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The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning from 9 p.m. Sunday through 6 p.m. Monday for the Texarkana area. According to the watch sleet and snow accumulations as high as two inches especially north of Interstate 30…
In honor of Black History Month the Twin City Black History Association hosted a parade in downtown Texarkana Saturday. In 1926 Carter Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February…
February 20, 2015 | A Bowie County jury gave Richard Darby III a total sentence of 45 years of confinement and $10,000 fine. The jury deliberated for two hours before 102nd District Judge Bobby Lockhart read the sentence. Darby plead…
Caddo Area Council held the 2015 friends of scouting luncheon Friday February 20, 2015 at The Truman Arnold Center at Texarkana College. According to Texarkana College President and Friends of Scouting Chairman, James Henry Russell, over $151,000 was pledged before…
Friday 7:00 a.m. | A man caught stealing a camper trailer in the 500 block of county road 2308 led deputies on a pursuit Friday morning. According to the caller a man in a white pickup took their camper trailer.…
February 20, 2015 | Prosecutors told the court on Thursday that they found a recording of Richard Darby asking his father to help him escape. Darby’s father visited him Wednesday evening. Each visitation is recorded by the jail. Aaron Ragland,…
In a visit to the Red River Army Depot and Texarkana College, Congressman John Ratcliffe (R-TX) met with local community and business leaders in the Bowie County area. The Congressman’s Texarkana office followed these meetings with an open house, attended…
The National Weather Service has issued a freezing rain advisory for Bowie and Miller counties until 9 a.m. Friday morning. According to the advisory freezing rain will develop across the area early Friday morning and will continue after sunrise, but…
February 18, 2015 | The State presented evidence Wednesday from several witnesses describing the alleged crimes of Richard Darby. The day started with the State and Defense presenting opening statements. Samantha Oglesby presented the opening statements for the State of…
A man who shot his estranged wife’s boyfriend last May in Nash, Texas pleaded guilty to murder Thursday, February 5, 2015 in a Bowie County courtroom. James Austin Friend, 35, entered the guilty plea of murder for killing Larry Gray…
Galleria Oaks Drive is now open for traffic all the way through Richmond Road. The speed limit on the section between Cowhorn Creek and Richmond Road is 30 miles per hour. Police are working that section and stopped 4 cars…
The Miller County Sheriff’s Office is looking for 26 year old Andrew Wayne Bledsoe. He is 5-11, 156 lbs, Brown hair, Blue eyes, Last known address of 540 MC 23, Fouke, AR. According to the Sheriff’s Office Bledsoe is wanted…
February 17, 2015 | A jury was selected for the trial of a Bowie County man accused of five felonies on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Richard Taylor Darby III is accused of five different felonies – three counts of aggravated…
Tuesday 3:50 p.m. Texarkana, Texas Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire in the Texas High School Parking Lot. According to TISD spokesperson, Tina Veal-Gooch, around 3:50 p.m., a Texas High School student went to his vehicle in the THS…
According to court documents a local youth minister is being charged with sexual assault in the fourth degree for allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a person who is less than 16 years of age. Victoria Rose Nash, 29, was…
