Texas A&M University-Texarkana has recently announced the 2018 Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Faculty, as well as the winners of the university’s Pioneer Award and Spirit of A&M-Texarkana Award. The 2018 Distinguished Alumni are Mark Bledsoe, Melva Flowers, Tanya Dunlap, Travis…
A woman who drove from Queen City, Texas, to Texarkana with two boys in the trunk of her car was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to complete a residential drug treatment program Monday. Camille Marie Hancock, 37, appeared…
A man accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy in a restroom of the public library in Texarkana, Texas, pleaded not guilty Monday. Javier Perez, 26, is facing five to 99 years or life in prison if found guilty. He…
The City of Texarkana, Texas Parks and Recreation Department is readying for a busy season of fall events for public enjoyment. The annual fall festival will be held at Spring Lake Park on Thursday, October 18th from 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.…
TXK Today would like to commemorate the women in the community who go above and beyond the call of duty to improve Texarkana in various ways. These women exemplify good character and contribute to others lives in a positive way. …
A Texarkana woman responsible for starving at least three dogs to death was sentenced to a five-year term of probation Thursday in Miller County. Magan Terry, 29, is prohibited from owning any animals while on probation. She appeared before Circuit…
The Texarkana, Texas Farmers’ Market, in partnership with the Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council and the Housing Authority of Texarkana, Texas recently received a USDA Farmers’ Market Promotion Program grant totaling $174,220 to support the Market’s Cultural Food Diversity…
A man who rammed a Texarkana, Ark., storefront with a stolen truck before taking a cash machine was sentenced to 10 years in prison this week in Miller County. Joshua Lamar Rigsby, 35, pleaded guilty to commercial burglary and theft…
A defendant charged with robbery and false imprisonment has a new charge of jury tampering in Miller County for alleged inappropriate contact with a juror the day before testimony was scheduled to begin in his trial last year. Jerald Deral…
Carson McCarver, Texas High School Senior, has been named a Semifinalist in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. An estimated 16,000 students from a pool of 1.6 million entrants were chosen for this honor based upon high school academic record,…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury sentenced a man to 40 years in prison Thursday after convicting him of two counts of aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon. Brandon Lee Harrison, 31, received two 40-year sentences which 102nd…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted last year at knifepoint by the father of her two children last September testified Wednesday before a Bowie County jury. Brandon Lee Harrison, 31, is charged with two counts…
The University of Arkansas Texarkana Fine Arts Club students began painting the mural entitled “Pathway of Hope” for the Salvation Army of Texarkana in January of this year. Major David Feeser, Salvation Army Commander, asked the club to create a…
A man who fatally shot another at a Texarkana, Texas, car wash last year was sentenced to 35 years in prison for murder Wednesday as part of a plea bargain in Bowie County. Jimmy Jerome Dancer, 30, appeared before 202nd…
On Thursday, August 23, 2018 a victim contacted the Miller County Sheriff’s Department to report the theft of a boat from a residence on Highway 196 in the Genoa Area. Miller County Investigators worked with Sgt. Zach White of the…
