The Texas Senate gave preliminary approval to a measure Wednesday that would permit concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons on campus. Granbury Senator Brian Birdwell authored the bill, and he argued that the right to bear arms is a…
March 19, 2015 | The Texarkana Police Department held an awards ceremony on Wednesday, March 18th, at 2:30 p.m. in the Texarkana Police Training Facility located on the first floor of the Bi-State Criminal Justice Center. During this ceremony, Chief…
Texarkana, Arkansas – Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that Derrick Estell, age 35, of Hot Springs, was sentenced today on two counts of Use of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of…
Texarkana Independent School District Board of Trustees talked middle school curriculum, construction, election cancellation, snow days and land purchase during their regular session on March 17, 2015. Trustees approved the competitive proposal for construction of the Sixth Grade Center at…
Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced that William Gauld, age 33 of Texarkana, Arkansas, was sentenced today to 180 months in prison without the possibility of parole, followed by ten years of supervised release…
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…
