On January 22, 2016, the Texarkana Homeless Coalition will again take our mission to the streets with the third annual Bridge City Project. The event is designed to be a challenge to community leaders, government officials, and residents to raise…
“She was special, a pageant girl, and so beautiful,” says Andy Kim as he describes his sister Annie, who passed away eight years ago in a tragic car wreck. Annie graduated from Pleasant Grove High School, and upon completing high…
A Fouke, Ark., woman accused of fatally stabbing her husband early Tuesday morning was released from the Miller County jail Wednesday. [su_survey] Tarah Waynett Fries, 25, was brought from a cell to a courtroom in the Miller County correctional complex…
During auditions held in December at North Lamar High School in Paris, TX, twenty-four Texas High School band students earned placement in the Texas Music Educators Association All-Region Band. Selected students will perform in an Honor Band Concert on January…
The Little River County Genealogical Society is hosting a talk at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, January 12, 2015, in the Millwood Room of the Barbara Horn Civic Center at Cossatot College in Ashdown. Melissa Nesbitt, an archival assistant with the…
Southern Arkansas University is hosting a dedication ceremony of the Sturgis Auditorium at the Wharton Nursing Building at 11 a.m. on Fri., January 8, 2016. The public is welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served. This event is recognizing…
A Bentonville, Ark., man whose DNA identified him as the person who crawled through an elderly woman’s motel window in 2013 in Texarkana, Ark., plead guilty to sexual assault Tuesday. [su_survey] Until Elrodrick Deonte Cheatham’s DNA was catalogued into a…
One person was grazed by gunfire in a home invasion robbery Tuesday evening at The Ridge Apartments on Oats St. in Texarkana, Ark. According to Texarkana, Ark. Police Department Public Information Officer Kristi Bennett, two masked males entered an apartment…
A 25-year-old Fouke, Ark. woman is in custody for 2nd degree murder following an overnight stabbing in Fouke, Ark. According to Miller County Jail records 25-year-old Tarah Fries was booked at 4:42 a.m Tuesday for 2nd degree murder. Miller County…
Attorneys for two of three defendants accused in the murder of Christopher Guilbeau last year want the state to produce evidence. [su_survey] Marquel Deonte Smith, 21; Brandon Eric Brown, 22; and Shamari Newton, 25, each entered not guilty pleas to…
Lake Wright Patman is currently at 253.94 feet, a record level since water level reporting started in 1986. The previous record was set in June of 1990 at 252.13 feet. The U.S. Corps of Engineers is currently releasing 9,400…
12:30 a.m. Sunday | A two vehicle accident on Richmond Rd. at St. Michael Dr. left northbound lanes blocked for a short time early Sunday morning. The two vehicles collided in the intersection causing one vehicle to come to rest…
A Bowie County man accused of sexually assaulting 12 and 15-year-old girls is facing a possible life sentence. [su_survey] Randal Lee Wright, 56, is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and second degree sexual assault of a child.…
As of January 1st, open carry law is in effect in the state of Texas, making it the 45th state to pass the law. Although some states allow open carry without a permit or license, Texas requires all persons to…
Single parents who are trying to further their higher education need a little help sometimes. That’s why Bank of the Ozarks President Steve Mullins gave Dolly Henley a check for $500 to go into that fund Wednesday. The Hempstead/Lafayette County…
