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The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting Texarkana area residents to join the fight to end Alzheimer’s by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® on October 16, 2021, at  Spring Lake Park.

October is known as Fall Festival month and there are a lot of great festivals to check out. This Friday, October 8, and Saturday, October 9 it's the very first ever Hoot Festival and it's going to be full of family fun and live music.

My friend Bill Harp along with his lovely wife Michelle invited me to join them for the Southern Sportsmen Foundation banquet in Foreman, Arkansas a couple of weeks ago and I'm so glad I finally got to be a part of it. I got some pictures!

If you are looking for a new furry four-legged family member then be sure to check out this local dog rescue. Passion for Pooches specializes in small dog breeds but they have a few larger breeds too and the rescue needs your help.

One of the biggest annual fundraisers for Hospice of Texarkana in the month of October is Jeans and Bling. Last year the fundraiser was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and unfortunately with the rise of Delta Variant cases in Texarkana Jeans and Bling has been postponed until Spring of 2022.

Recently, the Little Rock Zoo welcome these two adorable babies to the zoo family, they are brother and sister twin Pygmy Slow Loris', and after a naming contest, the names Nova for the girl and Sol for the boy were chosen by the public.

If you love golf and playing in charitable tournaments, here's one you might want to check out, the ISM-Fort Worth Roy L. Anderson Memorial Golf Tournament is celebrating its 25th annual tournament on September 20, 2021. Tickets and sponsorships are available now.

Even though we are trying to get back to normal again there are still a lot of people that are experiencing tough times due to the effects of COVID on the economy. Harvest Regional Food Bank will be distributing 500 emergency food boxes to New Boston-area residents.

The Texarkana Literacy Council is holding its Game Show and Draw Down' this Friday, July 23, 2021.

This Friday, July 16, Harvest Regional Food Bank will distribute emergency food boxes to at least 1,000 food-insecure families from the Texarkana area. The distribution will start at 8 AM at First Baptist Church Texarkana, 3015 Moores Ln, Texarkana, TX.

Grab your girlfriends and get ready for a weekend of shopping, 80's lipsynching, big door prizes and tons of girl time with your besties. It's the 6th Annual Girls Giftaway Christmas in July presented by Friends For A Cause Foundation Friday and Saturday, July 16 and 17 at the Texarkana Texas Convention Center.

Congratulations are in order for the Texarkana Texas Arts and Historic District as they have been awarded some funds from the Texas Commission on the Arts with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. The TCA and NEA provided an opportunity for Cultural Districts in the State of Texas to apply for funding with the Texas Rescue Funding Grant. The Texarkana Arts and Historic District was on