Fat Jack’s Oyster Bar Founder Jack Mills Dies
Jack Mills, 70, founder of Fat Jack’s Oyster Bar died Thursday morning. Jack was battling cancer. Fat Jack’s Oyster Bar and Grill has been a Texarkana institution for nearly 30 years.
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Police Looking for Alleged Credit Card Thief
The Nashville, Ark. Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect in a theft that occurred on December 15th. According to police investigator Larry Marion credit cards were stolen from a vehicle in Nashville and used…
Summerhill Road Walmart Neighborhood Market Opening January 21
The new Walmart Neighborhood Market on the corner of Summerhill Rd. and College Dr. will be opening January 21 at 7:30 a.m. A banner announcing the opening date was hung on the wall of the new Walmart this evening. The…
Temperature to Drop Well Below Freezing | Hard Freeze Warning Issued
The National Weather Service in Shreveport, La. has issued a hard freeze warning for Bowie and Miller counties. According to the weather service arctic high pressure will build south into our region today which will result in gusty northerly winds.…
Major Accident on Highway 59 at 2148
A car and an empty log truck were involved in an motor vehicle accident on U.S. Highway 59 and 2148 Tuesday afternoon that sent two people to the hospital. Liberty Eylau Volunteer Fire Department responded to the accident with Wake…
Woman Sues Hopkins Ice House and Local Teen
Local bar, Hopkins Icehouse, and a teen were named in a lawsuit filed in Miller County, Arkansas last month. Lawyers Hawley Holman and David Carter filed the suit on behalf of Serena Lindsey. Lindsey alleges she was struck in the…
Ruth Penney-Bell Sworn In As Texarkana, Arkansas Mayor
Ruth Penney-Bell was sworn in as the new mayor of Texarkana, Arkansas during Monday nights board meeting. Penney-Bell won the November election for Texarkana, Arkansas mayor and is taking over from Mayor Wayne Smith. Smith opened the meeting but soon…
Structure Fire on 34th and Olive Street
Texarkana, Texas Fire Department responded to a garage on fire at a house in the 3400 block of Olive Street. Heavy smoke was coming from the detached garage when fire trucks arrived on scene. The fire department had the fire…
Second Defendant Pleads Guilty in Red River Conspiracy Case
According to a notice of plea agreement filed in the Eastern District of Texas federal court a second defendant, Rodney Glen Cornelius, has entered into a written plea agreement with the government. Cornelius and six other defendants were indicted by…
Raising Cane’s Temporarily Closed Due to ‘Fryer Issue’
In a post to Texarkana News and Reviews Facebook user Renay Fouse said, “Emergency at Raising Canes. All are being asked to leave.” According to a Raising Cane’s manager they experienced some fryer issues and had to temporarily close. The…
Rollover Accident on Pavilion Pkwy [VIDEO]
Firefighters extracted one person from a vehicle after it it was involved in a traffic accident that left the truck on its side. Texarkana, Texas Firefighters were quickly on scene and stabilized the vehicle. Firemen used hydraulic rescue tools to remove the…
Alleged Intoxicated Driver Arrested After Wreck on Mall Drive
11:00 p.m. Saturday | Texarkana, Texas police officers arrested a man Saturday evening after crashing his car and failing field sobriety tests. Police received a call a few minutes before the accident about an alleged intoxicated driver leaving olive garden…
Rollover Accident Highway 59 at Rock School
10:20 a.m. Saturday | Liberty Eylau Volunteer Fire Department, Bowie County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Texas DPS Troopers, and LifeNet were on scene of a single vehicle rollover accident on Highway 59 Saturday morning. According to first responder radio traffic the…
Major Accident on Highway 67
A major accident on Highway 67 near Daniel’s Tire sent at least two people to a local hospital Thursday evening. The damage indicated that a car pulled in front of a car traveling on highway 67 and was hit broad…
Shooting at 3419 and Country Lane
Bowie County Sheriff’s Office deputies, C-5 Fire Department, and LifeNet were dispatched to Country Lane and 3419 just south of Interstate 30 around 8 p.m. for reports of a shooting. According to radio dispatch the shooter was trying to break…