Dr. Phyllis Deal and Lauren Hehmeyer, professors at Texarkana College, recently presented their paper “Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors Meet Henry David Thoreau” at the Thoreau Bicentennial Annual Gathering in Concord, Massachusetts. The July 2017 event was attended by more…
A Duck Labeling Party was held Thursday, August 10th at CHRISTUS St. Michael in preparation for the 2017 Great Texarkana Duck Race this Saturday. Volunteers labeled 12,000 ducks for this year’s race. Support of this year’s Duck Race will help…
Texarkana, Texas Police Department is investigating after an employee was robbed of her purse while leaving work at Grandy’s Saturday night. According to police radio traffic, a black male wearing all black with a black mask jumped out of the…
Highway 82 closed due to a single vehicle rollover-accident just after 5 p.m. Saturday. According to police radio traffic, one person was ejected from the vehicle during the accident. The accident happened at County Road 2206, east of 2253 and…
Members of United Way of Greater Texarkana were stationed outside both Walmart Supercenters today, August 12th, to raise donations for Stuff The Bus. Mark Bledsoe, President and CEO at United Way of Greater Texarkana said the day was a success.…
A video posted to Facebook Friday captured women fighting each other in traffic on St. Michael Drive. The poster of the video was dining at Chipotle when they captured the confrontation happening in the middle of St. Michael Dr. The…
An 18-year-old Texarkana woman who cost a man his leg when she hit him with a pickup truck in May, is back in the Bowie County jail. Angela Dawn Cox was arrested for failure to stop and render aid June…
Texarkana College was presented a Jobs and Education for Texas Grant check from Texas Workforce Commissioner, Ruth Hughs, for $304,006 benefitting TC Health Science Program. Courtney Shoalmire, Dean of Health Sciences, said, “We have 10 simulators, before we only had…
Governor Asa Hutchinson will participate in the “Politically Correct” Watermelon Eating Contest at the 41st Annual Hope Watermelon Festival on Saturday, August 12 at 11:30 a.m. The contest, sponsored by the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana, will take place at the…
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality visits the Spring Lake Park “duck muck’ dumping site. TCEQ issued a warning to Tatum Excavating Company and asked nearby residents to monitor the environmental variables. Spring Lake Park is being dredged and TEC…
The Hope Watermelon Festival Concert on Saturday, August 12, featuring Country music star Joe Diffie, has been moved to Hempstead Hall. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and seating is limited. Hempstead Hall is located on the University of Arkansas at…
University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana will host concurrent credit orientations for students and parents in Hope on Tuesday, August 15th at Hempstead Hall at 5 pm and in Texarkana on Thursday, August 17th at the UA-Texarkana Administration Building Foyer at 5…
A federal inmate at the Choctaw County Jail in Hugo, OK. escaped Monday evening through the gymnasium ventilation system, authorities said. Aaron Victory Sr., 38, escaped from the southeast Oklahoma lockup about 9:40 p.m., according to Choctaw County Sheriff Terry…
A convicted sex offender accused of violating sex offender registration reporting requirements has been formally charged by prosecutors in Miller County. Michael Andrew MacEntee, 30, was convicted of internet stalking of a child in Miller County in 2013. Last month…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana is now recruiting the fall 2017 cohort of its newly designed online superintendent preparation program. The 12 semester credit hour post-master’s program may be completed in nine to 12 months (if summer is required for the internship)…
