Texarkana News

The combat death on Okinawa of a renowned fighting general, son of a flamboyant Confederate general who had been a friend of Ulysses S. Grant, was the top news for Times readers this date in 1945.

A big movie production is underway in Texarkana and it may affect your commute. The filming of "The Town that Dreaded Sundown" started on Monday and will take place from The Federal Courthouse/Post Office to Broad St. and possibly areas on Laurel St. The movie shoot is expected to wrap up on Wednesday.

HOT SPRINGS, AR - Arkansas officials say a body recovered from the Red River was that of a man who fell from a boat last week.

Staff photo by Cecil Anderson Ron Greene films Charlotte Hartwell and Texarkana, Ark., Mayor Wayne Smith walking down Broad Street on Thursday morning for the "Communities of Distinction" show, which is hosted by Terry Bradshaw.

A 23-year-old Shreveport woman was killed and 6 others were injured Wednesday in West Shreveport in a wreck involving three vehicles.

GARLAND CITY, AR - The search continues for two men who went missing while fishing on the Red River in southwest Arkansas.

Staff photo by Evan Lewis Texarkana, Ark., Mayor Wayne Smith announces Tuesday the city is handling the search for a new city manager instead of using a search firm to find candidates, during a press conference held at City Hall.

The Arkansas Today Summer Road tour kicked off Monday in Hot Springs with a party-like atmosphere at Magic Springs Water and Theme Park.

The federal government is seeking permission to sell Arkansas property linked to Tony Alamo to pay $2.5 million in restitution the convicted child sex abuser owes his victims.

Authorities in Miller County are searching the Red River for two men missing since their boat overturned while fishing near Garland City in southwestern Arkansas.

Many in Texarkana woke up to dark skies and heavy rainfall Thursday morning. The storms, which began around 9am moved slowly through Northeast Texas and into Southwest Arkansas.

AT&T today brought several new cities and towns under the umbrella of its 4G LTE coverage map.

Day two of HOT ROD Power Tour 2013 hit up Texarkana where the HOT ROD Power Tour staff and participants met up with Edelbrock to help celebrate their 75th anniversary Edelbrock sponsored the cruise night for day two of Power Tour 2013 at Four States Fairground in Texarkana, Arkansas, after the convoy of cars arrived from Arlington.

This year at Power Tour we stuck our thumbs out and hitched a ride in order to better experience the Power Tour magic from the participant point of view.

The seven-cities-in-seven days Hot Rod Power Tour will make its second stop, noon-7 p.m. today at the Four States Fairgrounds, 3700 E. 50th St., Texarkana, and its third stop, noon-7 p.m. Monday at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds, 2600 Howard St., Little Rock.

Staff photo by Cecil Anderson Rachel's Angels team members hang a banner Saturday during the Relay For Life Texarkana benenfit at Front Street Festival Plaza in Texarkana, Ark.

Day two of Power Tour, June 2, 2013, is at the beautiful Four States Fairground in Texarkana, Arkansas .

Submitted photo William Lewis "Trey" Varner III, 21, of Texarkana, Ark., and Rachel Nicole Swetnam, 21, of Grove, Okla., died when the boat struck an unoccupied 96-foot Fantasy houseboat near the Arrowhead Yacht Club on the Duck Creek arm of Grand Lake, Grand River Dam Authority police ... The operator of a boat that crashed into a docked ... (more)

If you're not quite sure where that is, or where you heard it, that's OK, because Texarkana, Texas, is very easy to confuse with Texarkana, Arkansas.

For years, Texarkana's Chamber of Commerce has been trying to enhance State Line Avenue.