The owner of Taylor Monuments in Avery Texas, Janie Hall, 63, has been arrested and charged with theft of property over $2,500 in a case where her company was paid for granite for the Veteran’s Memorial Monument that will be located in downtown New Boston 17-months ago, but the contractor has not done the work or delivered the products.
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.
The Little River County Sheriff’s office reports that more than 1,400 grams of meth with an estimated value of $140,000 was recovered in a recent operation in Ashdown, Arkansas involving multiple law enforcement agencies.
Come out and enjoy the free community-wide back to school event at Phone Pros located at 4116 Gibson Lane, this Saturday, August 12, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. There will be lots of services, games, prizes, refreshments, and entertainment, and all for FREE!
Finally August, and for High School Football fans that can only mean Friday night football with marching bands, Cheerleaders, and all that goes with it. We have the 2017 varsity schedules for our four Texarkana High School Football teams.
For those looking to buy a house for the long haul, to stay in until the end, Realtor.com has published a list of the best cities in the United States for middle-agers to “Age in Place”. In this list, Texarkana falls smack in the middle at #5!
The Wake Village Police Department is seeking the suspect in the armed robbery of the Dollar General Store located at 910 W. Kings Highway. Police are also seeking a person they believe to be a witness to the crime.
August 27 – 30 it is the second annual “simultaneous revival” in Texarkana, with services taking place at the same time inside six different local churches with lots of activities and joint events throughout the 4-day revival.
The TAPD has arrested a suspect in a robbery of the Bottle Mart on East Street in Texarkana, Arkansas that occurred on Monday August 7 around 4:00 p.m. Billy Smith, 51, has been arrested and charged in the crime.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police responded to a burglary in progress call on Monday, August 7 around 7:50 p.m. at a residence in the 1300 block of Locust Street. Police arrested two men, James Bailey, 19, and Leray Tatum, 18 after a short foot pursuit.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department, acting on a tip, served a search warrant and discovered a large amount of high-grade marijuana. Police arrested Darren Caudle, 52, and expect additional arrests in this case.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department has arrested Lamarcus Henderson, 19, and charge him with aggravated robbery in the crime committed at the EZ Mart Store located at 4524 N. State Line Avenue.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Shemar Harris, 18, of Texarkana Arkansas, on Saturday at Academy Sports for several charges after he fled from an off-duty officer and pointed a gun at a citizen who was trying to assist the officer.
An East Texas woman with ties to Texarkana has died under suspicious circumstances on a Key West Florida Beach and her death is being investigated by detectives as a possible homicide.
The Texarkana Texas Police are investigating a stabbing incident at Walmart on New Boston Road. Police responded to the call of a naked man in the parking lot. When police arrived the man began stabbing himself with a knife and later died from his wounds.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested three 17-year-old men in connection to a string of robberies last week. Adrian Black, Mone’treiyos Green, and Jadan West, all of Texarkana Arkansas, have been arrested and charged with three counts of Aggravated Robbery and are being held in the Bi-State Jail.
The Ducks are racing again on Saturday, August 19 at Holiday Springs Waterpark to benefit Friends of the Foundation of CHRISTUS St. Michael. There are some fantastic prizes to be won, but first place for 2017 gets one lucky winner a 2017 Kia Forte from Classic Kia.
The Annual Hope Watermelon Festival in nearby Hope, Arkansas is Southwest Arkansas’ Largest 3-Day Arts & Craft Show and takes place at Hope’s Fair Park August 10 – 12 with all of that good festival food, a Bass Tournament, and live music including Festival headliner Joe Diffie on Saturday. Here is the schedule of events with times and locations…
Now in its sixth year, the annual TAPD Pride Academy with more than 140 students and 50 peer coaches has been the largest group to date, and the fun was even bigger!
Most people know about Tanks and other Armored Vehicles built, maintained, and re-built out at Red River Army Depot, but they also work on Improved Ribbon Bridges (IRB) and Bridge Erection Boats (BEB), and after working on them, they test them out at Wright Patman Lake.
The Wake Village Police Department is investigating a Sunday evening robbery at the Dollar General Store located at 910 N. Kings Highway. Police responded to the store around 9:20 p.m. and the suspect was able to get away with an undisclosed amount of money.
Thousands applied for permits for the upcoming Arkansas 2017 Alligator Hunting Season but only 101 hunters were chosen to receive permits for the upcoming seasons that run from September 15-18 and September 22-25. Out of those lucky hunters drawn for permits, 10 are from the Texarkana area.
It has been decided that TDCJ inmate and murder suspect Billy Joel Tracy, 39, will be housed at the Telford Unit in New Boston Texas for the duration of his trial in the murder of TDCJ Officer Timothy Davison in July of 2015.
Texarkana Texas City Manager John Whitson is set to retire in early 2018. The city council will be meeting Friday afternoon to take steps to begin the search.
If you think you’re pretty good at catching catfish with a rod ‘n’ reel, get in on the 2017 Lake Wright Patman Catfish Tournament on Saturday, August 5th.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department is investigating a case where $2,000 worth of tires were paid for with a stolen credit card. The paper tags on the vehicle that picked up the tires traced back to a vacant car lot in Carrolton Texas. Do you recognize this woman?
Beginning September 1 a list of laws will go into effect in the State of Texas that range from texting and driving to carrying swords in public. Here are a few of the new laws that are on the way.
It is a real privilege to name Damien Davis as our August 2017 Texarkana FYI Hometown Hero. Damien is an everyday man, that wanted to do what he could to help the less fortunate in the community and the Damien Davis Foundation was created just for that and continues to grow.
Texarkana police are investigating robberies that occurred overnight and a couple of different local apartment complexes and one robbery of a taxi driver while he was stopped on 16th Street.
Saturday, August 5 there will be a special city-wide photo scavenger hunt in Texarkana that is sure to be a lot of fun, and all to raise funds for a Service Alert Dog for 11-year-old Adyson Bolch.
Temple Memorial Rehabilitation Center will be hosting a Casino Night and Drawdown on Thursday, August 3 to benefit the Temple Memorial Autism Program. Get your drawdown tickets!