Outdoors

The 48th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival August 8-10, 2024, is proud to present multi-award-winning country artist Rodney Atkins as the musical headliner at this year's festival.

The 2024 New Boston Pioneer Days Festival is coming up on August 9-17, on Highway 82 and Ellis Street presented by the Boston Entertainment District.

Summer in Arkansas may be hot but you can always cool down at any of the beautiful Arkansas lakes. But, did you know there is one lake in the state that has been named one of the 'Most Beautiful Lakes for Swimming in America?

If you're looking for some fun in the sun without going to Hawaii, just 30 miles north of Little Rock, Arkansas there is a place called Ohana Celebration Park. Could this be Arkansas' Best Kept Secret?

They're back and growing like wildflowers in Arkansas and across much of the South. Beware because touching this plant is dangerous and could even kill you.

It's hard to believe how fast this summer is rolling by and soon it will be time for the 48th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival coming up in August.

This has been a scorching summer and we're just getting started if you're traveling to the great state of Texas it's worth the drive to the World's Longest Lazy River.

All the talk over the past several months has been about the two broods of cicadas that will emerge in the summer months to mate. However, did you know that other species of insect like the beautiful mystifying fireflies or lightning bugs as we call them down South have arrived to find their soulmate too?

We all know that alligators are native to this part of the country but that doesn't mean we want them in our yards or roaming around town. The Texarkana Texas Police were a bit shocked to receive a call about a gator in the St. Michael Drive area the other day.

Have you ever been to Tonitown in northwest Arkansas? It may be time for a road trip because Tonitown is home to a 5-acre sunflower field allowing visitors to pick sunflowers.

If you are like me and love to see those beautiful hot air balloons fill the sky then you are in for a treat. It's almost time for the Red River Balloon Rally in Shreveport Bossier City.

Wow, the July 4th weekend is here and so is the heat to go with it.  Let's see who's playing around town in Texarkana's Live Music Scene for the July 4 - 6 weekend.