Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to AR State Line, reconstructing and widening highway, daytime work in median. Motorists should watch for trucks and equipment pulling onto the interstate SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges SH 98 – At Anderson Creek, bridge replacement. Traffic restricted to one lane with signal lights controlling […]
Month: November 2021
Arkansas House of Representatives Weekly Post 11-25-2021
Small businesses are the heartbeat of our neighborhoods and the lifeblood of our local economy. In Arkansas, small businesses make up the majority of the business landscape, at 99.3% of all businesses in the state. This equates to 258,552 businesses. Small businesses can be found in every corner of our state. Small Business Saturday is […]
Avenue Trio’s “Be The Change” to Perform Benefit for Pathway Resource Center
Texarkana, USA: Avenue Trio has selected Pathway Resource Center of Texarkana to be part of the group’s nationwide tour called “Be The Change.” Avenue is a Gospel music group out of Nashville, Tennessee made up of Kacey Kemp, Haley Kemp, and Jonathan Mattingly. The group is known for “exceptional harmony and power full messages of […]
Arkansas Needs Tim Griffin
Opinion: When it comes to candidates for Attorney General in the State of Arkansas, none can rise above or outshine Tim Griffin. To be frank, Tim Griffin will be the Attorney General Arkansas is going to need for the foreseeable future. Few would argue with the statement, “There is no substitute for experience” and Griffin’s […]
Texarkana Museums System to Host Movie Night
Texarkana, Texas – On November 18, 2021, the Texarkana Museums System will be hosting a movie night at the 1923 Banana Club on 223 Front St, Texarkana, AR 71854. We will be showing “The Sting” and dinner is included. Chappos will be catering the event. Tickets will be $40 per person, which includes a membership […]
Texarkana USA Amtrak Station Exterior and Platform Area Project Named Quarterfinalist for America’s Main Streets Contest in Celebration of Small Business
Support the TEXARKANA USA AMTRAK STATION EXTERIOR AND PLATFORM AREA project of LEADERSHIP TEXARKANA by voting online today! TEXARKANA USA —The national small business movement, Independent We Stand, today announced the quarterfinalists, including the TEXARKANA USA AMTRAK STATION EXTERIOR AND PLATFORM AREA project of the LEADERSHIP TEXARKANA Class of 2022, in the 2021 America’s Main […]
“This is Home” -Sixty years of Scissors, Succession and Service in Sevier County, Arkansas
DE QUEEN, AR— After finishing High School, Gehri Packnett was looking for a job when he discovered an opportunity that ended up lasting him a lifetime. In February of 1962, he walked into a Barber shop in De Queen, Arkansas and he hasn’t had any other job since being given a chance that day. After […]
The Road to the Death Penalty Often Begins with Childhood Abuse
OKLAHOMA CITY – A warning to readers: this column contains graphic details. Oklahoma inmate John Grant was executed at 4:21 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 28. On Nov. 13, 1998, Grant, serving time for armed robbery, fatally stabbed 58-year-old Kitchen Supervisor Gay Carter with a sharpened screwdriver at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy. This column […]
ArkLaTex 100 Club Presents $30,000 to Families of Local Police Officer, Firefighter who Died in Line of Duty
The ArkLaTex 100 Club recently presented the immediate families of two local men who died in the line of duty $15,000 to help the families pick up the pieces in the aftermath of tragedy. Lt. Clay McClure with the Texarkana Texas Police Department died in July at age 54 from COVID-19 complications. McClure began his […]
Arkansas’s First Solar Energy Degree Program Begins this Spring at UA Hope-Texarkana
HOPE/TEXARKANA, AR: Earlier this year, the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) received approval from the University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees to install a one-megawatt solar array and solar learning lab on the Hope campus to integrate into a new Certificate of Proficiency in Solar Energy Technology. The solar energy student lab is under […]