The T.T.P.D. will be recognizing 11 Westlawn Elementary students for their quick thinking when a teacher that got suddenly got sick and needed help.
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.
People in Texarkana are all sounding off on ordinance M130, an anti-discrimination ordinance that the Texarkana Arkansas Board of Directors adopted in January. This ordinance has produced a lot of controversy lately… read it.
Severe weather was the big news of the day, with storm damage reports and posts from all around the Texarkana area, including Bowie, Cass and Miller Counties.
The Bowie County Firefighter’s Basketball Tournament this weekend is a fund raiser with proceeds going to the newly developed Ark-La-Tex 100 Club, which helps fire departments in our area, but it did not start out for that.
Big changes could take place for Liberty Eylau Schools with a ‘yes’ vote in the upcoming 2016 bond election. Changes that include a construction project for a new 1-4 primary campus and the closing of the C.K. Bender Elementary Campus.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department reminds us that if you need to contact the police, but maybe it’s not quite an emergency to call them at 903.798.3876 …but if it is an emergency, never hesitate to call 911.
The Texarkana Texas SWAT team recently had the chance to participate in a joint exercise with the Longview Police Department in Big Sandy, Texas at the International ALERT Academy.
Texarkana Arkansas Police Officer Corporal Les Munn has been named “National Sheepdog of the Year” by the Sheep Dog Impact Assistance organization. Corporal Munn was nominated and won on a local level, then today was awarded the National honor.
Texarkana Texas Police have arrested a woman for allegedly stealing from her employer. Latisha Nicole Jenkins, 32, of Texarkana, Texas was arrested late last week for felony Theft of Property after she used a company debit card to make personal purchases totaling more than $74,000.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police are warning citizens of a scam circulating in the Texarkana area.
After 36 years of service with the Texarkana Arkansas Fire Department, Chief Bobby Honea will be retiring on April 8, 2016. Chief Honea joined the department in 1980 and was promoted to Chief in 1999.
Saturday April 9 at the Texarkana Texas Convention Center the area’s best and most respected Health and Fitness experts will gather at the #LiveFitTexarkana Fitness Expo in the Texarkana Texas Convention Center with something for everyone.
The Texas A&M – Texarkana Eagles will take on the number one ranked team in their league Georgia Gwinnett College of Lawrenceville, Georgia for the third game of the weekend Sunday at 1:00 P.M..
Lots happening this Saturday in Spring Lake Park. Scout-o-rama 2016 is underway with scouts from all across our region camped out and providing free activities for all ages. We stopped by and snapped some photos.
Texas A&M – Texarkana Eagles are sure to bring us a great weekend of baseball at George Dobson Field in Spring Lake Park when they host the number 1 ranked Georgia Gwinnet College Grizzlies Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Scout-O-Rama 2016 happens this weekend, April 1 to 3 at Spring Lake Park in Texarkana, and here is what you need to know.
T.T.P.D. has made an arrest in the second murder that occurred on March 30. Warrick Dunn, 18, of Ashdown, Arkansas has been arrested in the shooting death of Deandre “Shawn” Bush.
A red dirt icon, Cody Canada and his band the Departed return to Texarkana Saturday April 2 to Scottie’s Grill for a performance you do not want to miss!
Around midnight Tuesday a man walked into the EZ Mart store on 9th Street and I-49 with a machete and demanded that everyone get down on the floor. He was unsuccessful in his attempt to rob the store and fled on foot.
It is believed that a family member shot and killed 31-year-old Aaron Kidd inside a home on Cleveland Street in Texarkana Arkansas this afternoon. Darryl Kidd was found dead in the front yard of the home with what police believe is a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
An employee of Bryce’s Cafeteria has been arrested for theft in excess of $11,000 between June and December 2015.
The “Fishbowl” has been a regional favorite for years. They recently announced plans to open a 2nd location in Texarkana Arkansas.
Registration is underway for the Texarkana Texas Community Wide Yard Sale and Electronics Recycling Day to be held from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., April 30th at Spring Lake Park.
A local man was killed earlier today in an accident at Thunder Road Raceway in Gilliam, LA. when he was struck by a car that he was directing on to the racetrack.
Texarkana Texas Police responded to a call that a trailer full of pigs had gotten loose at the rest area on Interstate 30. They showed up, and hilarity ensued.
The local Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant, located in Texarkana’s Central Mall has applied for a license to sell beer & wine in their store. The move is being met with mixed feelings by the public and employees alike.
Texarkana Texas Police Department K-9 Officer “Boston” apprehended this man with a felony warrant that escaped the officers trying to place him under arrest.
Nobel laureate Dr. Roy Glauber, Mallinckrodt Professor Emeritus of Physics at Harvard University, will discuss “Some Recollections of Los Alamos and the Nuclear Era” on Monday, April 4, at 7 p.m. at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, 7101 University Ave.
The United States Air Force Concert Band and the famous Singing Sergeants will perform a free concert in Texarkana on April 9 inside the Sullivan Performing Arts Center & John Thomas Theatre at 7:00 P.M..
Suspicious behavior by a driver led a Bowie County Deputy to make a traffic stop that resulted in finding 97 grams of meth, other drugs, a rifle and the arrest of the driver.