UPDATE – TAPD released the following statement Monday morning. “Currently Texarkana Arkansas Detectives are working diligently to determine suspect information involving the recent homicide of Michael Scott Roberts, which occurred last Friday, July 3rd, 2015 at his residence on Garland…
1:00 a.m. Friday | A police pursuit ended in a fiery crash at the dead end of Sabine Ave early Friday morning. According to police radio traffic a Texas DPS Trooper was attempting to stop a vehicle for an unknown…
Bowie County US 259 – At Red River north of De Kalb, closed due to damages from flooding. IH 30 – From Spur 86 to FM 44, repairing pavement and installing new guard rails. Various lane closures. US 82 –…
12:30 p.m. Thursday | Firefighters with Texarkana, Texas Fire Department extricated a 19 year old woman trapped in her vehicle after a two vehicle collision in the 5200 block of N. State Line. A Texarkana, Texas police officer drove up…
Texarkana Texas Police have arrested 27-year-old Joseph Whitley Jr. of Texarkana Arkansas and charged him with Aggravated Robbery. According to Texarkana, Texas Police Department Whitley was one of two subjects involved in a purse snatching that occurred in the parking…
Two suspects involved in shooting at a DEA agent in Little Rock late last night were arrested early Thursday morning in central Texas. Texarkana area officers were alerted by Little Rock Police a little after 1 a.m. that a suspect…
A Bowie County jury on Wednesday sentenced Delbert Dewayne Sisemore to 45 years for for breaking into a Texarkana home and threatening a woman with a gun. According to Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp Sisemore was sentenced to 45 years…
In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday that same-sex marriage is protected by the U.S. Constitution, the Texas attorney general’s office has conceded a separate legal challenge to the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. That challenge had been left…
The Texarkana Arts and Historic District committee has commissioned local artist Arthur Pletcher to update the Scott Joplin mural in downtown Texarkana located on the Norton & Wood Law Firm building facing the Perot Theatre and 3rd Street on the…
ATLANTA — The Texas Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD), has reopened US 59/71 at the Red River between Texarkana, TX and Ashdown, AR. The highway has been closed since Friday, June 26,…
A man accused of breaking into two houses and threatening a homeowner with a gun is expected to testify today in his trial for aggravated robbery. Delbert Dewayne Sisemore pleaded guilty to burglary of a habitation and possession of less…
Two suspects recently arrested by Mount Pleasant Police for allegedly coordinating shipments of heroin from Mexico to the Eastern seaboard have been indicted by a federal grand jury. According to Mount Pleasant Police Department 37-year-old Ivet Manrique-Banda and 22-year-old Edgar…
According to Texarkana, Texas Police Department the man pictured was allegedly involved in a theft recently at Lowe’s. Police are asking for you to call them if you recogiznie him. Contact TTPD at 903-798-3116 or CrimeStoppers at 903-793-STOP. TTPD asks…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with Texas abortion providers and temporarily put on hold a ruling that would have closed 10 of the state’s 19 abortion facilities. Abortion restrictions passed by the Texas Legislature in 2013 — and…
According to Bowie County Clerk Tina Petty her office intends to issue same-sex marriage license. This comes in the wake of Friday’s historic 5-4 Supreme Court decision that States can not keep same-sex couples from marrying. According to Petty her…
