A Saturday accident on interstate 30, just past the Mandeville exit involved a semi-truck traveling in the Eastbound lane that crashed into a concrete barrier and caught fire. The blaze shut down the highway most of the day and backed traffic up as far as Stateline Avenue in Texarkana.
Around my place, we have a dozen 100-year-old Oak trees. I love them, but they can be a problem. Especially if some of those giant limbs stretch out over your house. So, with the spring bloom coming soon I began my search for a good tree service with a good price.
The Bowie County Sheriff’s Department, acting on a tip, has arrested two people in the Liberty Eylau community transporting a large amount of Methamphetamine.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police have arrested a 17-year-old juvenile in connection to the aggravated robbery at the Pizza Hut store on Stateline Avenue.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department has arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection to an armed robbery that occurred in the driveway of a residence on Sandlin Avenue.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department has arrested two suspects in connection to the aggravated robbery at the EZ-Mart Store on Jefferson Avenue on January 26. One of the suspects attacked the clerk with a hammer during the crime.
From the team that built the McAlister’s Deli chain, Newk’s Eatery is quickly becoming an Ark-La-Tex favorite with current locations in Longview, Tyler and the Shreveport/Bossier area. Plans are for a Texarkana location in the near future.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department has released some arrest statistics from January 2017 with some interesting results. Out of 318 arrests, 268 were repeat offenders.
Millwood Lake’s Dam at Saratoga was completed in 1966 and to this day is one of the single most expensive construction projects in the southwest corner of Arkansas. When completed in 1966 the total cost was right at $140,000,000, a cost that we are all still paying in 2017!
In a crime that has shocked the entire Ark-La-Tex, a senseless murder in the Fouke Arkansas community has shattered lives of some residents. A 12-year-old boy has been arrested in connection to the February 2 early morning murder at the EZ-Mart Store in the small southwest Arkansas town.

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