Texas A&M University-Texarkana and the Office of Student Life will be sponsoring the 10th annual Spotlight on Texarkana event on Thursday, August 29th from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The event will take place in the Patterson Student Center and…
The 6th District Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld convictions in two Bowie County cases decided by juries last year. Todd Peck, 52, was convicted in September 2018 of the continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and sentenced…
A woman accused of accepting money in exchange for allowing a man to have sex with her young female relative was indicted on five felony charges Thursday by a Bowie County grand jury. Della Lou Griffin, 53, allegedly began allowing…
Miller County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a 1-year-old child drowned in a bathtub Tuesday evening. On Tuesday, July 9 at approximately 7:30pm, Miller County First Responders and EMS personnel were dispatched to a residence on Miller County Road 40…
A potential hurricane is predicted to bring heavy rainfall and flooding to the Texarkana area this weekend into early next week. Potential Tropical Cyclone Two is predicted to strengthen into a hurricane as it moves across the northern Gulf of…
An Arkansas Department of Correction inmate accused of killing a female correctional officer in the kitchen of the Miller County jail more than two years ago appeared in court Tuesday for the first time since being found competent by officials…
Separate federal indictments handed down in the last days of June for two men allege they were distributing methamphetamine in the area. Andre Scoggins, 48, is accused in a four-count indictment of distributing more than five grams of meth Sept.…
Seeking to make college more affordable, the University of Texas will use some of its oil money to dramatically expand the financial aid it offers to low- and middle-income undergraduates on its flagship Austin campus. The system’s governing board approved…
Miss Texas’ Outstanding Teen, Allie Graves, invites you to join her for an encore concert and fundraiser benefitting Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMNH). The event will be held on Wednesday, July 10 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Redbone…
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…
