AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), submitted a request today to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) to increase the company’s Texas rates by approximately $69 million annually. If approved, new rates could go into effect in mid-to-late 2017.…
A former home health aide has been indicted for allegedly using an 83-year-old woman’s identity to buy a car. Aleesea Williams, 26, was indicted by a Bowie County grand jury Thursday for exploitation of the elderly. If convicted, Williams faces…
Bowie County US 259 – At Red River north of De Kalb, constructing new bridge. Camp County None Cass County SH 77 – From FM 251 to FM 1841 in Atlanta, widening highway. FM 125 – Louisiana State Line to…
During auditions held on December 5 in Mt. Pleasant, TX, eleven Texas High School Freshmen Band students earned placement in the Freshmen All-Region Honor Band. The students who earned this placement were; Christian Allen (Clarinet); Skylar Black (Clarinet); Sarah Bratcher…
A Simms, Texas, man accused of shooting and then driving the victim to a Texarkana emergency room was indicted Thursday by a Bowie County grand jury. Barry Kendall Green, 35, faces five to 99 years or life in prison if…
Three intersections in Texarkana and Wake Village will have improvements made to their traffic control systems and street lighting during the coming year, according to plans approved in December by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). “All the signal lights…
Murfreesboro, AR. – After nearly a year of searching the field at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park as a team, two regular visitors discovered this year’s third-largest diamond found at the park. Jack Pearadin, of Murfreesboro, Arkansas, and Doug…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana, in conjunction with The Center for Legal Studies, will offer a Paralegal Certificate Course, beginning Jan. 9. “The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the number of paralegals to increase much faster than the national average for…
A Texarkana man accused of running over and killing his wife while under the influence of methamphetamine appeared before a Miller County judge Tuesday. Lucas Connor McCarley, 35, has been in jail since his arrest March 3 in connection with…
Texarkana Independent School District will host a Dedication Ceremony on the renaming of their Academic Learning Center to the Goree Academic Learning Center. The event will be Saturday, December 17 at 3:30 p.m. at 3201 Lincoln Avenue. The facility, which…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department is participating in Texas Department of Transportation’s statewide impaired driving campaign, “Plan While You Can”. This holiday season, the Texarkana Texas Police Department is focusing on the issue of impaired driving by encouraging people to…
New Boston, Texas: A Bowie County judge sentenced a Texarkana, Texas, man to 20 years in prison Tuesday at the end of a short bench trial. In a bench trial, the judge decides if a defendant is guilty and determines…
The Texarkana Texas Police Department has identified Eva Hubbard, 30, of Texarkana Texas as the passenger in a stolen vehicle involved in a crash on South Lake Drive in September. Hubbard and the vehicle’s driver, Billy Morehead, died in the…
Eager faces filled the room this morning as Mrs. Tracy Jones’s pre-school class at St. James Day School awaited their “adopted” family to arrive. Twelve pre-schoolers filled with excitement waited patiently to shower each member of their adopted family with love…
Today the Texarkana College Board of Trustees heard a favorable report from auditors and approved the College’s audited financial statements for the year ending August 31, 2016. The motion came after hearing a report of full disclosure by Thomas &…
