UPDATE – the witness has been identified, and his photo removed. The Wake Village Police Department is asking for help identifying a witness to an armed robbery. The Wake Village Dollar General Store in the 900 block Of Kings Highway…
The East Texas Martial Arts school in Wake Village, Texas attended the World Championships in Tampa, Florida. Several students returned as world champions. Austin Singer – silver in individual patterns – bronze in continuous sparring Katie Gentry – silver in…
The Texarkana College Board of Trustees will hold two public hearings on the tax rate for the 2017-2018 year. The 2017-2018 budget will allow for an investment in current program offerings, facility modernization, and technology upgrades to respond to the…
Members of the Joint Texarkana Community Committee, City Council of the City of Texarkana, Texas and Board of Directors of the City of Texarkana, Arkansas met Tuesday evening to discuss the possibility of community wide broadband for the twin cities.…
A man who fired a pistol at police following a robbery at the Bank of the Ozarks on Richmond Road in Texarkana, Texas, pleaded guilty to two crimes during a hearing Tuesday afternoon in federal court. Dixon Kelley, 43, pleaded…
On Monday, 08/07/2017, at about 7:50pm Texarkana Arkansas Police received information that a residence in the 1300 block of Locust St. was being burgled by a heavy set black male. Officers Denise Wilder and Jeremy Hendrix responded and upon checking…
On Monday, 08/07/2017, at about 4:00pm, The Bottle Mart at 126 East St. reported to police that they had been robbed. Mark Clemenz was counting money when Billy Smith, 51 yoa, walked into the business and asked a question. Smith,…
The Bi-State Narcotics Task Force arrested 52-year-old Darren Caudle after discovering a large amount of ‘high-grade’ marijuana in a residence. According to a press release, on Thursday, August 03, 2017, Detectives with the Bi-State (8th Judicial South) Narcotics Task Force…
Green Thumb Industries (GTI) is holding a Medical Cannabis Career Forum in Texarkana on Friday, August 11. GTI is a medical marijuana cultivation company that operates in seven states, and has applied to cultivate in Arkansas. According to a GTI…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Shemar Harris, 18, of Texarkana Arkansas, on Saturday at Academy Sports for several charges after he fled from an off-duty officer and pointed a gun at a citizen who was trying to assist the…
Ina McDowell, Executive Director, Main Street Texarkana has recently completed Year 1 of the 31st Annual Community Development Institute(CDI) at the University of Central Arkansas on August 4, 2017. CDI trains community leaders and economic development professionals on how to…
Texarkana, Texas city officials met Monday afternoon, August 7, 2017 to discuss potential changes to the budget. City Manager, Shirley Jaster, and Chief Financial Officer, Kristen Peeples, discussed proposed changes and answered questions from the public. Peeples explained, “some projects will…
An 84-year-old man entered a guilty plea to child pornography production Monday at a hearing in a Texarkana, Texas, federal court. Jay Earl Anderson of Winnsboro, Texas, appeared in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern District of Texas federal court…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department is investigating an incident where Andrew Robinson, 20, of Texarkana Texas, died after stabbing himself multiple times on New Boston Road early Sunday morning. Officers were dispatched to the Walmart Supercenter, located at 4000 New…
Three seventeen year old men are in custody for their part in a series of overnight robberies last Monday night. Adrian Black, Mone’treiyos Green, and Jadan West, all of Texarkana Arkansas, have been arrested and charged with three counts of…
