A first-degree sexual assault charge has been filed by Miller County, Ark., prosecutors against a former Texarkana, Texas, high school teacher. Carlton James Bailey Jr., 26, allegedly admitted to sexual contact with an 18-year-old female student during an interview with…
A former volunteer softball coach pleaded guilty Monday to fourth-degree sexual assault involving a 15-year-old girl. Michael Avila, 35, appeared with Texarkana attorney John Pickett for a hearing Tuesday morning before Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson at the Miller County jail…
The application for admission to the Evening Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) Program at the University of Arkansas Texarkana is now open. Students can apply online at uacch.edu from September 1 to November 1, 2018. The Evening LPN program is a…
A New Boston, Texas, man facing charges of transporting and possessing child pornography pleaded not guilty before a federal judge in Texarkana this week. John Matthew Emerson, 35, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven for arraignment Tuesday in the…
On Tuesday September the 4th at 3:00 p.m. the Governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, and Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, will attend the REDI economic development announcement at the Federal Court House, located in downtown in Texarkana USA. According to…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department continues to investigate a three vehicle crash that claimed the life of Virginia Comer, 17, of Nash Texas on Wednesday afternoon. Officers were dispatched to the crash at 5:12 p.m. yesterday on…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Texarkana, Texas, man received both the maximum sentence and the maximum fine Wednesday for sexually abusing a young girl who lived near him in 2014 and 2015. Jimmy Lee Mathis, 64, was sentenced to life in…
TISD and TASD are encouraging Tiger and Razorback fans to get their tickets early for the showdown of the season to be played on Friday, September 7 at 7:00 p.m. in Tiger Stadium at Grim Park. No tickets will be…
A man and woman from Tennessee entered pleas of not guilty to charges of conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for financial gain at a hearing Tuesday before a federal judge in Texarkana. Gloria Esperanza Sosme, 25, and Leonel Sosme-Pucheta, 28,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury of six women and six men was selected Tuesday to decide the case of a 64-year-old Texarkana man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 2014 and 2015. Testimony is scheduled to begin Wednesday…
A Texarkana man entered pleas of not guilty Monday to charges stemming from the alleged sexual abuse of two girls. Cedric “Gunsmoke” Cooley, 56, appeared with Bowie County Public Defender Clayton Haas before 202nd District Judge John Tidwell on Monday…
On Friday August 24, 2018 at 10AM, the public attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the first home built by HFHT on the Arkansas side of Texarkana. The house will become the forever home for Courtney Blair and the A Team as she calls her two children. Ms.…
A mistrial was declared Thursday in a Miller County rape trial after a jury of eight men and four women could not reach a unanimous verdict. Costello Byrd, 23, is accused of sexually assaulting a female relative while he was…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Jordan Galbert, 25, of Texarkana Texas for Injury to a Disabled Individual on Wednesday. Officers were originally dispatched to the area of W. 15th and Milam Streets in reference to an…
For the past five years, Arkansas High School has maintained the ranking of having the highest college and career readiness index in the Texarkana area, as reported by US News and World Report. On Monday, August 27 at 6:00 p.m.,…
