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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.…
In the early morning of 04/28/2021 at approximately 2:28 am, officers were dispatched to the 3100 block of Hickory Street for a call for service. While officers were on the scene, they heard gunshots in the distance that appeared to…
Wadley Hospital with on lockdown for a short time Sunday evening after a man ran into the emergency room with a handgun. According to police Donte Henderson ran into the ER with a handgun and said someone was chasing him.…
Sunday at approximately 4:30 p.m. Texas Game Wardens assigned to Bowie and Cass County responded to a possible drowning at Lake Wright Patman. According to Texas Game Warden Captain Shawn Hervey, on arrival Wardens recovered the body of a white…
28-year-old Blake Beliew of Texarkana, Texas was killed in a motorcycle crash early Thursday morning in Texarkana. According to a crash report, Beliew was riding his 2008 Harley north on Olive St. when he failed to negotiate a curve and…
Kiefer Dalton Peek, 29 of Texarkana, Ark, was killed in a single vehicle crash early Wednesday morning in Texarkana. According to an Arkansas State Police fatal crash summary, Peek was traveling eastbound on Trinity Blvd. when he left the roadway…
A 28-year-old Texarkana man who was caught nude from the waist down in the bedroom closet of a 14-year-old girl by her mother in 2019 was sentenced this week to 15 years in prison. Johnny Ray Shanklin pleaded guilty to…
A Texarkana man pleaded guilty Tuesday to intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault in connection with a May 1, 2020, crash that ended one life and seriously injured another. Kendrick Aaron Sauls, 22, has requested that a jury determine his sentence.…
A trial connected to the death of a Texarkana man who was killed in 2012 was set for jury selection Monday in January 2022. Alana Leigh Coleman, 39, appeared from the Bowie County jail via video for a hearing before…
A 25-year-old DeKalb, Texas, woman is now facing multiple charges in connection with the alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl. A relative of Kaylynn Nicole Garrett, 25, called police the night of Feb. 24 to report that Garrett had…
