Over 70 guests and employees attended the Patriot Award presentation at Priefert Mfg., on April 13th 2016. Employees that are currently serving in the National Guard or Reserve can nominate their supervisors for the Patriot Award as a token of…
If you’ve gone back to school shopping you’re probably familiar with Tax-Free Weekend which takes place a few weeks before school is back in session, but there’s a new sales tax holiday not many people have heard of. This tax…
Bowie County US 259 – At Red River north of De Kalb, constructing new bridge. IH 30 – From SH 8 to Anderson Creek, repairing pavement and installing new guard rails. Various lane closures. IH 30 – At SH 98…
Thanks to a generous donation Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Department of Miller County Arkansas received high visibility safety shirts Thursday evening. Rusty Latham donated the money that enabled the department to get the shirts. They are printed with an ink…
A woman and a man who were arrested by Texarkana, Ark., police and members of the Bi-State Narcotics task force at a local hotel were sentenced by a federal judge Thursday. Edwin Tirrell Young, aka T.Y., 40, and Vanessa Joy…
If you or someone you know has an interesting business idea and want to make it a reality, you don’t want to miss Start Up Weekend taking place at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. This event will give aspiring entrepreneurs with great…
Kenneth Elser, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Jeffrey N. Bain, age 52 of Hope, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 63 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on two counts…
A Lockesburg, Ark., man convicted of stalking a child online in 2013, pleaded guilty Wednesday to using his computer to look at child porn. Nolen Reece Baker, 41, appeared before U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey for a change of plea…
On March, 24 the Bi-State Narcotics Task Force, assisted by FBI Agents from the Texarkana Arkansas Regional Office, and members of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives from Little Rock, arrested Skip Lomax and charged him with illegally…
An overnight wreck between two semi-trucks on Interstate 30 near Summerhill Rd. left westbound lanes of interstate closed for most of the night. According to Texarkana, Texas Police no one was injured in the accident. The accident happened about 12:30…
Justin Damone Johnson, the suspect in the Beacon Point home invasion that left two dead in Texarkana, Ark., has been arrested by the United States Marshals Service in Fort Worth, Texas. On Friday November 20, 2015 at 12:00am Texarkana Arkansas…
The Hooks ISD ACE Program along with Hooks ISD welcomed former Harlem Globetrotter and NCAA All-American basketball player, Melvin Adams, to its campus on Tuesday, April 12. Throughout the school day, Adams shared compelling and motivational stories about character, education,…
Two escapees from Missouri were captured Tuesday on Texamericas land in Hooks. According to a Bowie County Sheriff’s Office Press release, at 8:34 Tuesday morning Bowie County Deputy Kenny McMillen was dispatched to meet with Lone Star Rail Car Storage…
Susan Waldrep, Student Council Advisor for Texas High School, was named the Texas Association of Student Councils (TASC) 2016 Eddie G. Bull State Advisor of the Year during the opening session of the TASC Annual Conference in Arlington, Texas. Waldrep…
UPDATE – According to police radio traffic both escapees have been captured. Two inmates who are considered ‘dangerous’ escaped from a Missouri jail Sunday night and authorities believe they are currently in Bowie County, according to police radio traffic. The…
