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The National Weather Service has added a new category to 'Thunderstorms'. They aren't just 'Severe Thunderstorms' anymore. Plus, we will get alerts about them on our mobile phones starting next week on Wednesday, July 28.

With a heavy heart, the Texarkana Arkansas Police Department (TAPD) must officially announce that due to exceptional circumstances, they are unable to present the Pride Academy for 2021.

It won't be long but one of Texarkana's favorite eateries will be opening in their expanded new location just off Highway 82 East in the former Tamolly's building.

Texarkana Arkansas Police are looking for another suspect in the shooting that took place on July 10 at a local club that left one dead and another injured. TAPD is looking for 19-year-old Jacarious Johnson.
 
In a Press release from the TAPD
A second warrant was issued by the Texarkana Arkansas Police…

The Texas Department of Transportation will temporarily close a section of North Park Road under the highway bridge as part of their IH-30 construction project beginning today, Wednesday, July 21.

Texarkana is working hard to keep up the beautification of our downtown. The Texarkana Arts & Historic District asking for your input in public art proposals.  These will complete a series of outdoor found-object sculptures to be featured in downtown Texarkana called Bending the Ru…

COVID cases are back on the rise in Bowie County and the Texarkana region. Hospitalizations due to COVID are also increasing, and available resources to care for COVID patients are critically low.

Arkansas has a new millionaire! Gary Smith of Arlington, Texas was visiting family in Arkansas last Friday when he decided to get a second COVID-19 shot and take advantage of the lottery ticket giveaway incentive program that  Governor Asa Hutchinson implemented in the state in May.

Even though we haven't had as hot of a summer as usual, this is a big reminder that temperatures still reach deadly temperature in just a matter of minutes. A 3-year-old boy was found dead inside a hot car in Tyler, Texas last Friday afternoon (7/16).

It's almost that time again. Kids will be back in school, so now is the time to start thinking about school supplies. Here are links to Texarkana area school supply lists.

The Texarkana area got some welcome news, a defense contractor that remanufactures domestic and import diesel engines for military vehicles and commercial applications with a long history of supporting the U.S. Department of Defense and our nation’s allies has signed a new lease agre…

Texarkana Water Utilities will begin a temporary change to the method of disinfecting our drinking water beginning July 19, and lasting about eight weeks. The water will remain safe to drink throughout the process.