Every community has a closet full of skeletons. For Texarkana, it’s the unsolved Moonlight Murders, a series of slayings committed by the Phantom Killer during the spring of 1946. In lieu of shying away from the macabre tales, local artist,…
A Miller County man accused of sexually abusing an 8-year-old is facing multiple felony charges. Drew Curtis Bynum, 27, is charged with sexual assault and three counts of rape for alleged wrongdoing from March until June with the daughter of…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A DeKalb, Texas, man who pointed a gun at firefighters, shot two deputies, injured a third deputy and survived being shot himself, received a 50-year sentence Thursday as part of a plea agreement. Bryan Lee Batchelor, 49,…
A new trial date has been scheduled for a Miller County murder defendant accused of fatally stabbing a man as he drove his pickup on a Texarkana, Ark., street in November. Cameron Scott Halliburton, aka “Fishman,” appeared with Managing Public…
A Magnolia, Ark., man who caused more than $1,000 in damages April 30 to a new visitor’s center on Highway 71 must pay restitution to the department of transportation as a condition of his five-year probation. Dustin Wade Otwell, 37,…
Texarkana wins Division 1 Champions at the Longview Texas-Dixie Rangers Series. Texarkana remained undefeated and won the Championship after 6 innings against Longview for a final score of 12-2. Robert Cheney and Michael Galvan pitched for Texarkana with a combined…
Mr. Terry Taylor was recently named the Arkansas Association of Alternative Educators Administrator of the Year. Mr. Taylor is the Associate Principal of the Washington Academy Charter School in the Texarkana Arkansas School District. He began his teaching career in…
On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, the exhibit for Nicole Brisco, Advanced Placement Art Instructor at Pleasant Grove High School, at Texas A&M library attracted many locals who wanted to see her exquisite and intriguing art first-hand. The opening exhibit was held…
When often thinking of legends, there is a tendency to remember those more well known, but so many legends go forgotten, simply hanging on by word of mouth from those who remember them. Scott Joplin, Texarkana, Arkansas, native, is somewhere…
A former substitute teacher accused of misconduct involving New Boston, Texas, Independent School District middle school students entered pleas of not guilty Monday to indecency with a child by sexual contact and online solicitation of a minor. Dylan Reed Simpson,…
RED RIVER ARMY DEPOT, TEXAS – Due to no additional workload materializing for FY18, Red River Army Depot has to execute phase 2 of our approved FY18 restructuring plan. Phase 2 will be implemented beginning August 31 with the release…
Francisco “Pancho” Lozano, 55, is Owner of Pancho’s Brewing Lab, Homebrewing Supply Store, 3427 New Boston Rd, Texarkana, TX 75501, where his dream of brewing his own business has become a reality. Lozano’s love of brewing began when he discovered…
What makes a leader? Is it circumstantial, innate, or is it a learned behavior? With Pondexter, there was no question, she was born to lead. As a black female in America during the peak of the Civil Rights movement, Pondexter…
Miller County, Ark., prosecutors have charged three Texarkana residents with aggravated animal cruelty after finding two dogs dead in their back yard. Joyce Cooper, 61, Debra Maxwell, 58, and Antonious Maxwell, 37, each face up to six years in prison…
The Texarkana Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will hold a second public meeting to solicit comments for an amendment to the 2015-2040 Texarkana Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, in the Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, City Hall, Texarkana,…
