Get ready to let the good times roll Texarkana style on February 25th with Mardi Gras 2017 at Front Street Plaza in downtown Texarkana. Now is the time for vendors to register for one of Texarkana’s most popular events.
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.
Despite some rumors on social media, the Texarkana Kmart and Sears stores are not among the 150 stores that are planned to be closed by the struggling Sears Holdings Company. However, they have sold their famous “Craftsman” brand to Stanley Black & Decker.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested three juveniles and expect to arrest another shortly in the recent rash of vehicle thefts and burglaries. Police have issued 39 warrants for four juveniles in the investigation.
The Bowie County Sheriff’s Office newest canine deputy “Lennox”, purchased with funds provided by the Ark-La-Tex 100 Club, was used to do a routine search in the parking lot of the Bowie County Jail where employees park their cars and he hit on two vehicles where deputies found marijuana, resulting in two arrests.
The T.A.P.D. is investigating an armed robbery at the Pizza Hut store at 3704 N. Stateline Avenue. Reports are that two masked gunmen robbed the store at gunpoint around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night stealing an undisclosed amount of cash from the register.
74-year-old Rebbie Roberson was settling in for the t.v. news on Sunday night when an armed intruder came busting into her living room pointing a gun in her face. So, she got to her .38 Caliber revolver and opened fire!
Anthony Escobar will be joining the Caddo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America as Scout Executive effective January 15, 2017. Anthony and his wife Cheryl are excited to call Texarkana home.
Adam Trent is bringing “The Next Generation of Magic” to the Perot Theatre in downtown Texarkana on Friday, January 20. Don’t miss Adam’s award-winning blend of magic, illusions, dancing and comedy in a show that CBS News calls “Amazing!”
Time to register for Spring 2017 classes at the University of Arkansas Hope – Texarkana.
Congratulations to the robotic teams at Josh and Martha Morriss Elementary moving forward to the first Lego League regional competition scheduled for this month.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department has released statistics from their holiday DWI mobilization efforts from 12/16/2016 thru the New Year resulting in a number of arrests.
As of January 2017, The Sportsplex, formerly known as Minton’s Sportsplex is now under the ownership of Healthcare Express. The Sportsplex will be keeping the same amazing staff and services that the customers have grown to love, as well as adding new services in the future.
A special party is planned for Saturday, January 7 at Twin City Sports Bar at 221 E. Broad Street in downtown Texarkana Arkansas featuring Smoking Lamp Recording Artists “F’nA”.
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For our first blog post of 2017, we want to start our feature to recognize members of our community that go above in beyond to support, encourage, or inspire others. The first Texarkana FYI / Wadley Regional Medical Center Hometown Hero for this year received a few different nominations, we want to say congratulations and thank you to Fabienne Thrash.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department is seeking a suspect that used a credit card that was reported stolen in Hope Arkansas at a Texarkana, Arkansas Family Dollar Store.
Crawfish is back for the Texarkana area in time for the New Year’s weekend. Our friends at Hot Tails Crawfish opened this morning to a line of fans dozens deep. Selling out of today’s supply of hundreds of pounds of mudbugs in just under two hours.
On security footage you can see how thieves went about stealing an Automatic Teller Machine from the Red River Credit Union University Avenue location. Watch the video, and if you have any information, contact T.T.P.D.
Some Miller County Officials have hopes of building a new county courthouse on property near the Miller County Detention Center on 71. While others believe that the current courthouse in downtown Texarkana should be renovated.
Thousands of people in Texarkana and surrounding areas remember their first introduction to magic through a local legend, Bobo the Magician. I remember seeing Bobo perform at my school and was once chosen to assist him with a trick on stage. Bobo passed away in 1996, but his works are still very influential in the world of magic today.
For those that were in Texarkana for Christmas 2000 and the day after will never forget the sights and sounds of the city after the historic Ice Storm that basically shut down a large part of the Ark-La-Tex region.
Employees, diners, and the restaurant owners themselves were surprised on Christmas Eve day when they showed up at local favorite, Bodine’s All-American Diner at 2525 East Street to find that the locks on the doors had been changed, and the restaurant is now “out of business”.
The Texarkana Texas Police are investigating the theft of an automatic teller machine from the Red River Credit Union location on University in Texarkana Texas. Thieves used equipment stolen from a nearby construction site to aid in the robbery.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department is searching for Jucquian Tyson, and Keanu White in connection to recent auto thefts. Subsequently, the two stolen vehicles were used in an attempt to rob a local pawn shop.
The entire community is mourning the death of corrections officer Lisa Mauldin in an attack by an inmate at the Miller County Detention Center. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office has released the planned route for the funeral procession.
The Texarkana Arkansas Fire Department along with other agencies responded to a call for an out of control grass fire near the Lantz Lurry Juvenile Detention Center at 19th and the Loop. Firefighters quickly gained control of the fire.
Most people on social media in this area know him as your onsite reporter Craig Jenkins for his KSLE News & Weather, or maybe as Roscoe the Mechanic that prefers the Newport 1000’s. He’s a funny guy with a big heart and for the last couple of years, he has been known to locally spread some Christmas cheer… and some money!
Anglers know that the colder weather make the Crappie bite, and hopes are that on January 14, 2017 they will be biting for the first annual Crappie Tournament hosted by the Maud Volunteer Fire Department.
The 14-year-old Miller County boy injured in an accidental shooting on Monday Night has died.
Around 3:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon a major wreck on Interstate 30 slowed traffic in the westbound lane near Kings Highway. The wreck is now cleaned up and traffic should be moving normally soon.