The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested and charged a Texarkana father and son with the continued Sexual Assualt of a Child. David Fant, 56, and Hayden Fant, 19, both of Texarkana, Texas are currently in Bi-State Jail. The victim is a seven-year-old relative of the two men. No bail has been set.
Bowie County reports a total of 126 positive COVID-19 cases, with 78 recoveries and 12 related deaths. Cass County has a total 28 cases with 20 recoveries. Miller County reports 42 positive cases with 40 recoveries and 1 death. TDCJ reports that there are 46 positive cases at the Telford Unit in New Boston.
For me, I have always been fascinated with Space. Now, for the first time since the NASA shuttles, Elon Musk’s company SpaceX and NASA have teamed to launch a manned flight to the International Space Station today. Watch everything going into this historical event.
Out of curiosity, we posted a poll on our Texarkana FYI Facebook page asking “Are you practicing CDC Guidelines regarding masks, social distancing, and handwashing?”… the answers were simply yes or no. Here are the results.
The Texarkana Independent School District will be providing meals to children and teens ages 18 and younger can continue to eat healthy throughout the summer at no cost, just by showing up at a
participating meal site. Here is where the meals can be picked up.
With the remastering of the cult classic “The Legend of Boggy Creek”, Charles B. Pierce’s film about the “Fouke Monster”, his daughter has shared some never before seen outtakes from the filming of the movie.
Updated COVID 19 case numbers for the Texarkana area have Bowie County reporting a total of 121 positive COVID-19 cases, with 78 recoveries and 12 related deaths. Cass County has a total 26 cases with 20 recoveries. Miller County still reports 42 cases with 37 recoveries and 1 death.
Back in the early 1980s the Texarkana Noon Kiwanis Club and the Texarkana Work Center created a fundraiser with a board game, “Texarkana Trivia”. It was awesome and seems to be impossible to find anymore. Check out some of these questions.
As I scrolled my feed looking at what is usually craziness on social media, I saw a friend posted a letter to a lost brother in Vietnam, I read it. I was moved. This is powerful. I asked for permission to use it in this post.
The Literacy Councils of Bowie and Miller County will be hosting a “virtual” drawdown for their fundraiser this year, in efforts to keep all healthy for 2020 you can get your ticket and watch from home. Scheduled for June 4, here is how you participate.