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A recent New Boston High School student has made Northeast Texas proud by winning the first-ever angling scholarship at Southern Arkansas University.The Angler’s Scholarship was awarded for 2019-2020. It was given to Jacob Isaac Whittington from New Boston, Texas.  The scholarship is in the amount of $835 per semester.The fishing program at SAU is world class, and there have had some

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Even in death, Ross Perot is still the greatest champion of Texarkana, Texas. Indeed, the businessman may have been a billionaire and a pioneer of the computer industry, but he never forgot the town where he was born, raised and educated. Over the years, Perot has given countless interviews about growing up in the Twin Cities, which bestowed on him a lifetime of colorful anecdotes. He

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The Texarkana Twins evened out their season record to 13-13 against the Victoria Generals Monday night due to an early deficit that was difficult to overcome. The good news is that the Twins can regain their winning season tonight at home in Texarkana (Tuesday, July 9) if the team beats the Baton Rouge Rougarou and gain a 14th win for the season. You will want to buy a ticket. Arriving for

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Sergeant Matt Abston, a Pleasant Grove School District employee, received an Air Force commendation medal for his meritorious service from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Building Services Department, Matt Abston has been with Pleasant Grove ISD for 15 years and in the Air Force for 16 years. He has two sons, ages 8 and 6. We congratulate Seargeant Abston on his service to his country and his

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CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System has received a major award for its exceptional care of stroke victims. The honor received was the prestigious American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most

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Very sad news in Bowie County today as an inmate has died at the Bi-State Justice Center in Texarkana.  UPDATE: Texas Rangers are now investigating. "Bowie County Deputies Norman Alexander and Ed Steger were dispatched to the Bi-State Jail to assist Life Net personnel," the Sheriff's Department said "When they arrived, they spoke with a corrections officer who informed them that another

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Texarkanians always think of themselves as nice people, and now a national magazine has given definitive proof that it's true. Reader's Digest has named the 50 finalists of its third annual search for "The Nicest Place in America," a national crowd-sourced effort to uncover places where people are kind and treat each other with respect. In an era of cultural and political divides, "Nicest

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The Chaz Project continues to impress the community with the fine organizational skills of founder Jasmine Wilson of Texarkana and other local volunteers. All of the hard work has made this new organization very well known in a short period of time. Response to an ArkLaTex News article (click here to read) about the organization and Wilson caused many of you to write to us on our "contact us"

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If you love WWE events, the Love Summerslam Heatwave Tour is the place to be on July 26 in Texarkana. Barry Corbin will be up against Seth Rollins in the Universal Challenge Street Fight, and everyone is excited to see Lacey Evans face Becky Lynch for the Raw Women's Championship. The fun begins at 7:30 pm. Other WWE stars in attendance will be A.J. Styles, Samoa Joe, The Revival, Braun

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It was not a good day to be an escaped juvenile in Texarkana today — but it was a great day for police. The Texarkana Texas Police Department arrested three juveniles early this morning after they allegedly crashed their stolen car at an apartment complex in the 5200 block of Summerhill Road. The three boys, ages 15 and 16, had escaped from a juvenile detention facility in Mansfield,

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Many people are interested in learning how to preserve garden fruits and vegetables so they can be enjoyed all year, and now you have a chance to find out the best ways to do this. Bowie County Master Gardeners will present a program titled “Preserving Your Garden Harvest” on Monday July 8, 2019 at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. The event will take place from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. in

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The long and winding road leading to the announcement that Ryan Wall will become the first head coach of Texas A&M-Texarkana's men's basketball team is both interesting and inspirational. A little over a year ago, Ryan Wall had just come out of five years of coaching after resigning as the men's basketball coach of San Antonio's Our Lady of the Lake University in mid-March 2018. Right

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There's a new coach coming to town for the first-ever season of basketball at a local university. Texas A&M University-Texarkana has named Ryan Wall as the university’s head men’s basketball coach. Wall is the second coach tabbed to run the first ever A&M-Texarkana basketball program after initial hire Charles Goar decided to pursue other interests. Wall comes to lead the inaugural

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Sportsmen of Texarkana will heed the call – the duck call, that is – at the 2019 Great Texarkana Duck Fest featuring Jase Robertson of Duck Dynasty. Jason Silas "Jase" Robertson is an American television star from the former A&E reality television show, Duck Dynasty, the COO of the business Duck Commander, an innovator, and a professional duck hunter. Jase Robertson lives in West Monroe,

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The Ark-La-Tex region is buzzing about Spider-Man: Far From Home. But is it worth seeing?  Here is our spoiler-free review of the movie, and you will definitely find the answer to the question of whether it is worth your time. (function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https://embed.playbuzz.com/sdk.js'

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A 30-year-old Carthage, Texas man has been convicted of federal violations involving methamphetamine following a long trial. Winfred Earl Ware, Jr. was found guilty by a jury on June 28, 2019, of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, obstruction of justice and witness tampering following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone. According to

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The Texarkana Texas Police Department is investigating a robbery that occurred in the 600 block of Champion Place late on Saturday night. Warrants for Aggravated Robbery and Aggravated Kidnapping have been issued for Xavier French, 18, of Texarkana, Texas.  Officers responded to the report of a robbery at that location at approximately 11:30 on Saturday night. The victim told officers

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A Bowie County jury said Khadijah Wright violated a Child Protective Services order that was supposed to keep Benearl Lewis from seeing his children while alone.  They assessed her punishment at 99 years in prison due to the murder of D'Money Lewis, age 4 by Beararl Lewis in Wake Village, Texas. The trial in Bowie County's New Boston, Texas courthouse had been widely followed in the

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Victory was secured by the Texarkana Twins last night by a hard-working offense that helped deliver the 12th win overall win. Tonight the Twins (12-8) offense returned, generating 11 runs on 15 hits in a crucial win over the Brazos Valley Bombers (19-5) and the best part is that it was truly a team effort. Every Twin in the lineup tonight got at least 1 hit and 8 of them also got on base at

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Do you know a young writer who needs a chance to learn more about the craft of writing? Texas A&M University-Texarkana will be holding its 30th annual Young Writers’ Workshop from July 15-26 on the university’s Bringle Lake Campus. The camp is a collaborative effort between the East Texas Writing Project and A&M-Texarkana’s English Program, and is open to students going into grades

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Character matters, and a local baseball star learned that today after receiving a major sports award. The Red River Athletic Conference announced today that Matthew Barrett of Texas A&M University-Texarkana were selected as the 2018-19 RRAC Betty Etier Character Athlete of the Year. The female athlete who also received the award was Heidi George of Jarvis Christian College (Texas). In

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It was a wild night of baseball as the the Texarkana Twins took on the Victoria Generals and the Texarkana Twins coach was tossed from the game because of a bad call. However, Tom Lichty was only a homerun away from the cycle and Braydon Cadeur was lights out on mound. Even with the great pitching of Braydon Credeur and Joseph Standley the Twins could not find enough runs to get the job done

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Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush will be out and about in the Texarkana area on Tuesday. Texas A&M University-Texarkana officials and students will host Bush for a breakfast and tour of the university on Tuesday, June 25th. Bush, grandson of President George H.W. Bush and son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, will be in Texarkana to meet with community leaders and tour local

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