25-year-old Glen Derricks was taken into custody around 1:30 p.m. today at the Ashdown City Park. [su_survey] Derricks, from Dallas, had been on the run after allegedly firing at an Ashdown, Ark. Police Officer Monday night. Derricks was riding in…
TEXARKANA, TEXAS – The Texarkana Police Department arrested Timothy Brooks, 37, of Texarkana, Arkansas for Driving While Intoxicated (three or more prior convictions) and Possession of Controlled Substance (greater than 400 grams). [su_survey] Brooks was stopped by officers at approximately…
Police and Fire have evacuated surrounding houses and sealed off the area after someone reported they found a grenade under the porch of a house at W. 39th Street and Olive. Texarkana, Texas Police and Fire Department are currently on…
Area police are searching for a Dallas man who fired shots at an Ashdown, Ark. Police Officer after being pulled over Monday evening. [su_survey] 25-year-old Glen Derricks was riding in the car when it was pulled over in Ashdown. When…
Miller County prosecutors have filed criminal charges against a Texas man accused of pocketing $5,000 in a fraudulent Ted Nugent booking at Shooter’s Sports Bar in 2014. Robert James Devine, 64, is facing charges of theft of property and unlawful…
The third and final reading of a proposed anti-dog chain ordinance is scheduled for tonight’s Board of Directors meeting in Texarkana, Ark. The ordinance will make it against the law to chain a dog to a stationary object. A “trolley…
New Boston, Texas: A Texas prison inmate facing death himself in the July 2015 beating death of a Barry Telford Unit guard in New Boston was in court Friday for a pretrial hearing. Billy Joel Tracy, 39, is accused of…
Arkansas Highways may soon have a maximum speed of 75 m.p.h. House Bill 2057 would raise the speed on controlled-access highways from 70 to 75. Semi-trucks would be limited to 70. The bill unanimously passed the Arkansas House on Thursday…
A 21-year-old Texarkana man accused of robbing a local convenience store with a juvenile accomplice and a hammer in January, pleaded not guilty this week in Miller County. Devin Javon Whitaker and a 15-year-old juvenile were arrested following an attempted…
by Sanya Mansoor, The Texas Tribune The Texas House on Wednesday passed a statewide ban on texting while driving. Members voted 113-32 to tentatively approve the legislation, which will get a final vote in the House before it can proceed…
(Murfreesboro, AR) – While in southern Arkansas for a baseball tournament, 14-year-old Kalel Langford, of Centerton, Arkansas, fulfilled a longtime dream of visiting Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park. Kalel and his parents arrived at Arkansas’s diamond site on the…
On March 15, 2017 Texarkana Texas Police Officers made two separate traffic stops and located over 10 pounds of synthetic marijuana. The first traffic stop was conducted in the 200 block of Reading Ave. Officers with the Special Investigations Unit…
Two men accused of unlawful animal fighting in Miller County have pleaded not guilty. [su_survey] Christopher Tremayne Harper, 26, and Jaquavian Jaqwon Johnson entered not guilty pleas Tuesday during court proceedings before Circuit Judge Kirk Johnson. Both men are charged…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana Extended Education and Community Development will present “Living Your Legend: Finding and Doing Work that Actually Excites and Pleases You” featuring Dr. Eric N. Best on Tuesday, April 4, from6-8 p.m. in Eagle Hall in the University…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana will host a series of meet-and-greet events for incoming freshmen and their family members in March and April. There will be a Freshman Meet and Greet in Texarkana on Tuesday, March 28, from 6-8 p.m. in…
