Wake Up Crew

That's right, as in "against the law." What is it you ask? Firewood. Taking firewood out of the eleven Texas counties listed below is illegal. Six of the counties are in East Texas and two of them under this State mandated firewood Quarantine are Bowie and Cass. What does that mean, it means if you cut it here, you burn it here.

Save yourself from becoming a victim of Jugging robbery. Learn more about the signs and risks involved.

Hey Ark-La-Tex, welcome back! If you're looking for your favorite band or live music performer, you've come to the right spot. Texarkana-area live music is right here each week, so, here we go with Texarkana's Live Music Scene for December 14 - 16.

A Powerball ticket was sold in Arkansas for last night's drawing that is now worth $2,000,000. Is it yours? Better check those tickets.

Not to induce panic or anything, but if you plan on needing an alcoholic beverage of choice on Christmas weekend in Arkansas, you better plan ahead. We will take a look at New Year's Eve and Day too.

We attended the Courthouse/Post Office/Christmas Tree Lighting and Time Capsule burial last Friday night, December 8 in downtown Texarkana and the weather cooperated, thank goodness.

Domestic Violence Prevention, Inc. is almost ready for its 2023 Santa Store Christmas program giving parents a chance to Christmas shop for their children at no cost. Thanks to your donations, DVP will fill the store with new, unwrapped, age-appropriate toys and items that a parent can choose for their child at no cost to them.

Your Bowie County Sheriff's Department sends us the list each week but here is a sobering thought, "you know who" is getting that list each week as well. The first full week of December brought us 55 arrests. Of which, Bowie County Deputies made 25 arrests, and the remaining 30 were made by other law enforcement agencies and turned over to Bowie County. ...

I know it's coming, someone is about to say "Okay Boomer", but I don't care, I like having live checkers, I hate using the self-checkout and wish more stores would reverse course on that. Well, according to recent reports, Walmart might be doing just that.

I have been talking about this literally for years, I just didn't know why or understand why there isn't a Jack In The Box in Texarkana... if this is real, our wait may be over sooner rather than later.

June 15, 2024, could be one amazing night for you and a friend if you're one of our lucky winners to go to see Chris Stapleton in concert.

So picture this, you're driving along at 70 miles per hour (it could happen!), and suddenly your car door opens! Startling, at the very least, and dangerous at the very worst. A Ford Motor Company recall, in effect right now, involving many vehicles registered right here in Arkansas, says that very thing could happen.