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…
As of July 1, 2017, Wadley Regional Medical Center assumed the operations of the Cancer Center. The Wadley Cancer Center is equipped with advanced technology TrueBeam™. The Cancer Center brought the TrueBeam technology to Texarkana several years ago. It uses…
Queen City residents Ward King and his wife, Glenda, were enjoying coffee and a visit with their friends, Dot and Dave Eaton, when Ward suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He experienced mild chest discomfort and felt “a bit…
CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic Jefferson Avenue – Texarkana (formerly CHRISTUS Family Medicine Center-Texarkana) recently welcomed Brittany Ackley, M.D., Family Practice, to serve patients in the Texarkana area/four states region. Dr. Ackley is joining Jamie Campbell, M.D., and Kathy Brannan, Family Nurse…
Texarkana Independent School District Child Nutrition Department announced its policy today for providing free and reduced-price meals for students served under the attached current income eligibility guidelines. Each school/site or the central office for each district served under the TISD…
The Wake Village Dollar General Store in the 900 block Of Kings Highway was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night, according to police radio traffic. Wake Village Police was dispatched the store around 9:20 p.m. Sunday after the store was robbed…
The earliest stage of jury selection in the capital murder trial of a Texas prison inmate accused of beating a correctional officer to death at the Telford Unit in New Boston, Texas, began this week. More than 300 potential jurors…
The City of Texarkana, Texas is pleased to announce the appointment of Shirley Jaster as Interim City Manager. The City Council confirmed Jaster’s appointment on Friday, August 4th, 2017 after former City Manager John Whitson announced his retirement. Whitson served…
Tara Almand, assistant professor of nursing at Southern Arkansas University, was selected to the state’s 40 Nurse Leaders Under 40 list, which honors emerging nursing leaders in Arkansas who are younger than 40 years old. More than 80 nurses were…
Southern Arkansas University will participate in a historic exchange agreement with the University of Artemisa when it hosts three Cuban nationals Aug. 5-12. Dr. Trey Berry, president of SAU, and Dr. Carlos Eduardo Suarez Ponciano, rector or president of the…
The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana is pleased to announce the establishment of the Dennis Ramsey Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship was established to honor the twenty-six years of service Ramsey dedicated as mayor of the City of Hope, Arkansas. Ramsey has…
