Sunday, February 19th participants in Texarkana’s “10th annual Run the Line Half-Marathon” will zig and zag thru our two cities in two states running the 13.1-mile course. Partnership For The Pathway and the Team Texarkana Running Club organize the annual event and volunteers have been hard at work getting ready for this weekend.
Author: Jeff Easterling
Jeff Easterling
After more than 40 years with commercial broadcasting, I decided to do my own thing by blogging, and taking "unconsultant" gigs. It affords me the ability to stay super involved in the community, but still, have plenty of time with my 3 granddaughters and other projects.
Thousands are expected to enjoy the 2017 Mardi Gras celebration in downtown Texarkana on Saturday, February 2017 at Front Street Plaza with live music, all of the food, lots of vendors and activities and admission is free for everyone!
The Texarkana Area Veteran’s Council 18th Annual Chili Cook-off will be Friday, February 17 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Truman Arnold Center at Texarkana College on Robison Road in Texarkana Texas.
The family band Pelican 212 will headline Mardi Gras 2017 in Texarkana on Saturday, February 25th in downtown Texarkana with their New Orleans Style Dixieland swing. Twin trumpet sensations Max and Kolbe Rees front the band that has been featured on the television show Little Big Shots, and made an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Texarkana Texas Police Department Public Information Officer Shawn Vaughn has a wide variety of community education programs that are offered to local groups, clubs, church groups and civic organizations with topics from personal safety and drugs, to internet safety and workplace violence. Just ask!
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department are searching for Benjamin Harrison in connection with a shooting that occurred Saturday night at the Stop n Shop store located at 1804 E. 9th Street.
A Saturday accident on interstate 30, just past the Mandeville exit involved a semi-truck traveling in the Eastbound lane that crashed into a concrete barrier and caught fire. The blaze shut down the highway most of the day and backed traffic up as far as Stateline Avenue in Texarkana.
Around my place, we have a dozen 100-year-old Oak trees. I love them, but they can be a problem. Especially if some of those giant limbs stretch out over your house. So, with the spring bloom coming soon I began my search for a good tree service with a good price.
The Bowie County Sheriff’s Department, acting on a tip, has arrested two people in the Liberty Eylau community transporting a large amount of Methamphetamine.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police have arrested a 17-year-old juvenile in connection to the aggravated robbery at the Pizza Hut store on Stateline Avenue.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection to an armed robbery that occurred in the driveway of a residence on Sandlin Avenue.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department has arrested two suspects in connection to the aggravated robbery at the EZ-Mart Store on Jefferson Avenue on January 26. One of the suspects attacked the clerk with a hammer during the crime.
From the team that built the McAlister’s Deli chain, Newk’s Eatery is quickly becoming an Ark-La-Tex favorite with current locations in Longview, Tyler and the Shreveport/Bossier area. Plans are for a Texarkana location in the near future.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department has released some arrest statistics from January 2017 with some interesting results. Out of 318 arrests, 268 were repeat offenders.
Millwood Lake’s Dam at Saratoga was completed in 1966 and to this day is one of the single most expensive construction projects in the southwest corner of Arkansas. When completed in 1966 the total cost was right at $140,000,000, a cost that we are all still paying in 2017!
In a crime that has shocked the entire Ark-La-Tex, a senseless murder in the Fouke Arkansas community has shattered lives of some residents. A 12-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to the February 2 early morning murder at the EZ-Mart Store in the small southwest Arkansas town.
Global One Southwest Pro Wrestling Presents “Saved By The Bell” live at New Boston Middle School in New Boston, Texas Saturday, February 4, 2017, at 7:30 p.m.
The Miller County Sheriff;s Office continues to investigate the overnight homicide of a clerk at the Fouke EZ-Mart Store. The M.C.S.O. has confirmed that a juvenile suspect in the shooting death is in custody.
The Miller County Sheriff’s Department is currently investigating an overnight robbery and homicide at the Fouke, Arkansas EZ- Mart store on Highway 71. It is confirmed that the cashier was shot and killed.
Texarkana FYI and Wadley Regional Medical Center are excited to name Bess Gamble-Williams as our February 2017 Hometown Hero. Williams is the founder of the local non-profit group T.A.B. (Taking Action Against Bullies).
Texarkana Arkansas Firefighters responded to a fire this morning around 7:45 a.m. at Tri-State Iron & Metal at 1725 E. 9th Street.
The Bowie County Sheriff’s Office reports that Randall Foster, 36, has been arrested and is expected to be charged in the shooting death of Donnie Smallwood, 40, of Texarkana Texas.
The Bowie County Sheriff’s office is working a suspected homicide case at the Texarkana Mobile Home Park in Liberty Eylau. The incident has left Donnie Smallwood, 40, of Texarkana Texas dead from a gunshot wound.
A big thank you for these veterans and their service to our country and congratulations on your academic accomplishments!
From the time I was a kid we enjoyed Texarkana Regional Airport, from simply watching planes take-off and land, to an occasional airshow, and when we were kids we always thought of the old radar dome as “the giant golfball”. Here is more about the Texarkana Airforce Station that served as home to the 703rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron during the cold war.
The Texarkana Texas Municipal Court is offering an amnesty program to those that may have outstanding warrants with the Texarkana Municipal Court System. The program runs from February 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017.
There’s a new Smallcakes Cupcakery location at 3910 N. Stateline Avenue, in Texarkana Arkansas. Featured on The Food Network, The View, and raved on by USA Today as one of the Top 10 Cupcake Places to Try in the U.S. Smallcakes bakes and serves 18 signature flavors every morning, from scratch.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department are seeking information to identify two suspects in a recent vehicle burglary at the Murphy USA station at Walmart on New Boston Road.
Recently a photo was posted in the Facebook group “Texarkana Cheers & Jeers” of a school lunch that was served at a Texarkana middle school. We have spoken with school administrators and want to share some information.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has released information regarding identities of those involved in an early morning accident on U.S. 71 that claimed the life of a young woman from Ashdown, Arkansas.