A former Texarkana, Texas, Independent School District instructional aide has been indicted by a Bowie County grand jury for three felonies related to alleged sexual misconduct with three male students last year. Ashlyn Faye Bell, 24, is charged with two…
TEXARKANA, Texas – A 60-year-old Bowie County man has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Cox today. William Johnson Springer pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography before U.S. Magistrate…
If you’ve never seen an owl in your backyard, that doesn’t mean one isn’t there. Most owls are nocturnal, so they’re tough to spot. We have 17 species of owls in Texas, and some, like the Eastern screech owl…
A benefit will be held on October 17th, at Delaughter’s in Maud for the Works family. Todd Works lost his wife, Rosalie, in a house fire Friday, October 2nd. Their young son, Cam, is in Little Rock Children’s Hospital in…
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is pleased to announce the release of the newly created Arkansas Feral Hog Handbook, a guide to resources available in Arkansas to assist with feral hog control and eradication. The handbook…
When Michael Stephenson, TAMUT’s Assistant Director of Student Life, first opened the university’s food pantry a year ago, he knew there was a need. Now, with the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic still impacting daily life for many, that…
A man who sexually abused three different victims was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday following a jury trial in Bowie County. Derrick Harper, 32, was found guilty of two counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child involving two…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested LaDonta Davis, 17, of Texarkana, Texas, for Leaving the Scene of an Accident Involving Serious Bodily Injury on Tuesday afternoon after he came to the police department to turn himself in.…
A 60-year-old sex offender pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Texarkana on Monday to possessing child pornography. William Johnson Springer was sentenced to time in an Oklahoma federal prison in 2009 for the same offense. Springer appeared Monday for…
Buildings were lit up in blue at all 11 Texas A&M University System campuses for World Teachers’ Day BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Blue lights did shine bright on Texas A&M University System campuses across Texas on Monday in recognition of…
Now through October 12th, Arkansas law enforcement officers will join forces with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to participate in a high visibility enforcement effort directed at drivers violating distracted driving laws. Arkansas has…
FORT SMITH, AR. – Jory Worthen was arrested by US Marshals in Burbank, California. Jory Worthen was wanted for two homicides that occurred in Camden, Arkansas in 2019. Worthen is accused of murdering his girlfriend Alyssa and her 4 year…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department is investigating a crash where a 51-year-old Texarkana Texas man was struck by a vehicle while riding a motorized bicycle in the 3800 block of Magnolia Street on Sunday afternoon. The driver…
A Lafayette County man who sexually assaulted an 8-year-old girl in the backyard of a Stamps, Ark., residence in 2017 was sentenced last week to 36 years in prison. Eathan Jeremy Settle, 23, struck an 8-year-old relative in the face…
Celebrate Halloween in the Ace of Clubs House with a movie and costume party full of suspense and murder! Join the Texarkana Museums System for “Hitchcock on the Lawn” Saturday, October 17, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Historic Downtown Texarkana,…
