A Bowie County grand jury indicted a man last week for the alleged sexual abuse of a 6-year-old girl. Jesse Joseph Hines, 33, was also indicted for evading arrest in a vehicle. According to a probable cause affidavit, Hines was…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) is preparing to launch a new bladesmith school this fall to celebrate and preserve the art of bladesmithing and the birth of the famous Bowie Knife in Arkansas. UAHT has worked closely with Historic…
Texarkana Independent School District’s Tiger Bookmobile is getting ready to roar through Texarkana for their Summer Tour 2019. The unique, one-of-a-kind mobile literacy unit gets children wild about reading. The primary focus of the bookmobile is to help prevent summer…
Bowie County SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges. US 59 – From FM 989 to FM 2148, repairing and resurfacing highway. Camp County None Cass County FM 3129 – From US 59 to SH 77, resurfacing…
United Families of America – Arkansas will be holding their Fuel Up for the Summer feeding program from June 3 through August 13. This program will offer free breakfast and lunch to children up to 18 years old. Free meals…
A man who allegedly bit and beat a girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter while babysitting is facing a battery charge in Miller County, Ark., and the girl’s mother has been charged in the case as well. The child’s mother, Mary Alyce Jenkins…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana and the Bowie County Master Gardeners will present a program titled “Basic Backyard Beekeeping” on Monday, June 10, 2019. The event will take place from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm in University Center Room 326. Bowie County…
A child was killed in a house fire in Texarkana, TX Wednesday. The fire happened at a house in the 3000 block of Meadows. No additional details have been released at this time.
Beginning Monday, June 17, 2019, construction on the Walk Through History Trail at Spring Lake Park will commence. During this time, the City apologizes for any inconvenience and asks for the patience of the community and park visitors during this…
A woman accused of killing her boyfriend with a brick in a Texarkana, Texas, apartment pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder. Lamarya Rachelle Bradley, 54, also known as Margie, appeared with Deborah Moore of the Bowie County Public Defenders office…
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville recently announced the new Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship program that reduces tuition rates for students who graduate with associate’s degrees from any of the two-year colleges in the University of Arkansas System and then…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana was recently appropriated additional funding that will allow the university to expand academic programs through the university’s Better East Texas Initiative. The Better East Texas (BET) Initiative is an educational strategy designed to specifically address both current…
A male nurse on staff at a Texarkana nursing home in April is accused of injuring an 87-year-old man suffering from dementia. Billy Ray Ramey, 62, appeared before 202nd District Judge John Tidwell for a preindictment hearing Monday afternoon with…
The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) will host an open house public meeting on Thursday, June 6, to discuss proposed improvements to Farm to Market Road 1397 (Summerhill Road) between University Avenue and North Park Road. The meeting will be…
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck the Texarkana area Friday evening according to the United States Geological Survey. According to the USGS the earthquake struck at 6:32 p.m. Friday at a depth of 5 kilometers. USGS shows the epicenter to be…
