The Texarkana Texas Police Department reports that Timothy Paul Wilder, Sr., 60, of Texarkana, Texas was arrested for Sexual Assault of a Child. Wilder turned himself in at the Bi-State Justice Building on Monday.
Sunday, February 19th participants in Texarkana’s “10th annual Run the Line Half-Marathon” will zig and zag thru our two cities in two states running the 13.1-mile course. Partnership For The Pathway and the Team Texarkana Running Club organize the annual event and volunteers have been hard at work getting ready for this weekend.
Thousands are expected to enjoy the 2017 Mardi Gras celebration in downtown Texarkana on Saturday, February 2017 at Front Street Plaza with live music, all of the food, lots of vendors and activities and admission is free for everyone!
The Texarkana Area Veteran’s Council 18th Annual Chili Cook-off will be Friday, February 17 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Truman Arnold Center at Texarkana College on Robison Road in Texarkana Texas.
The family band Pelican 212 will headline Mardi Gras 2017 in Texarkana on Saturday, February 25th in downtown Texarkana with their New Orleans Style Dixieland swing. Twin trumpet sensations Max and Kolbe Rees front the band that has been featured on the television show Little Big Shots, and made an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
Texarkana Texas Police Department Public Information Officer Shawn Vaughn has a wide variety of community education programs that are offered to local groups, clubs, church groups and civic organizations with topics from personal safety and drugs, to internet safety and workplace violence. Just ask!
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department are searching for Benjamin Harrison in connection with a shooting that occurred Saturday night at the Stop n Shop store located at 1804 E. 9th Street.
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.





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