Texas A&M University-Texarkana will celebrate its fall 2017 commencement ceremony Friday, Dec. 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Perot Theatre in historic downtown Texarkana, Texas. Approximately 203 students from December 2017 will receive master’s and baccalaureate degrees, with approximately 185…
Liberty-Eylau Independent School District held an open house to show off their new Career and Technology Education building on December 12, 2017 from 5pm-7pm. The building has been opened to the students since just after Thanksgiving break. Construction on the…
It takes a lot to be a strong and nurturing woman, but that’s exactly how you would define Beth Pesek. Pesek’s dedication to her community and willingness to go above and beyond is unparalleled by most. Pesek taught high…
On December 12, 2017, the Caddo Area Council Board of Directors voted to suspend 2018 Boy Scout Resident Camp. This one-year hiatus will allow the council time to raise additional capital funds to make improvements at Camp Pioneer, located near…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. Each year the faculty and staff at UAHT are given the opportunity to support the college and students by giving to the Bridge Builders fund through…
NEW BOSTON, Texas: A jury selected Tuesday in Bowie County is scheduled to begin hearing testimony Wednesday morning in the capital murder trial of one of four men charged in the March 2016 shooting death of a Texarkana man. Anthony…
The Texarkana Gazette has announced that printing of the paper will soon move from Texarkana to Little Rock. The paper has been printed in Texarkana since 1875. The move will happen in mid-January. According to an article in Tuesday’s gazette,…
A Texarkana man who fired at police officers after robbing a local branch of Bank of the Ozarks earlier this year was sentenced to 177 months in prison Monday by a federal judge in Texarkana. Dixon Kelley, 43, appeared with…
A Texarkana man who failed to show for his own jury trial at the Bowie County courthouse in May was arrested Sunday at Texas Roadhouse in Texarkana, Texas. Demontrous O’Keith Witcher, 31, was dressed as a woman but a member…
Members of Phi Lambda Chi fraternity at Texas A&M University-Texarkana recently spent their Saturday working on a proposed walking bridge at the Bringle Lake Wilderness Trail at Bringle Lake Park in Texarkana, Texas. Approximately 10 students showed up to…
The crowd gathered inside the lobby of the Performing Arts Center at Pleasant Grove High School on Sunday afternoon as early as 2pm for the 3pm showing of Disney’s The Lion King Jr. The line of theatre-goers stretched out the…
Texarkana Museums System held their 4th annual Santa Sprint and Reindeer Run on Saturday, December 9, 2017. Runners of all ages and attire braved freezing temperatures at 8:00 AM in a dash around downtown. Velvet Hall Cool, Board President, said,…
Pleasant Grove varsity football team won their playoff game against Melissa by a score of 55-14, remaining undefeated for the season (14-0).
An April trial date has been scheduled for a New Boston, Texas, man accused of sharing photos he snapped of himself molesting a 2-year-old relative. Joseph Clinton Leatherman Jr., 29, appeared with Dallas lawyer Gary Unell for a pretrial hearing…
Warm and welcoming scents emanated from the large hall in the Southwestern Community Center on Thursday, December 7, 2017. The crowd had not only showed up for lunch, but to support the 19th Annual Bramlett Beans and Cornbread Luncheon named…
