The Texarkana, Texas Parks and Recreation Department is launching Advance TXK Parks, a master planning initiative that is focused on future development of Texarkana, Texas parks, trails, and facilities. Advance TXK Parks will include three public meetings which will be…
Two Texarkana residents were killed in a crash on Highway 196 in Miller County on Saturday, August 31. 18-year-old Jessie Witt and 32-year-old Timothy Fory were both pronounced dead on scene after the vehicle Fory was driving left the highway…
A Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) railway contractor will be performing a road closure on College Drive from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm on Wednesday, September 4th, for railroad crossing maintenance. Proper traffic control and detour signage will be installed…
CHRISTUS Health, an international, not-for-profit Catholic health system, announced today that its affiliate CHRISTUS Health Ark-La-Tex has entered into a binding asset purchase agreement to acquire Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas, from Dallas-based Steward Health Care. CHRISTUS Health…
HOPE, Ark–A Hope woman who was severely injured in a collision with a tractor trailer last year was prompted to take her own life in mid-July because of “extreme pain and suffering” and the “hopelessness” of her situation, according to…
Texas A&M University-Texarkana has announced that the university has set new enrollment records in numerous categories for the Fall 2024 semester, which began on August 26, 2024. At a time when many colleges and universities are predicting flat or declining…
HEMPSTEAD COUNTY, Ark.–A woman who died in July after allegedly being set on fire by her husband at a trailer home in Fulton, Ark., had told a police officer in Texarkana, Texas, months before that she was “scared” of her…
The class of 2023 University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana Texarkana campus Licensed Practical Nursing graduates achieved a 100% first-attempt pass rate on the NCLEX board exam. *The national average pass rate for all candidates is 89.82%. Jessica Schroader, UAHT LPN Director,…
Forklift certification training classes will be held at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Technical & Industrial Building, room 160, every third Saturday of the Month except June and July. The class is…
Arkansas Heart Hospital (AHH) announced that interventional cardiologist Dr. Hamas Rayes will begin treating patients at the hospital system’s Texarkana clinic. Dr. Rayes will join the clinic’s care team of nine physicians and three APRNs, and he will see patients…
September is Hunger Action Month and across the nation, food banks are encouraging one million actions across the country to end hunger. Harvest Regional Food Bank kicked off National Hunger Action Month on Tuesday, August 27th, with their annual Hunger…
A Texarkana Physician was sentenced today to 87 months in prison followed by three years of supervised on two counts of Distribution of a Schedule II Controlled Substance Without an Effective Prescription and 12 months in prison followed by one…
The Texarkana Homeless Coalition (TXKHC) is hosting the 3rd Annual Resource Day. It will be held on Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 8:00 am – 2:00 pm on the lawn of Crossties Event Venue located at 324 East Broad Street,…
On Friday, August 23, the Arkansas Legislative Council approved $16.7 million in funding for infrastructure improvements for the Texarkana Regional Airport (TXK). The infrastructure improvements will include the expansion of the runway and taxiways that will enable the airport to…
Anita Brissa Loera of Texarkana, Texas, has been selected as the 2024 Academic All-Star at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT). In her time at UAHT, Loera has been a member of Phi Theta Kappa, an EDGE Scholar, and named…
