The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana will provide students with a new Surgical Scrub Technician Program beginning this fall. The program is a one-semester program designed for students who hold a current license in practical/vocational nursing or registered nursing, who wish…
In an effort to assist the youth of the community, WORTH will host a denim drive through Saturday, August 26th. The drop off location is 160 East Locke St., Ashdown, AR 71822. Please contact TyRhonda Henderson at 501-804-0217 for more…
A Simms, Texas, man accused of physically and sexually assaulting a woman he was living with appeared before a Bowie County judge Monday in Texarkana. Jonathan Keith Gressman, 32, was arrested last month by the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office for…
Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council’s Annual Jawbone Back to School Concert is Saturday, August 26, 2017 at the Perot Theatre in Downtown Texarkana at 7:30 pm. Voted Best of Texarkana’s Band, Jawbone lives up to the title by performing…
A man who severely injured his passenger when he crashed his truck into the fountain at the end of State Line Avenue in dowtown Texarkana was sentenced to five years in prison Monday. Harvey Lynn Terry, 54, appeared before 202nd…
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…
