Make sure you take the time today to visit Downtown Texarkana in front of the Perot Theater for a Very Merry Christmas On Main Event! Families can enjoy iceskating, movies, arts & crafts, shopping, food and more! “With Christmas Downtown…
A microgravity experiment developed by a group of Texarkana ISD seventh graders is heading to the International Space Station in late Spring/Summer 2023, following a rigorous selection process through the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). This fall, all fifth-grade students…
Texarkana College held its Fall Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at First Baptist Church Texarkana and conferred degrees and certificates for 331 graduates who completed during either the summer or fall term. 221 graduates received associate degrees from…
Local Wreaths Across America Event Planned for December 17th, 2022 11:00 am at Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 5200 East Broad Street, Texarkana, Arkansas 71854 Local Wreaths Across America volunteers are working hard to ensure that all veterans laid to rest at…
NEW BOSTON, Texas–A woman whose 11-month-old son was beaten to death by her boyfriend last year was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Thursday for failing to protect him and his 4-year-old sister. Christy Wedgeworth, 25, was found guilty…
Sparklight associates from Texarkana recently used their ‘Angel Day,’ a paid company volunteer day, to support the Thanksgiving meal celebration of Texarkana Resources for the Disabled, a local organization dedicated to assisting persons with disabilities. Sparklight encourages all company associates…
The Dragons Den located in Genoa has recently changed hands and is now owned and partnered by Jeremy Norman and Matt Gilley of Big Gilley’s BBQ in Ashdown. The Dragons Den Cafe is well known for their cajun take on…
When students in biology and anatomy classes at Texas A&M University-Texarkana first enter their classroom, they are greeted with a new, high-tech piece of equipment to help them better understand human and animal bodies. Earlier this year the university acquired…
If you have travelled outside of the Texarkana area into larger cities you may have been to larger grocery chains such as Whole Foods, Trader Joes, HEB, Aldi etc,. These larger chains tend to be in bigger cities such as…
Westside Church of Christ, 524 Sowell Ln, will distribute boxes of food on Saturday, December 17, from 9:00 to 10:30 AM. Everyone is welcome. You must come inside to register and get a ticket. There is one box per family.…
On Friday, December 9 Skaggs Country Store, located at 3070 U.S. Highway 82w New Boston, TX was the victim of a large scale fuel theft. According to Bowie County Sheriff’s Office the suspect(s) targeted the store in the early hours…
TEXARKANA, Texas–A Texarkana man has been charged with a felony for allegedly assaulting his 79-year-old father in a local nursing facility where he was receiving hospice care. Jeffery Scott Huggins, 49, who has a history of alcohol-related arrests, reportedly smelled…
TEXARKANA, Ark.–A Hope man serving 25 years in state prison for kidnapping a 12-year-old girl pleaded guilty on Monday in federal court in Texarkana to a related charge. Jonathan Tyrell Haney, 35, met the girl on the “dating focused” site…
Sparklight presented a $5,000 check to the Texarkana College Foundation to support the Texarkana College Food Pantry today. This donation was given as part of the Thanksgiving in a Box initiative. Phillip Parrish, Texarkana College’s Success Coach Coordinator, manages the…
The Texarkana College Board of Trustees held their final meeting of 2022 on Monday. At the top of the meeting, newly reelected members were sworn in for Place 2 and Place 6. Lesley Ledwell Dukelow (Place 2, term ending 2028),…
