Dr. Drew Morton, assistant professor of Mass Communication at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, was recently honored to participate in the Towson University Department of Electronic Media and Film Visiting Artist Program in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Morton spoke to Towson students and…
The Texarkana Arts & Historic District will host a celebration on October 25, 2016 in downtown Texarkana to recognize the accomplishment of being named a Texas Cultural District. Texarkana was one of seven cities to receive this designation in 2016,…
According to DPS troopers a man ran from them Thursday so that he would have a place to stay tonight. [su_survey] The chase started around noon on the loop in Texarkana, when a trooper attempted to stop the man for…
Three Texas High School students were recognized by LifeNet on Wednesday afternoon for their heroic efforts moments after classmate, Mayten Lumpkin, suffered serious injuries in a diving accident that took place on September 17, 2016. [su_survey] The Lifesaver Award was…
The Arkansas Supreme Court has disqualified a measure that would have allowed three Arkansas counties to legalize gambling from the November ballot. The proposed constitutional amendment would have given three private companies rights to run casinos in Boone, Miller and…
A man who was arrested after fighting with police responding to a domestic disturbance call in February 2014 was sentenced to federal prison time Wednesday by a federal judge in Texarkana. [su_survey] Bobby Joe Hampton, 29, appeared before U.S. District…
Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Bobby Joe Hampton, 29, of Wilton, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 87 months and 23 days in federal prison on one count of Felon in Possession of…
On Monday at 5:13 p.m., Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers responded to a crash on US-259, approximately a quarter mile west of DeKalb. The preliminary crash investigation indicates that a 1992 Isuzu 300 was traveling north on US-259, waiting…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana is accepting applications for its new traditional four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program that will begin next year. The traditional BSN will require 120 credit hours, including 61 credit hours in prerequisite and core coursework and…
Texarkana College and Texas A&M University-Texarkana will co-host “Funding College 101” on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m. in Eagle Hall of the University Center on the A&M-Texarkana campus at 7101 University Ave., Texarkana, Texas. The workshop is designed to…
The 2016 UofA Hope-Texarkana Outstanding Staff Award winner, Shaun Clark, was honored for his accomplishment at the Annual Arkansas Community Colleges (ACC) Conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on Monday, October 10. Shaun has served as the Director of Industry Outreach…
A man who transported child pornography from Ashdown, Ark., to Broken Bow, Okla., is scheduled to appear for sentencing Thursday in a Texarkana federal court. [su_survey] Patrick Kellam, 42, admits he downloaded images of child porn which he kept while…
Thursday, October 13, 2016, Texarkana, Arkansas will be presented their certification of the Prospect Readiness Education Program (PREP). This is the recognition of all the work to achieve the special recognition certifying their resources and abilities to meet economic development…
The Red River County Sheriff’s Office has issued a Silver Alert for Jimmy Dewell Cox. Cox is 82 years old, and described by authorities to be 5’11”, 190 pounds with grey hair and blue eyes. According to police he was…
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department announced the retirement of K-9 Gus today after 7 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Texarkana, Arkansas. K-9 Gus served with his partner Corporal Randy McAdams for his entire tenure with TAPD. “K-9…
