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All police officers should wear protection. That includes the K9 unit as well. The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department announced on their Facebook page that one such member of their K9 unit Kashko will be getting a vest that will protect him from bullets and knives.

Texarkana Arkansas Police Department's Wanted Wednesday this week is Albert O'Neal. Police need your help locating him. Do you or someone you know, know where he is?

Today is Wednesday and here is this week's Wanted Wednesday from the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department.

It may be a new year but there is still the old business of finding criminals. TheTexarkana Arkansas Police Department posted their first "Wanted Wednesday" of 2020.

Tomorrow is the big day. On Tuesday, December 3, 2019, the Shop with a Cop and Firefighter event will take place in Texarkana.

Mark your calendar for Thursday, Nov. 21, 6:30PM, as local law enforcement officers and firefighters from the Texarkana Ark. Police Department, Miller County Sheriff’s Department, and Texarkana Ark. Fire Departments, compete in their annual Rib Eating Contest at Silver Star Smokehouse 5205 West Park Blvd.

The Texarkana AR and TX Police Departments had a joint dedication of our newly remodeled Crime Lab today. The Lab was dedicated to Retired Texarkana, AR Detective Bill Sillivan, the first Crime Scene Detective in Texarkana serving both Arkansas and Texas police departments.

The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department is investigating the death of 64 year old George A. Clay of Texarkana, Arkansas.

Mark your calendars for this Thursday, Oct. 17, for the Texarkana Arkansas Shop with a Cop 'Patio Party' fundraiser at On the Border restaurant.

Duane Kees, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas and Justin King, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration, announced  that Dr. Lonnie Joseph Parker was arrested on Tuesday, Oct. 8, for federal charges.

Both sides of Texarkana will be participating in the 36th Annual National Night Out tomorrow night, Tuesday, October 1.  The event encourages neighbors to get to know each other and watch for illegal activities in their neighborhoods.

One week from tonight it's the 36th Annual National Night Out. It all happens Tuesday, October 1st from 6PM to 9PM. Neighborhoods across Texarkana, Arkansas and Texarkana Texas will turn on their porch lights and visiting with their neighbors.