News of the Ark-La-Tex

A 10-day road trip by gun-control advocates, calling on senators to pass background checks on all gun sales, will end in Washington, D.C. this week.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday signed legislation to raise the target median annual pay for public school teachers by $2,000.

The Child Exploitation Unit made several noteworthy arrests last week.

The Texarkana-Bowie Family Health Clinic is planning two COVID-19 vaccination clinics this week

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert for approximately 211,406 pounds of raw ground turkey products, produced by Plainville Brands, LLC, due to concerns the products may have caused Salmonella Hadar illness.

Bowie County residents must take care of overdue transactions

(AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases per capita in Arkansas during the past two weeks was the lowest in the nation, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Critics of standardized testing say the federal government should reduce or pause these tests, since the pandemic has upended so many students' learning efforts in the last year.

The Rosehill Neighborhood Association is teaming up with the City of Texarkana, Texas and others for the Big Event this Saturday...and you're invited.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he opposes government-mandated coronavirus “vaccine passports” to access services, but he also says private businesses should have the right to require vaccinations.

Local officers will join other police and sheriff’s authorities across the nation to stop drivers who exhibit the telltale signs of driving while distracted.

Hope police arrested two men this weekend for multiple drug charges including possession with purpose to deliver ecstasy pills...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott used his executive power Tuesday to ban state government and some private entities from requiring COVID-19 “vaccine passports” to access services, in the latest move from a Republican governor pitting public health campaigns against personal freedom and private choices.

Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers.

(AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth, though lawmakers could enact the restriction over his objections.

Along with writing books, podcasts have become a family project for the Clintons.

Texans have until the end of that day to complete overdue transactions

Bowie County Office of Emergency Management will partner with the statewide Department of Emergency Management to offer a walk-up COVID-19 vaccine clinic administering the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine this week in New Boston, Texas.

Two separate bills have been approved by the Arkansas House and Senate that would tighten restrictions on absentee ballots and prevent people from lingering near polling places.

Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate friend-of-the-court brief before the San Francisco-based Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit defending Americans’ Second Amendment rights after California banned standard-capacity magazines for firearms, which hold eleven to fifteen rounds.

State today reports record 360,000 new doses administered

Renters in the 126 Texas designated counties* who were forced from their damaged homes because of the severe winter storms may be eligible for help from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).

U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, along with U. S. Senators John Boozman, and Tom Cotton announce the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded over $4.9 million in federal funds to Texarkana Regional Airport-Webb Field.

The City of Texarkana, Texas and the Texarkana USA Regional Chamber of Commerce will host the National Professional Fishing League (NPFL) tournament April 22 – 24, 2021.

The Sportsplex by Healthcare Express is hosting a Bridal Fair on April 18th, 2021, from 2 pm to 6 pm.

April 4-10, 2021

Rong Shing Trading Inc., a Brooklyn, N.Y. firm, doing business as Double R Trading Inc., is recalling approximately 3,365 pounds of Chinese style hot pot base products containing beef tallow.

Senator Bryan Hughes’s Election Integrity Omnibus Bill Also Passes Texas Senate

Ensures COVID-19 Relief Reaches Those Struggling the Most

Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced that Arkansas is leading an amicus brief joined by 16 State attorneys general supporting the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) efforts to “dump” New York and reorganize in Texas.

Starting with the 2021-2022 school year, the Texarkana Arkansas School District is pleased to announce the opening of two new kindergarten through fifth grade elementary schools and a kindergarten through twelfth grade digital school

Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Tyler) passed SB 8, the Heartbeat Bill, with bipartisan support.

In his lawsuit that halted the Biden administration’s unlawful 100-day freeze on deportations, Attorney General Paxton says Texas taxpayers involuntarily spend hundreds of millions of dollars on illegal aliens every year:

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is not extending the mask mandate. The previous directive from the Governor is now considered guidance.