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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.