Frank Foster is the perfect example of “successful independence” in Country Music. Frank is his own record label, management, booking agency, and publishing company, and has managed to find more success than a lot of major label artists. He will be at Crossties in Texarkana this Saturday, March 5 with Cody Cooke & The Bayou Outlaws.
The American Freedom Convoy will pass thru the Texarkana area on their way to Washington D.C. this Wednesday, March 2. The convoy will be coming from Little Rock and plan to make a stop at the Circle J Cowboy Church on I-49 just outside of town.
There is live music and more for your entertainment this weekend in Texarkana. We have your weekly list of who and where, to add to it send your information to texarkanafyi@gmail.com.
We were fortunate to sit and talk with Joe and Cash Oliver about these final days of Cattleman’s Restaurant in Texarkana. The doors will close for good on March 5. We talk a bit about the history of Texarkana’s oldest restaurant, and what’s to come.
TTPD recently issued a press release regarding the rash of catalytic converter thefts from vehicles in parking lots recently. Victims have reported thefts from area gyms, movie theaters, and other densely populated areas. We have a few tips to help protect yourself.
The old Howard Johnson Hotel behind the Waffle House on N. Stateline Avenue is a complete loss after a fire this afternoon. Here is some aerial footage of the fire.
The vacant former Howard Johnson Hotel on North Stateline Avenue is currently on fire, with local firefighters fighting a serious blaze. Stateline avenue is currently closed just north of I-30.
The Junior League of Texarkana will be hosting their first “Toss for a Cause – Cornhole Tournament” on Sunday, February 27 at Crossties in downtown Texarkana for some really great causes and some big money cash prizes.
Our Texarkana area law enforcement agencies will be welcoming a very special honorary officer on Thursday, February 24 in front of the downtown Federal Building. 10-year-old Devarjaye “D.J.” Daniel is battling terminal brain and spine cancer and originally set out to become an honorary officer of 100 law enforcement agencies. As DJ’s story spread on social media, law enforcement agencies from all over the state of Texas reached out to DJ’s father, Theodis Daniel has taken his son’s mission to join 100 agencies seriously and expected it to take a while, but when D.J. adds the 6 local agencies welcoming…
This Friday afternoon from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm in downtown Texarkana at the corner of 3rd Street and Hazel, it is the annual “Bridge City Chili Cookoff hosted by the Texarkana Homeless Coalition. This is one of what we refer to as “The Big 3” for Chili Cookoffs in Texarkana.