Texarkana native Ross Perot died July 9, 2019 at the age of 89. Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas on June 27, 1930. He ran an independent presidential campaign in 1992 and a third party campaign in 1996. Perot died…
Pleasant Grove ISD employee Matt Abston received an Air Force commendation medal in May for his meritorious service from 2011 to 2015. “Staff Sergeant C. Matthew Abston distinguished himself by meritorious service while assigned to 307th Force Support Squadron, 307th…
Texas Rangers are investigating after an inmate was found hanging in his cell at the Bi-State Jail. On July 6, 2019 Bowie County Deputies Norman Alexander and Ed Steger were dispatched to the Bi-State Jail to assist Life Net personnel.…
A federal indictment unsealed last week in Texarkana accuses a 66-year-old man of possessing and receiving pornographic images involving children under 12. Charles Donald Thompson is the only defendant named in a two-count indictment handed down June 26 in the…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested three juveniles early this morning after they crashed their stolen car at an apartment complex in the 5200 block of Summerhill Road. The three boys, ages 15 and 16, had escaped from a juvenile…
A 66-year-old man with a lengthy history of drunk driving arrests was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday in connection with a single vehicle crash last year that ended the lives of two passengers. Isiah Williams used walker as…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department continues to investigate Saturday’s shooting at the Sunset Apartments, located in the 1600 block of Allen Lane. Detectives arrested Mariah Cherry, 20, Farmington, Missouri, for Aggravated Robbery on Monday afternoon at the…
TEXARKANA, TX- Reader’s Digest has named the 50 finalists of its third annual search for “The Nicest Place in America,” a national crowd-sourced effort to uncover places where people are kind and treat each other with respect, and Texarkana tops…
Allie Graves, a rising senior at Texas High School, is the new Miss Texas’ Outstanding Teen. The 17-year-old competed as Miss Lone Star’s Outstanding Teen to capture the crown and title of Miss Texas’ Outstanding Teen 2019 against 38 other…
Michael Scott Roberts, 40, was found dead in his Texarkana, Ark., home July 2, 2015, by family members who were concerned by unanswered phone calls. Roberts was a pilot who flew charter flights and a father of one. Roberts’ brother…
An Arkansas prison inmate accused of murdering a female correctional officer with his bare hands in the kitchen of the Miller County jail in December 2016 is competent to stand trial, Miller County Prosecuting Attorney Stephanie Potter Barrett said. Tramell…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana has named Ryan Wall as the university’s head men’s basketball coach. Wall is the second coach tabbed to run the first ever A&M-Texarkana basketball program after initial hire Charles Goar decided to pursue other interests. Wall comes…
Sportsmen of Texarkana will heed the call – the duck call, that is – at the 2019 Great Texarkana Duck Fest featuring Jase Robertson of Duck Dynasty, presented by the CHRISTUS St. Michael Foundation. Jason Silas “Jase” Robertson is an…
A woman accused of introducing a young female relative to prostitution and drugs more than two decades ago is back in custody after failing to show for a court appearance last month in Bowie County. Della Lou Griffin, 52, was…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department continues to investigate Saturday’s shooting at the Sunset Apartments, located in the 1600 block of Allen Lane. Randall Green Jr., 18, of Texarkana, Arkansas and Donald Mitchell III, 19, of Texarkana, Texas,…
