News

Its voting day in Texarkana. No not at the polls, that is coming up later this Spring. The voting occurring today is at the local union hall of the USWA 752L.  That is the union that represents most of the workers at the Texarkana Cooper Tire Plant...

Union workers at the Cooper Tire and Rubber Company Plant in Texarkana are being briefed on the details of the tentative contract hammered out by negotiators last week. The workers will study the proposal today and vote tomorrow as to whether to ratify or reject the agreement with the tire maker...

Texarkana Arkansas Police along with the FBI are looking for two suspects who held up a bank yesterday afternoon. Authorities responded to the Wells Fargo Bank on Hickory Street around 2:30 pm. Witnesses told them that two black male suspects entered the bank brandishing handguns...

New Employees of the Arkansas Lottery will be going through a 6 month probationary period among rules adopted by the games commission. This new procedure will begin immediately but not be retroactive.   An East Arkansas Representative is suing the state over new redistricting maps saying it dilutes minority voter representation in his district.  ...

A tentative agreement has been reached by negotiators for the Cooper Tire Rubber Company and the local union representing workers at the Texarkana, Arkansas Plant. The agreement came as the contract was expiring.  The entire union will vote on the proposal in a couple of days...

Texas Governor Rick Perry is dropping out of the Presidential Race after poor showings in Iowa, New Hampshire, and in the pre-election polls in South Carolina. Perry made the announcement today just two days before the South Carolina vote...

The second son of a Southwest Arkansas couple has died in the war in Afghanistan. The defense department says 34 year old Sgt. 1ST Class Benjamin Wise died Sunday at a medical center in Germany after being injured in a small arms fight back on January 9th...

Texarkana Arkansas City Board of Directors meets tonight at 7pm at City Hall. Tonights meeting was rescheduled from yesterday because of the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday. The public is invited to attend the open portion of tonights meeting...

With the jobs market tight, if you are looking for a new career, the Texarkana Regional Center on Aging says you can learn to become a home caregiver. There will be a General Information Session regarding the Home Caregiver Training Program on January 17th at 1 pm at the Texarkana Regional Center on Aging located at 4010 Jefferson Avenue in Texarkana, Arkansas...

A fire at the Willows Apartment in Texarkana Arkansas damaged several units but left no one injured. Arkansas side firefighters were called to the apartment complex on East 35th street just after dark.  They were able to contain the damage to several units in one building at the complex...

Texarkana Texas Police say a local man is hospitalized and another behind bars after an altercation led to a stabbing incident. Authorities were called to the 100 block of Royale Street around 4:15 yesterday afternoon on a call of adisturbance...

The Texarkana Arkansas Police are searching for a 14 year old juvenile runaway. Authorities describe Corona Cole McNeal as a white male 5'7" tall and around 120 pounds, he was possibly riding a blue bicycle and carrying a black pack. If you have any information on the whereabouts of McNeal you are urged to phone Texarkana Arkansas Police at (903) 798-3154 or Texarkana Area Crimestoppers at (9