People might be shocked to learn that the number of car crashes reported in Texarkana last year – 2,320 – has not increased this year. It’s just that readers are seeing more of them being reported in the news. Still,…
1:30 P.M. Wednesday | Texarkana Texas Fire and Police responded to a single vehicle rollover accident in front of the Texas Travel Center on I-30 west bound. The cause of the accident is unknown at this time. First responder radio…
11:30 P.M. Tuesday | Texarkana, Texas Police responded to River Crossing Apartments at 1023 College Drive on reports of a shooting. TXK Today arrived on scene shortly after the police. LifeNet staged a block away for at least 10 minutes…
Texarkana Texas Fire Department and Texarkana College held an open house at Texarkana Fire Department’s training facility just off Texas Blvd today. Texarkana College Fire Academy, which will be using the facility, expects their first class to start September 2.…
HOPE, AR –Looking to make a few extra dollars babysitting? The University of Arkansas Community College at Hope has recently become a registered SAFE SITTER Teaching Site and now offers the comprehensive babysitting training program for young adolescents (11 years of…
The Tiger Bookmobile fromTexarkana Independent School District is preparing to roar through Texarkana this summer to encourage children to read. The unique, one-of-a-kind, mobile literacy unit is meant to get children wild about reading. “You can’t miss the 48’ mobile…
5:00 P.M. Monday | Texas DPS and Bowie County Fire responded to a rollover accident on Highway 71 at 549. The cause is unknown and according to a first responder there were no serious injuries.
1:00 P.M. Monday | TTPD responded to multiple calls of an abandoned car in the left turn lane from Richmond Rd. to Mall Dr. When the plates were ran the car came back stolen. According to TTPD the car was…
Santa Fe Cattle Company has Texarkana in its radar, but it could well be a year or two when – and if – it decides to open up shop here. “There have been serious conversations regarding a Texarkana location for…
6:00 A.M. Monday | A head on collision on U.S. 82 near Leary had U.S. Highway 82 closed for almost an hour early Monday morning. First responders from Nash, C5, Bowie County Sheriff, & LifeNet responded to the scene of…
11:00 P.M. Saturday | Texas Police, Fire & LifeNet responded to Summerhill Rd. & MLK Blvd. to a multi vehicle major accident. LifeNet transported at least one person to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries.
The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America’s birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin…
Saturday 10:30 A.M. | liberty eylau volunteer fire department, Texas DPS, and LifeNet responded to a single car rollover accident on Highway 59 at 2516. According to first responder on scene the driver may have been suffering from a medical…
Press Release From Texarkana Chamber TexAmericas Center Executive Director Bill Cork has been named as the sole finalist for the position of CEO/president by the Texarkana Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The Board is entering into employment contract negotiations with Cork,…
4:00 P.M. Thursday | Police received a call from a guest at Wyndham Suites that people were seen breaking into and stealing copper from the hotel. Five TTPD units responded and spent about an hour searching the abandoned hotel building.…
