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.
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.
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.
Congratulations to the students on the “Robot Rescue” team at Morriss Elementary. The team took top honors at the recent First Lego League Round II Super Qualifier in Grand Saline, TX.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department has released surveillance video from the recent Home Invasion in the College Hill Area. One man was shot in the incident and the thieves made off with the home owner’s dog.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested two 14-year-old boys in connection with an armed robbery that occurred in the parking lot of the Walmart Neighborhood Market on Richmond Road on Sunday.
The Texarkana Texas Police are searching for information in a robbery that occurred in a residential driveway at the victim’s home.
With the big game going down on Sunday, February 5th folks are getting their plans together for Superbowl Parties. Here are some of the best places in Texarkana to watch “Super Bowl LI” with friends.
Get ready for A&M – Texarkana Eagles Baseball beginning on Thursday, February 2 in Texarkana on George Dobson Field at Spring Lake Park in Texarkana, Texas. Now is the time to get your season passes!
Since opening in 1996, Healthcare Express has truly become a leader in Urgent Care for the Texarkana region. So much so that officials with Texarkana, Texas, Texarkana, Arkansas, Wake Village, Texas and Nash Texas have officially proclaimed January 23, 2017, “HealthCARE Express Day”.
The Miller County Sheriff’s office has announced that eleven new detention officers have graduated from Basic Jailer’s Training and will be working in the Miller County Detention Center.
The Texas Department of Public Safety outlines threats to the public for 2017 in their “2017 Texas Public Safety Threat Overview”. Dangers from gangs, Mexican Cartels, and of course the threat of terrorism is always looming.
Our friend Eric Etheridge has produced a new drone video of Texarkana and it is awesome!
The Texarkana Texas Police Department is offering these safety tips for people after seeing a surge in fraud crimes resulting from stolen debit cards. Police are seeing teams of thieves working together to steal wallets, purses and such.