A SWAT stand-off between a man barricaded in a room with a knife and the Bowie County Sheriff’s Office SWAT team ended peacefully around 4 p.m. Wednesday. According to Bowie County Sheriff James Prince a man threatening suicide by cop…
WASHINGTON, DC – The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today issued a nationwide alert about the dangers of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues Fentanyl is commonly laced in heroin, causing significant problems across the country, particularly as heroin abuse has…
March 18, 2015 | The 2015 Veterans’ Expo sponsored by Red River Army Depot and Texarkana College will be held today (Wednesday, March 18, 2015) at Texarkana College in the Truman Arnold Center. “Usually, we have 5-10 people that leave there…
The search for a man that went missing from Gurdon, Arkansas and was possibly last seen in Hope, Arkansas is entering its second week. Wesley Livingston, 24, went missing around noon Tuesday from a work site at Georgia Pacific in…
With 146 people killed in Texas work zone crashes last year – an increase of more than 20 percent from 2013 – the Texas Department of Transportation urges drivers to slow down, pay attention and be extra cautious when driving…
March 17, 2015 | Wake Village Police and Fire Departments responded to a two vehicle collision at the intersection of Arizona Road and Old Redwater Road.
March 17, 2015 | A Texas Appeals court dismissed a woman’s appeal of eight years’ incarceration because the appeal was untimely, stated an appellate opinion published on Tuesday. Virginia Smith pled to injury to child after allegations of abuse occurred…
11:30 a.m. Tuesday | Texarkana, Texas Police and Fire Departments were quickly on scene of a three vehicle accident on Summerhill Rd. at College Drive. No life threatening injuries were suffered. The cause of the accident was still under investigation.
The Texarkana, Texas Police Department officer involved in the fatal shooting on December 15, 2014 is set to return to patrol duties on Monday, March 23, 2015. The Texarkana Texas Police Department has been notified that the Texas Rangers have…
Lt. Johnny Weaver, Officer Bo Carter, Officer James Hargrave, Officer Cliff Harris, and BCSO Captain David Grable participated in the 2nd Annual Heroes Ruck Challenge in Little Rock this weekend. Each of them carried a ruck pack weighing at…
Monday, March 16, 2015- Texarkana, Texas- Area superintendents and school officials along with members of the Texarkana College Board of Trustees and Foundation Board met today to approve a new plan for graduating seniors in the top of their high…
A Bowie County jury gave a ma a life sentence for killing his estranged wife’s boyfriend on May 11, 2014. James Austin Friend, 35, entered the guilty plea of murder for killing Larry Gray on February 5, 2015. Friend waived a…
5:00 p.m. Saturday | A two car accident left northbound lanes of East Street blocked just south of Loop 151. Texarkana, Arkansas Fire and Police Department were quickly on scene. No occupants suffered life threatening injures. The cause of…
11:00 p.m. Thursday | A downed street light left Moores Lane closed at Richmond Road Thursday night. Texarkana, Texas Police and Fire Departments have all lanes of Moores blocked due to the pole and electrical lines in the roadway. According…
March 12, 2015 | The wife of James Austin Friend, Traci Friend, described to the jury the events leading up to the death of her boyfriend, Larry Gray, while testifying Wednesday. She described the following events while while testifying: Traci…
