Redwater, TX- On September 9 at 9:00 a.m. the Redwater Sports Complex will host the first Kaiden Parris Suicide Prevention Awareness Co-Ed Softball Tournament. There will be several events throughout the day including a butterfly and lantern release, a home run derby, music, concessions, a raffle, vendors and door prizes. In addition counselors will be on site to help anyone needing assistance. The prevention is an outreach of Kaiden Parris’ parents. Kaiden became a victim of suicide on May 21, 2017. His family notes that he would have been 17 this year on September 9. The event is a way to celebrate Kaiden’s life and help raise awareness and promote prevention of suicide. Kaiden had been a football player and student at Mount Vernon and Redwater. His Facebook page is still maintained and notes that he had also taken classes at Texas Community College. He was a well-liked young man and had over 370 friends on his site. Kaiden has been described by his family and friends as having “a heart like tiger and a spirit like dragon.” It is hoped that the event on September 9 will continue to help raise awareness and help prevent future suicides. Continue Reading →
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The Four States News (FSN) is proud to announce we have added additional Facebook Groups online. The FSN is a “Community Journalism site.” We focus on events in communities such as church happenings, school events, and other issues often not covered by mainstream media. We are not looking to cover the latest wreck or the latest Congressional issues. Instead of a broad focus, we might focus on a Congressional leader who visits the four states area, or we might focus on the impact someone had on others who happened to pass away from injuries of a wreck. We want stories based on what’s important to you and your community. Anyone can write that a great citizen passed away at a certain age and left behind a list of relatives, but we want to know and share how that great citizen changed his family, his or her friends, and touched the lives of those she may have known. Community Journalism is driven by two factors – contributors or people taking time to write something and submit it, and the community’s desire to know more, understand what’s happening on a deeper or more “hometown” level. We also recognize that we can not possibly cover all the stories. In our area we have several outstanding, online publications. You may have seen Texarkana Today or Jeff Easterling’s outstanding Texarkana FYI . You have also likely seen the long-standing, now-online also publication for the Texarkana Gazette . It also seems like new publications are popping up daily like the new ArkLaTex Post. Because we focus not just on Texarkana, but on the surrounding area of the four states, we thought it was time to allow those areas to have a reference point for articles directly related to them and to share articles. These new groups will allow people to easily share post from any news outlet with links back to the original publication. Together we can share news not only published from FSN, but also from any major or minor publication touching on important events or happenings. Currently we have Four States News Community Post our first set up to allow sharing of news from around the Texas and Arkansas. We have just added Oklahoma Four States News Community Post and Louisiana Four States News Community Post. Continue Reading →
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Fatal Wreck Near Redwater, Texas
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TEXARKANA– On Wednesday, May 11, at approximately 9:20 p.m., Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded to a one vehicle crash on Highway US 67, two miles east of Redwater, Texas. The preliminary investigation indicated that a 2016 Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling west on US 67 when it left the roadway onto the right shoulder of the road. The vehicle then struck a culvert before rolling. The driver, Morgan Kyle Seals, 26, of Maud, Texas was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. This is an ongoing investigation. Continue Reading →