NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Texarkana man received five consecutive life sentences Thursday after being found guilty of giving teen girls drugs in exchange for sex. Kenneth Dewayne Nelson, 63, was found guilty Thursday morning by a jury of five counts…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A man accused of trading drugs for sex with five teen girls who pleaded guilty to seven felonies Tuesday withdrew his pleas Wednesday and elected to let a jury decide. Kenneth Dewayne Nelson, 63, pleaded guilty Tuesday…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Javier Perez, 26, of Terrell, Texas, on Tuesday for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child. At approximately 5:40 yesterday afternoon, officers were dispatched to the Texarkana Public Library, located at 600…
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System awarded health and wellness grants totaling $30,000 to 24 area Texas schools at a luncheon on June 26, 2018. Schools receiving grants have participated in the free Mobile Pediatric Asthma Program for school-aged children…
St James Day School is adding 7th grade to their campus beginning in the 2018-2019 academic year and plan to roll out grade 8 in 2019-2020. St James currently offers classes from age 3 through the 6th grade. St.…
Each year, the National Association of Student Councils (NASC) presents two National Adviser of the Year Awards – Middle School and High School – in honor of Warren E. Shull, who founded the NASC in 1931. This year, Texas High…
Sparks in the Park is happening Saturday, June 30 at the Four States Fair Grounds. Gates open at 4:00 p.m. According to police 30,000 people are estimated to attend this year. Police ask that if you plan to attend be…
The City of Texarkana, Texas has taken code enforcement action which resulted in the temporary closure of the Wyndham Garden at 5301 N. Stateline Ave. Texarkana, Texas due to an infestation issue. Enforcement action was taken around noon on Tuesday,…
The internet is going crazy over Macy and Jake Ackermann’s Whataburger wedding captured by Kendal Dockery Thompson at Ramage Farms just outside of Texarkana, Texas. The fun and outgoing wedding was held on June 23, 2018, and featured many delicious…
A Duncanville, Texas, man accused of murder in the September 2013 death of a Hooks, Texas, woman pleaded not guilty to murder Monday at a hearing before a Bowie County district judge. Toddrick Matthews, 40, stood before 5th District Judge…
Arkansas High School’s track teams received the coveted Lewis McCollum Outstanding High School Program Award for 2018. The award was presented to Arkansas High School during the annual Arkansas Track & Field Hall of Fame banquet at the Wyndham Hotel…
A Miller County jury sentenced a repeat offender to 37 years in prison last week. Tobey Lee McCarley, 40, was convicted of theft by receiving, possession of methamphetamine under two grams, possession of drug paraphernalia and simultaneous possession of drugs…
The University of Arkansas Texarkana will offer basic welding this fall on the Texarkana campus via the college’s mobile welding classroom. The three credit hour course will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The…
The Texarkana, Ark. City Board Of Directors met Saturday and voted unanimously to rename Hobo Jungle Park the Ermer Dansby Pondexter Sports Complex. This was the only item on the agenda of the meeting held at noon Saturday.
A federal grand jury in Texarkana indicted a man Thursday for allegedly possessing more than a kilogram of heroin with the intent to sell it. Armando Moya, 46, is the only defendant named in a one-count indictment accusing him of…
