Everybody that has spent a lot of years in Texarkana as heard people use “by the plane at Spring Lake Park” in giving directions as to where the birthday party is. All of my life I think the jet plane has been at the park but I never really knew the history of it, and not sure that I do now. So, I am hoping that by sharing what I do know, there will be a lot of people happy to tell me what I don’t know.
The Animal Protection League Mobile Spay and Neuter Unit will begin making visits to the Texarkana area starting June 9th offering affordable services to local pet owners.
The Bowie County Sheriff’s Department initiated a search today for a felony fugitive out of Longview Texas, Chase Cook. When officers made contact he ran into the woods and it became a manhunt.
Video of a very large gator doing his mating call at Millwood Lake posted by Annette Brown of Nashville Arkansas to the Arkansas Game and Fish Facebook Page is getting lots of views on social media.
A Red River County man has been added to the Texas Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List. Jahmar Nykel Young, 37, has ties in North East Texas.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department has requested a bomb squad from DFW to assist after a grenade was discovered by workers under the porch of a home located at 39th and Olive Streets.
The Texarkana Big Lots Store located at 2729 New Boston Road in Oaklawn Village is currently not allowed to sell food items. Reports are that the store’s permit to sell food items has been pulled after food contamination with rat feces and urine was discovered by health inspectors.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department reports that they made 316 adult arrests in February of 2017. Out of those arrests, there were 228 men, and 88 women, 257 of those arrested had prior arrests locally, 28 were on bond, and 31 were on probation at the time of their arrests.
Texarkana Police report that they have arrested two men and seized a little more than 10 pounds of synthetic marijuana in traffic stops on Wednesday. Both men were charged with “Possession of a Controlled Substance penalty group 2-A over 5 pounds under 50 pounds”, one man was also found to have a little bit of real marijuana and caught an additional charge.
The Texas High Tiger Band recently marched through Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Florida as part of their 2017 band trip and here is the video.