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A Red River County, Texas, man pleaded guilty Wednesday to possession of child pornography before a federal judge in Texarkana. James Thomas Tucker, 36, appeared with Assistant Federal Public Defender Kenneth Hawk before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven for a…
A Bowie County assistant district attorney announced Monday that the state will not seek a death sentence for a man charged with capital murder in the death of an 11-month-old boy. Joshua Deshaun Lowe, 28, is charged with capital murder…
Three people are dead after a house fire in Bowie County Tuesday evening. Bowie County Fire Departments were dispatched to County Road 4242 just after 7 p.m. Tuesday evening. Simms, Maud, Dekalb, and New Boston Fire Departments responded to the…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The victim who died in Saturday night’s shooting at a Halloween party inside Octavia’s Event Center has been identified as 20-year-old Javon Gooden, of Texarkana, Texas. The other victims who were also shot included both males and…
According to Texarkana, Texas Police Department at least nine people were shot and one person has died at a Halloween Party in Texarkana. The shooting occurred at Octavia’s Activity Center at Richmond Rd. and Texas Blvd. just after midnight. Police…
Trial has been rescheduled for December in the case of a man accused of killing two boys, ages 3 and 7, by intentionally crashing his truck into the van they were riding in on Jan. 13 in DeKalb, Texas. Zachary…
The Assistant Chief of Mandeville Fire Department was killed in a crash while responding to a call Tuesday night. According to an Arkansas State Police crash report, Lucas Brian Stephenson, 25-years-old from Texarkana, Ark., was pronounced deceased on scene. Stephenson…
A man who was confronted by Bowie County sheriff’s deputies for alleged shoplifting from a store in Redwater, Texas, in September was given a misdeamor theft citation and arrested for felony animal cruelty. James Lynn Taylor, 27, and a second…
For the last several weeks, Morriss Elementary School students and parents have been fundraising for the local schools yearly fundraiser known widely as Tiger Tracks. During the campaign students were asked to seek sponsorships within family, friends and neighbors, to…
Texarkana, Texas Police are investigating a deadly shooting that occurred around 1:50 p.m. on Sidney Drive near Moores Ln. Police were seen leading two people away from the scene in handcuffs. Texarkana, Texas Police say they believe this was a…
On Sunday, October 24, 2021, the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office responded to 217 Horseshoe Loop Road in reference to a shooting. The 911 caller advised that a white male suspect, later identified as Thomas Wayne Lawson Sr., had shot two…
Fall has finally arrived in the Texarkana Area, which means Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner. Soon, family from around the world will be traveling to be with each other, and those famous family dishes are already starting…
A man accused of shooting another man outside a house in Nash, Texas, in November 2020 allegedly captured his crime on a Facebook video. Janarieo Dillihunt, 34, has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for aggravated assault with…
An officer-involved shooting at Zapata’s restaurant on Oct. 13 has been determined justified by the Prosecuting Attorney serving Miller County, Arkansas. Jayden Sledge, 20, was shot in the arm by Detective Wayne Easley of the Texarkana, Arkansas, Police Department in…
TEXARKANA, Texas – Texas A&M University-Texarkana received a $45 million capital project appropriation from the 87th Texas Legislature this week during its Third Called Session. The funding, appropriated through Senate Bill 52, will be used to construct a new academic…
