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Both the prosecution and defense rested their cases Wednesday in the sentencing trial of a man who caused a fatal crash last year while driving drunk. Kendrick Lamar Sauls, 22, pleaded guilty in April to intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault…
A jury was selected Tuesday to decide the punishment Kendrick Sauls should receive for intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault. Sauls, 22, pleaded guilty to both crimes at a hearing in April before 5th District Judge Bill Miller. Sauls’ defense attorney,…
This year, five local students from the Texarkana area received scholarships from The Jaqualyn Light Prevails Foundation after their essays about gun violence in our area were selected. The foundation was created just two years ago following the murder of…
The DEA raided multiple Lansdell Family Clinic locations Tuesday morning. DEA agents and local authorities were spotted at the Texarkana, Ark. and De Queen locations Tuesday morning. Authorities on scene said an active investigation was underway and would provide no…
On Monday, May 17th, Nicholas Watson will have the honor of speaking to his fellow classmates as Valedictorian of Arkansas High School. This year, while playing four sports, he maintained a 4.8 GPA, was accepted into 45 different Universities across…
A Miller County inmate in custody on child sex abuse charges is accused of physically and sexually assaulting his cellmate last month. Charles Anderson, 62, allegedly knocked his cellmate unconscious, tied him to his bunk and sexually assaulted him April…
Having served the Texarkana community for more than 120 years, Wadley Regional Medical Center will soon break ground on a new state-of-the-art hospital northwest of its current downtown location. The $227 million facility – which will feature a Medical Office…
A Texarkana man who was engaged in a standoff with police after barricading himself in his apartment with two young boys in March pleaded not guilty to multiple felonies Monday at a hearing in Bowie County district court. Andrew Justin…
A Bowie County grand jury has indicted a New Boston, Texas, man for 20 counts of possession of child pornography and for a charge of sexual performance of a child. New Boston, Texas, Police Department investigators began investigating James Wilson…
A Texarkana man has been arrested by the Wake Village Police Department for online solicitation of a minor. On Thursday, May 6 at approximately 1:00 p.m., Jason Roberts, 39, of Texarkana, Texas, was arrested in the 200 block of Redwater…
AUSTIN – Despite less traffic on the road in 2020 and a 2% reduction in motorcycle crashes, safety officials are alarmed by a 17% increase in Texas motorcycle fatalities compared to 2019. On average, a motorcyclist is killed in a…
A man who intentionally rammed his car into another driver’s vehicle in January 2019 pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated assault with serious bodily injury in Bowie County. Jim Ryan Hodges, 40, is scheduled to appear before 5th District Judge Bill…
Severe weather is possible for the Texarkana area Monday evening into the overnight hours. According to the National Weather Service, very large hail, damaging thunderstorm wind gusts, isolated tornadoes and excessive heavy rainfall will all be possible on Tuesday from…
A Texarkana, Arkansas, man was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week in Miller County after pleading guilty to sexual assault of a child, abuse of an endangered or impaired person and abuse of a corpse. Tony Ken Hooker,…
A former Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District aide pleaded guilty Wednesday to four felonies connected to sexual misconduct with three male Texas High School students in 2019. Ashlyn Faye Bell’s sentencing trial began Wednesday before a jury of 12 women.…
