The City of Texarkana, Texas City Council is seeking letters of interest from individuals who are willing to serve as the Ward 5 representative. The seat was vacated upon Council member Bill Miller’s resignation at the regularly scheduled meeting on…
January 20, 2015 | Work on repainting and adding a new logo to the water tower on I-30 began recently. The project is expected to be done in about two months – weather permitting, stated J.D. Phillips, Director of Engineering at…
January 19, 2015 | Texarkana, Arkansas City Council is slated to vote on whether to adopt a “residential solid waste collection rate increase” at the City Council Meeting tomorrow (Tuesday, January 20, 2015). The full agenda is below:
January 15, 2015 | Texarkana Texas Police Department honored Captain Tony Autrey today upon his retirement after 37 years of service with the Texarkana Texas Police Department. He started on January 2, 1978 as a patrol officer and has since…
January 12, 2015 | Bowie County Commissioners Court convened for the first time this year with a new County Judge, James Carlow. He was sworn in on January 1, 2015, and he lead the Commissioners Court for first time since…
Monday evening the Texarkana, Texas City Council will have a first briefing on an ordinance that would reduce the speed limit on a stretch of U.S. 67. According to a letter sent to the city by TxDOT traffic engineer Rebecca…
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) voted Thursday to resolve the Interregional Conflict between the 2011 Region C and Region D Regional Water Plans. Representatives from both Region C and Region D were given 10 minutes to address the Board…
Austin, Texas | Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Bill Miller of Texarkana as judge of the 5th Judicial District Court in Bowie and Cass counties for a term to expire at the 2016 general election. Miller is an attorney and partner at…
January 8, 2015 | The City of Texarkana, Arkansas, is now accepting applications for vendors and parade entries for Mardi Gras 2015. The third annual celebration will take place at Front Street Festival Plaza on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015. Activities planned…
Washington, DC | Representative John Ratcliffe (R-TX) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives conducted its swearing-in ceremony for the 114th Congress, which began today at noon. “I am honored and humbled to represent the people of…
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…
Ruth Penney-Bell will take her Oath of Office on Monday and begin her duties as the Mayor of Texarkana, Arkansas. Other newly elected Ward Members from the November 2014 election will take the Oath of Office as well.
Congressman-elect John Ratcliffe has selected Jason Ross to be his District Director. Mr. Ross, a Rockwall County native, will manage Ratcliffe’s district operation across the 18 counties of the 4th Congressional District. Ross brings impressive credentials to the position along…
December 19, 2014 | The agenda for the Bowie County Commissioners Court has been announced for the meeting on December 22, 2014.
December 17, 2014 | During the Texarkana Independent School District Board of Trustees December 16 regular session, trustees voted unanimously to name Amy Bowers as the replacement to serve out the remainder of Jerry Chapman’s term for District 4. Chapman resigned…
