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,…
Governor Asa Hutchinson hosted a roundtable discussion with local leaders from government, education, and law enforcement in the Texarkana community on Friday, July 13, 2018, to discuss school safety and teacher recruitment and retention in Miller County. Representatives from all…
Approximately 350 members of approximately 70 CME churches in the region converged on Texarkana for the East Texas CME Convention this week. Reverends, wives, missionaries, youth and children were among the attendees who filled up the Hilton Garden Inn and…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A Bowie County jury deliberated for about three hours Thursday before handing down an 18-year sentence for a Texarkana woman who was drunk when she collided with a motorcycle on New Boston Road in Texarkana last year.…
A 1939 Pullman lounge train car that was located behind the Texarkana Regional Airport is being transported to Front Street where it will permanently sit. The train car is owned by David Peavy, who also runs 1894 Ritchie Grocery, Second…
The Chamber of Texarkana held a ribbon cutting for the new Road Runner #1105, 1632 Richmond Rd, Texarkana, TX, with games, prizes, and more.
Kayla Brint, Kayla Brint Photography, is spearheading a local Rising Tide Society group here in Texarkana. The community of creative entrepreneurs and small business owners meet every 2nd Tuesday of the month and discuss various business-related topics. For the month…
