Category Local

City-Wide Cleanup Saturday

The Texarkana, Arkansas City Beautiful Commission is sponsoring a city-wide cleanup day on October 12, from 9:00 am -12:00 pm. Folks will meet at 3rd Street and Hazel Street behind City Hall before expanding their efforts across our town. Large…

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on Saturday

Texarkana College, Texas A&M University-Texarkana, Red River Federal Credit Union, Vero’s Latino Store, and Ledwell & Son are hosting a Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration on Saturday, October 12th from 11-3 pm. This is a family-friendly event, free admission, food for…

Casey Roberts 1954 – 2019

Yesterday, Texarkana lost Casey Roberts. He was an important figure in the landscape of Texarkana’s mass media. His passing was sudden and has left an emptiness in those who had the privilege of calling him a friend.  Doris Roberts posted…

District of Entertainment Ordinance Passed

At last night’s meeting of the Texarkana, Arkansas Board of Directors, an ordinance to allow open-containers of adult beverages downtown was approved. The ordinance, as read by Steven Hollibush (Ward 3), establishes open-container consumption of alcoholic beverages subject to boundaries…

9/11 Memorial Service Downtown Tomorrow

Tomorrow morning a Memorial Service is scheduled outside the Federal Courthouse in downtown Texarkana.   The program starts at 9:30 a.m. The general public is encouraged to attend, but the overall focus will be on our first responders.    There…

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