The annual Toys for Tots Motorcycle Ride takes place this Sunday December 11th, leaving out of the old Walmart building in New Boston, Texas to Central Mall in Texarkana, and from there to the Texarkana Convention Center.
Over ninety students from both Texarkana and Hope U.A.H.T. campuses were recently honored with and EDGE scholar pinning ceremony to award students who are highly successful in the College Life Skills course.
Two Texarkana Arkansas Police officers, Ricky Cockrell and Scott Megason were recognized by the United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Arkansas for outstanding service in the line of duty to our community.
Local High School senior Ricky Cooks has been selected to represent the State of Texas at the 55th annual United States Senate Youth Program which will be held in Washington, D.C. in March of 2017.
It was sort of gloomy outside with cloudy skies, but the smiles of the children were bright and warm when they heard the sirens and saw the flashing lights of police vehicles and fire trucks as they pulled into Target off of Richmond Road this morning.
The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department has arrested 5 people in investigations to recent string of robberies where victims were robbed of property at gunpoint.
After many years of Study, local researcher Jimmy Roberts has produced a 38-minute documentary film “Guaranteed” to Change the Public’s Perspective of the Red Planet.
The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested Bennie Jo Horsley, 73, of Texarkana Texas for Driving While Intoxicated after she drove her vehicle more than a quarter mile on railroad tracks.
There are so many people in our area that are true heroes, not just military and first-responders, but teachers, preachers, scout leaders, etc, and there are a lot of awesome volunteers in our area that deserve recognition. So, we want to give them the props they deserve with our TexarkanaFYI Hometown Heroes honor and we need you to submit names of those you feel deserve the honor of being named a “Hometown Hero”.
This is the 11th year that Main Street Texarkana has issued a special Christmas ornament celebrating the history of downtown Texarkana. This year’s ornament features the Kress Building on Broad Street.