The Texarkana location of The Burger Joint has announced that it is now closed for business. The Burger Joint Stateline opened in early February of 2020 in the old Naaman’s Championship BBQ location on State Line Avenue. Chef Bryan Ogburn…
A Hooks, Texas, woman accused of sexually abusing a teen boy she met through work at a juvenile justice facility pleaded not guilty to three charges of sexual assault of a child in Bowie County this week. Jessica Marie Pratt,…
-Written by Lincoln Revill, Director of Media Texarkana Twins Texarkana, TX (July 24, 2020)- The Twins started their final minor league away series against the Frisco RoughRiders today at Dr. Pepper Ballpark. After a couple of bad defensive innings for…
A woman has been charged with retaliation in Bowie County for allegedly threatening a witness during a local pastor’s trial earlier this month for child sexual abuse. Porsche Owens, 29, stepdaughter of Logan Wesley III, is accused of shouting at…
-Written by Lincoln Revill, Director of Media Texarkana Twins Texarkana, TX (July 23, 2020)- tonight had many Twins fans and players seeing double, as they took on the Acadiana Cane Cutters in a 7-inning double header tonight. Both hard-fought games…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Marshals today elevated the fugitive status of an Arkansas man who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and her 4-year-old son. Jory John Worthen, 24, is now a Marshals’ 15 Most Wanted fugitive, and authorities are asking the…
TEXAKANA, TX— Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 546 positive COVID-19 cases, with 227 recoveries and 34 deaths. There are currently 286 active cases being traced in Bowie County. Cass County has a total 97 cases with…
Hopkins Icehouse on Gibson Lane will soon be closing to make way for a new seafood restaurant coming to Texarkana. In a deal brokered by Reynolds Realty the current owners will still own the building and lease it to the…
Hope, Ark. – Local legends, “South Down Main,” will headline a virtual concert experience in the first-ever (and hopefully only) “NOT The-Watermelon-Festival-Concert” Concert on Saturday, August 15, 2020, live from Hempstead Hall’s theater. The popular singing competition, “Watermelon Idol,” will…
-Written by Lincoln Revill, Director of Media Texarkana Twins Texarkana, TX (July 21, 2020)- Due to a bit of rain, which caused unplayable mound conditions, tonight’s game between the Texarkana Twins and the Acadiana Cane Cutters looked a little different…
A woman who allegedly hit a 7-year-old boy multiple times after knocking him down at a playground on the grounds of a Texarkana, Texas, apartment complex has been charged with felony injury to a child. Krystal Riley, 32, allegedly shoved…
Two women have been arrested for allegedly stealing $48,000 from two elderly women. Detective Warren Smith arrested Patricia Richardson and Rhonda Latham for Exploitation of an Elderly Person late last week. Richardson was working as a part-time caregiver to two…
A Texarkana teen was arrested last month for allegedly posting a sexually intimate video of his former girlfriend on Facebook. Chauncey Wyatt, 17, is charged with publishing or threatening to publish intimate visual material in Bowie County. In Texas, individuals…
TEXAKANA, TX— Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 493 positive COVID-19 cases, with 225 recoveries and 30 deaths. There are currently 238 active cases being traced in Bowie County. Cass County has a total 90 cases with…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Purtle Advising Center (The PAC) is currently advising students on the Hope and Texarkana campuses by appointment. Students are encouraged to schedule an advising session by phone, Google Hangouts, or Zoom. However, face-to-face advising sessions…
