison in Liberty Eylau. According to radio traffic Perez is a Hispanic…
9:45 a.m. Sunday | A car left the roadway in the 1700 block of New Boston Rd. taking out a Texarkana Urban Transit District bus stop and Wells Fargo drive-thru lane. According to radio traffic the driver may have been…
Melanie Warden and Christeena Quarles watch fireworks from the roof of their car at the closing of Saturday’s Scout-O-Rama. Ross Perot arrived by helicopter and addressed the crowd. Activities included demonstrations of Scout crafts including rope skills, outdoor cooking, fishing,…
The monthly Texarkana, Arkansas, recycling event, Green Texarkana, will be held Saturday. Paper, cardboard and plastic will be accepted and may be mixed together for single-stream recycling. Electronics, ink cartridges, plastic film such as grocery bags and small metal such…
[AdSense-A] An 80 year old home owner shot and killed a man who had entered his home and was attacking him Thursday night. According to Miller County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Wesley Penny at approximately 7:50 P.M., a home invasion was…
From April 10 to 15, 2015, law enforcement personnel will be using a combination of traditional and innovative strategies to crack down on motorists who text while driving. This effort is a part of the national U Drive. U Text.…
[AdSense-A] According to police radio traffic two people have been shot at a house on McClure Road in Miller County Arkansas. Arkansas State Police and Miller County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 6700 block of McClure Road around 8:00 p.m.…
The national weather service has issued a tornado watch for bowie and miller counties until 10 p.m. tonight. Issued by The National Weather Service Shreveport, LA Thu, Apr 9, 3:10 pm CDT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH…
THIS STORY IS FROM APRIL OF 2015 According to Texarkana, Texas Police Stacy Darrell Vaughn, 32, of Texarkana, Texas was fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire in the 2000 block of West 16th Street early Thursday morning. At approximately 8:20…
THIS POST IS FROM 2015! updated story here 8:15 a.m. Thursday | A man was shot in the chest Thursday morning on Crockett Street at 15th Street. Callers reported the man was shot in the chest by another man who…
According to the National Weather Service a cold font moving into the area during the evening hours Thursday will provide the focus for strong to severe thunderstorm development. Thunderstorms that develop will have a good potential for producing very strong…
City council Ward 4 representative Brian Matthews has killed and been killed. On a police training simulator that is. Tuesday evening the Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) invited city leaders and the press to experience a use-of-force training simulator. The…
11:30 p.m. Tuesday | A train collided with an unoccupied vehicle left on the tracks just west of Maud, Texas Tuesday night. Maud Volunteer Fire Department, Bowie County Sheriff’s Office, and Texas DPS troopers were quickly on scene where they…
