The Tiger Theatre Company of Texas High School is now advancing to the 5A Region 2, Area 2 UIL One-Act Play competition after taking top awards during the District and Bi-District events for their production of The Axeman’s Requim. …
Redwater Volunteer Fire Department responded to a house fire on Lydia Jane Street around 4:30 a.m. Thursday morning. According to the department arriving units noted that the front porch was on fire with a propane cylinder accelerating the blaze. The…
Jury selection is set to begin in November in civil lawsuits stemming from a fatal drunk driving collision that left two dead in 2013. Chad Caldwell, 38, is currently serving two 20-year prison sentences in the Texas Department of Criminal…
A man who used a deadly pesticide to control wild hogs in Bowie County pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Texarkana federal court to killing protected migratory birds. John Purviance, 46, entered pleas of guilty to two misdemeanor offenses-unlawful taking of…
The Hope Police Department is asking for help in locating Kara J. Watson, a 16-year-old from Hope Arkansas. According to police Kara was last seen at her residence in Hope, on Sunday morning at approximately 10:30. It is unknown what…
Texarkana, Texas, police are investigating a body found in a house in the 3100 block of Alexander Avenue. According to officials the body of a middle aged man was found in the house. Crime Scene investigators are currently on scene.
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…
