Author: Jeff Easterling

Police are searching for this man, wanted in connection with a stream of crimes ranging from solicitation of a minor to Indecency with a child.

A Bowie County infant was killed in a tragic auto crash on Highway 82 in Hooks. The car the baby was traveling in is believed to have crossed the center line striking another vehicle head-on.

After assessing storm damage in Bowie County, the National Weather Service reports that two separate tornadoes did the damage just southwest of Dekalb on Sunday night.

The Pleasant Grove Athletic Booster Club is selling 2017 P.G Hawks Championship Football to help with the purchase of Championship Rings for players, coaches, and trainers.

The Redwater Diner is a total loss after fire departments from across the region responded to a fire at the Bowie County Restaurant around 3:30 am on Friday morning. 

T.T.P.D. Officer Clint Akin has gone viral. When he sent video of a little slip on the ice to Public Information officer Shawn Vaughn he had no idea how far and wide the video of his little fall would go. At the time of this post the video has been viewed nearly 100,000 times.

Local Emergency officials are warning you to be extra careful as surfaces are expected to refreeze overnight with temperatures well below freezing any slush created from today’s traffic will become solid ice. If you just absolutely have no other choice and must get out, remember these tips…FYI.

The Texarkana Texas Police Department reports that a missing woman they had been searching for has been found deceased in her car behind a local business where she had been employed

A Texarkana Texas man has been arrested and charged Ikee Wyrick, 25, of Texarkana Texas with possession of Marijuana, Cocaine, Xanax, and Ecstasy. Wyrick was also charged with Felon in Possession of a firearm.

The Texarkana Texas Police and Fire Departments worked an accident scene with a TISD School bus and a car on New Boston Road and Spruce Street on Tuesday afternoon.

Miller County Deputies arrested two men over the weekend after finding them stopped along the roadside in possession of a little over two grams of methamphetamine. 

The Arkansas Community Corrections Special Response Team has captured their number one most wanted fugitive in Texarkana. Tomango Kelly, 41, is a convicted murderer that absconded parole in October of 2017. He was tracked to Texarkana, where he was taken into custody.

The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department is seeking information as to where they can find Tailor Wright, 24. Wright is the suspect in a recent residential burglary investigation.

Robin Dozier received a call Sunday evening from his dad, Ronny Lindsey, telling him that he was going to make a popsicle for his grandkids and to bring them by the shop at 2015 N. Stateline the following day. Well, since then a bunch of people have been stopping by the shop and taking pictures of “PawPaw’s popsicle”. 

More house fires happen during the winter months, and 32% of home fires are caused by common space heaters. Share these tips if you or someone you know uses space heaters in the cold winter months.

The Hope Arkansas Police Department has issued a warning and a request for help to the public, via social media, in the search of a suspect wanted in a series of recent crimes that include robberies, burglaries, and assaults.

WWE Live “Road to Wrestlemania”  leads to the Four States Fair Entertainment Center in Texarkana on, Saturday February 3. Top wrestlers will be appearing including WWE Champion A.J. Styles and Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair.

Big news for EZ Mart, the local convenience store chain started by Jim and FaEllen Yates in Nashville Arkansas back in 1970, and has grown to 273 stores across Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas, GPM Investments is based in Richmond, VA.

If you are planning on blowing up some fireworks to celebrate the coming of the new year, be sure to focus on some of these basic fireworks safety tips.

The Miller County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information on the whereabouts of Caleb Flanagan,17, of Texarkana Arkansas. If you have any information please contact the Miller County Sheriff’s office at 870-774-3001.

Texarkana, AR:  Allen L. Brown, President/CEO of Mil-Way Federal Credit Union, Texarkana, AR, announces his intention to run for the mayor of the city of Texarkana, Arkansas.

Five Pleasant Grove Middle School students have been arrested and charged in an investigation into an alleged assault that took place on a school bus returning from an out of town basketball game.

The Texarkana Texas police have arrested Deldrick Bailey, and Antonio Franklin after a vehicle pursuit became a foot chase. TTPD had to deploy the JPX Pepper System to make the arrest on Franklin. Once the pepper hit him, he offered no further resistance.

HOPE, AR – December 15, 2017 – The University of Arkansas Texarkana recently celebrated the pinning of the first Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) class from the Evening LPN Program at Texarkana. Eleven students received their nursing pins at the ceremony held at Hempstead Hall on the Hope campus.

Emily Graham took her Christmas Cheer Sugar Cookies to New York City and won the ABC Good Morning America 2017 Christmas Cookie Showdown and we could not be prouder. Celebrity Chef Richard Blais was super impressed with her cookies. He said, “I could wear this cookie, Emily” commenting on her special creations. Check it out the competition here.

Deputies with the Miller County Sheriff’s Office have arrested and charged Kyle Derek Bradley, 31, for Residential Burglary, Theft of Property, and Breaking or Entering.

On Monday, December 14, TTPD released information that they had felony arrest warrants for five Pleasant Grove Junior High students involved in an assault that occurred on a school bus while returning from a basketball game in Paris on November 30. Shortly after, Police released another statement announcing the delay of service of the warrants due to new information in the investigation.

Our good friend and local entertainer Darryl Miller is the victim of a crime. Someone has stolen 5 of his large inflatable features and he is offering a reward for their return, and will hopefully get them back before this weekend.

Our good friend and most excellent cookie baker, Emily Graham of Texarkana Texas, the owner of Graham Slam Bakery, will be competing on live Television this Friday morning with an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America for a live “Christmas cookie competition”.

One person was injured this afternoon in an accident involving a Lifenet Ambulance that was responding to an assistance call at the time and was occupied by two crew members. The driver of the second vehicle was transported to a local hospital and the accident is under investigation.