The 2020 U of A Hope-Texarkana Academic All-Star Award was recently presented to Carolyn Dixon of Rosston, Arkansas. “Once I graduated high school, I had no idea exactly where I wanted to attend college,” Dixon said. “One day, my uncle,…
The Texarkana Arkansas School District proudly announces Ms. Emmie Jo Gamble as the Arkansas High School Distinguished Alumna. Emmie Jo Jones Gamble graduated from the Texarkana Arkansas School District (TASD) as valedictorian of the Booker T. Washington High School (BTWHS)…
Over the weekend, Texarkana 67 Speedway hosted the Inaugural Mike Parker Memorial race. The racing started Thursday night with over 120 drivers competing for Saturday’s finals. The action was intense and nonstop; Seconds after one qualifying heat would end the…
On Thursday, August 20 Texas Game Wardens were dispatched to a boat accident on the Sulphur River near the upper end of two mile slough. According to Texas Game Wardens, Carlton Walraven of Maud was operating a flat bottom boat…
Last week two men were arrested and charged with online solicitation of a minor in Bowie County for allegedly attempting to arrange sex with a 15-year-old girl. An agent with the Texas Department of Public Safety posed as a 15-year-old…
Rotarians from District 5830 distributed $25,000 in grants to various food banks in Northeast Texas to assist with increased need due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That donation included a $3,500 donation to Harvest Regional Food Bank in Texarkana. It comes…
Beginning Monday, August 24th, 2020, the Miller County Sheriff’s Office located at 2300 East Street in Texarkana, Arkansas will be undergoing significant repairs to sewer/water systems. Public access to MCSO will be extremely limited as the main public entry will…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury found one of three teens accused in the shooting of a Texarkana man guilty of capital murder Thursday. Daveon Woods, aka “Shoota,” was sentenced by 202nd District Judge John Tidwell to life in…
Members of the Marine Corps League presented a $2,000 check to the Texarkana College Foundation for the Marine Corps League Scholarship Fund. Scholarships of $1,000 were awarded to two Texarkana College students who are children or grandchildren of U.S. Veterans.…
Texarkana Water Utilities will resume utility disconnects and penalties for late payments effective Tuesday, September 1st for the residents of Texarkana, Texas, except for customers who have been laid off or put on reduced hours due to COVID-19. To qualify…
Texarkana College trustees adopted the 2020-21 tax rate of $.123081 for TC’s taxing district which includes all of Bowie County. This rate is the same exact rate as the current year’s and results in no tax rate increase for Bowie…
Miller County’s Traffic Court for Monday, August 24th will be held in the “Hazel Street Court Room” located at 305 E 5th St. Texarkana Ar. at 1:00 p.m. The entrance is on the Hazel Street Side. This is Traffic Court…
Texarkana Water Utilities will resume utility disconnects and penalties for late payments effective Monday, August 24th for the residents of Texarkana, Arkansas, except for customers who have been laid off or put on reduced hours due to COVID-19. To qualify…
Texarkana, Texas, police arrested a third suspect last week in the Nov. 9 shooting of a local father and husband in the family’s Texarkana, Texas, apartment. Kentraile Collins Jr., 17, was arrested Aug. 13 on a charge of capital murder…
This weekend the Texarkana 67 Speedway will be hosting the Mike Parker Memorial Race. Located at 10641 US-67, Texarkana, AR the live racing action begins Thursday at 6 p.m. and runs through Saturday night. This race was renamed this year…
