Wake Up Crew

I don't know if you've ever tried to find a T-Rex, dragon or other large artwork for your yard, or some other kind of lawn art stuff... like things you would normally find in a yard, like a concrete bench or a fountain, maybe a statue? We have all seen these places along the roadside, concrete birdbaths, a few statues, a cherub relieving himself in a fountain, maybe a dozen or so pieces here and t

One week the numbers are down, the next they are back up again, this week we are on an upswing with 70 total arrests. Bowie County Deputies brought in 20 of those arrests, while other area law enforcement agencies brought in 50!

Good news for Lafayette County, Harvest Regional Food Bank is coming back this month for another distribution on Wednesday. Reminder, there are some new procedures you need to know about to pick up these Commodity Food Boxes.

I can see it now, "Mom, look at the pretty blue button, it's kinda fuzzy!" Suddenly your child, your precious baby, is screaming from the pain, and a fun day at the beach just became an Emergency Room nightmare. Don't touch the blue button and don't let your kids touch it either.

"The heat is on, on the street, inside your head, on every beat"... Welcome to July 2023, and as Glen Fry so aptly put it, The heat is indeed, on. Let's take a look at who's playing where and bringing the heat this weekend on Texarkana's live music scene.

Jokes, songs, jokes in songs... Rodney Carrington does it all and later this month he makes his hysterical return to Texarkana for an evening of side-splitting silly fun at the Perot Theatre.

Up, down, round and round, you can't tell the players without a program... Bowie County arrests dipped again last week from 72 back down to 59 total arrests. Bowie County Deputies brought in 23 of those arrests, while other area law enforcement agencies brought in 36.

Are you ready for some really big Oooo'ing and Ahhhh'ing? Everything is bigger in Texas, right? I don't know if you have seen this record-setting drone show that happened in North Richland Hills, a suburb of Fort Worth, on July 4th, but it was amazing.

DeKalb firefighters and police are on the scene of an area house fire in Bowie County this Monday afternoon.

"The heat was hot and the ground was dry but the air was full of sound"...  Can you name the artist and song? You don't win anything but my undying admiration, but if you keep scrolling you can see the Texarkana live music scene for this weekend. Let's take a look at where the live music will be for Friday and Saturday, June 30 and July 1 around Texarkana.

Calling it a sinful act could be considered very judgmental on my part and I don't intend to be that way at all. However, some would consider this a sinful practice, others, not so much. In this case, it all has to do with quantity...

Congratulations are in order for six high school graduates in our area that have each received $1000 scholarships from the Greater Texarkana Young Professionals.