Texarkana News

Two people are being questioned and a third is in the hospital following a violent robbery of a Texarkana jewelry store Friday.

WASHINGTON More than 2,000 tea parties from coast to coast attracted hundreds of thousands tax and Big Government protesters on Independence Day perhaps the biggest July 4 political event in America since the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence.

From Washington and New York on the East Coast to Los Angeles and Monterey on the West Coast and all points between, Americans had their say yesterday about bailouts, cap-and-trade bills and new federal spending programs that they believe are mortgaging their children's futures and robbing them of personal freedom.

Commentary by Kevin Hassett

Last week, we discovered that the state of California will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.

With California mired in a budget crisis, largely the result of a political impasse that makes spending cuts and tax increases impossible, Controller John Chiang said the state planned to issue $3.3 billion in IOU’s in July alone. Instead of cash, those who do business with California will get slips of paper.

The California morass has Democrats in Washington trembling. The reason is simple. If Obama’s health-care plan passes, then we may well end up paying for it with federal slips of paper worth less than California’s. Obama has bet everything on passing health care this year. The publicity surrounding the California debt fiasco almost assures his resounding defeat.

It takes years and years to make a mess as terrible as the California debacle, but the recipe is simple. All that you need is two political parties that are always willing to offer easy government solutions for every need of the voters, but never willing to make the tough decisions necessary to finance the government largess that results. Voters will occasionally change their allegiance from one party to the other, but the bacchanal will continue regardless of the names on the office doors.

California has engaged in an orgy of spending, but, compared with our federal government, its legislators should feel chaste. The California deficit this year is now north of $26 billion. The U.S. federal deficit will be, according to the latest numbers, almost 70 times larger.

A Texarkana, Texas K-9 Officer's vehicle was involved in a major accident Friday night that sent three people to the hospital.

Retail gasoline prices are falling this week heading into the July 4th holiday. The weekly AAA Texas gasoline price survey released Thursday shows the average price of regular unleaded self-serve fell by four cents this week to $2.49 per gallon.

Police say argument led to death; suspect is in custody

Miller County Sheriff Ron Stovall, Detective Tommy Garner, Coroner Eddie Hawkins and Deputy Michael Wade prepare a gurney to transport the body of Anthony “Tony” Howard Hight, 42, of Hooks, Texas, after he was shot Wednesday afternoon.

An early afternoon argument escalated into a shooting Wednesday, leaving a man dead and another under arrest in Miller County.

Around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, Miller County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a call made by an unidentified woman regarding a shooting at 1287 Miller County Road 61. Detectives said the body of Anthony “Tony” Howard Hight, 42, of Hooks, Texas, was found in the residence with a gunshot wound to the left pelvic area. The suspect, Scott Michael Adams, 37, of Texarkana, Ark., was also at the scene and was taken into custody.

Last week gas prices leveled off and this week the statewide average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline decreased four cents from $2.53 to $2.49. Nationally the figure is $2.63, also reflecting a four cent drop.

A former associate of evangelist Tony Alamo will spend eight weekends in jail for selling counterfeit merchandise at the Great American Outlet Mall in Texarkana, Texas.

Eight Texas and one Arkansas Congressmen voted for President Obama`s Cap and Trade Climate Bill.

The Congressmen from Texas were

Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) Charlie A. Gonzalez (D-Texas) Al Green (D-Texas) Gene Green (D-Texas) Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas) Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) E.B. Johnson (D-Texas)

The lone congressman from Arkansas was

Vic Snyder (D-Ark.)

Nathan Sorenson singled in the winning run in the top of the seventh and Texarkana Texas defeated Corpus Christi Moody 4-3 for the Class 4A state championship.

You don't want to steal the district attorney's money. Just ask Darrell "Cassanova" Towns, 30, of Texarkana, Ark., who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft by deception charges in Elmore County District Court on Monday afternoon.

EPA analyst Alan Carlin raised questions about the impact of global warming on areas like Greenland.

President Obama campaigned against raising on middle-class families

The White House left open the possibility Sunday that President Barack Obama might pay for his health care overhaul by taxing employer-provided health insurance even though he had campaigned on not raising taxes on middle-class families.

Athletic Director confirmed to KLTV that Scotty Nichols will become the new head baseball coach at Lindale High School.

If only those naysayers who believe Texas puts too much pressure on kids, especially poor ones, to attend college could have been at the Dallas Hyatt Regency on Wednesday.

Texarkana, Texas police say an inmate who was released from jail by mistake was involved in a high speed chase Friday.

Though the announcement was made only about a week ago, efforts to bring Ark-La-Tex Idol to Marshall have been ongoing for nearly a year.

FBI, police asking for help in identifying the suspect

Submitted photo Authorities are asking for help in identifying a man caught on surveillance cameras Monday afternoon during a bank robbery.A robbery at a local bank Monday afternoon has the Texarkana, Ark., Police Department asking for help identifying the suspect.

About 12:30 p.m. Monday, a man entered Bank of the Ozarks in the 500 block of Arkansas Boulevard and approached the teller with a note demanding money.

After receiving an unspecified amount of money, the suspect fled on foot, said Kristi Mitchell, TAPD spokeswoman.

By: Brandy S. Chewning - Texarkana Gazette -

Texarkana, Texas, officials announced Monday the City Council would not vote on a proposed animal control ordinance, even before an hour of public questions and criticism.

“We are going to table that ordinance until next month, but we want to still discuss it because we have some issues we want to shore up, too,” Mayor Steve Mayo told citizens.

The proposed ordinance places a ban on chaining dogs as a means of long-term confinement. Exceptions allow short times of constraint when the animal is supervised, such as during veterinary treatment, walking, grooming and training.

Police: Driver hit van of children head-on when he reached to plug in cell phone

By: Lori Dunn - Texarkana Gazette -

Arkansas State Police officers John Rhone and Jeff Thomas gather information Monday morning at the site of a head-on collision on Interstate 30 near the Miller and Hempstead county line.

The Ford Econoline van with a family of nine was traveling eastbound when a Pontiac Firebird crossed the grass median and hit the van head-on. Staff photo by Evan Lewis Seven children and their parents were rushed to a Texarkana hospital Monday for treatment of injuries that weren’t life-threatening after a car struck the family’s van on Interstate 30.