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DPS Officers Win National Safety Education Competition Awards

DPS Officers Win National Safety Education Competition Awards

Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) congratulates three of its Safety Education Service Sergeants on winning awards at the national Uniformed Safety Education Officers Workshop (USEOW) in Kansas City, Mo. last month. 07/24/2024 09:03 AM

Weekly Roadwork Report

Weekly Roadwork Report

Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to Arkansas state line, widening highway. Eastbound traffic shifted to frontage road at State Line Ave, frontage road lane closures I-30 – From FM 989 to FM 3419, extension of frontage roads. FM 2148 closed under I-30 bridge & at N. Frontage/Hampton Rd, detour in place FM 2148 - North from US 82 & from 3419 to N. Frontage/Hampton Rd, extension of frontage roads. Closed to thru traffic N. Frontage/Hampton Rd. - West from FM 989. Extension of frontage roads FM 989/Kings Highway - From I-30 North Frontage Rd. to Gibson Lane, widening road US 259 – Closed to thru traffic north of I-30 to FM 44, detour in place. Surface rehabilitation SH 8 – At Sulphur River, bridge replacement. New bridge open, old pavement removal underway I-369/Loop 151 - From US 59 to I-30, resurfacing road. Nightly lane closures, 8pm 6am FM 3527 - From SH 93 to FM 989, resurfacing road. Lane closures FM 991 - From US 67 W to US 67 E, resurfacing road. Lane closures FM 991 - From US 67 to 1.8 miles south of US 67, resurfacing road. Lane closures SH 98 - From FM 1840 to US 67, resurfacing road. Lane closures FM 3378 - From US 82 to FM 992, resurfacing road. Lane closures Titus County SH 49 - From BU 271 to US 271, resurfacing road. Lane, shoulder closures FM 1735 - From SH 49 to FM 4000, widening road, closed to thru traffic US 271 – At Dickson Creek, Big Slough Creek, White Oak Creek & White Oak Creek Relief, replacing bridges BU 271E - From US 271N to I-30, resurfacing road. Lane closures FM 1000 - From SH 49 to US 67, resurfacing road. Lane closures 07/24/2024 09:02 AM

What’s Happening

What’s Happening

What’s happening at the American Legion Post 488 New Boston, TX 07/24/2024 09:02 AM

Bowie County Sheriff’s Report

Bowie County Sheriff’s Report

MONDAY Abandoned Vehicle- County Road 4232 Dekalb, impounded: 2015 Ford Focus (white in color) Criminal Mischief Over $750 and Under $2,500-State Highway 98 New Boston Found Property-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, recovered: cellular phone Welfare Concern-Shady Pines Road Texarkana Warrant Service (Stalking)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Larry Jerome Walker Warrant Service (Hold for Other Agency)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Linzy Jerome Walker Warrant Service (Probation Violation for Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle, Fail to Appear on Theft Over $750 and Under $2,500)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: R’mondre Cortez Williams Warrant Service (Possession of Child Pornography)- North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Nicholas Wiltshire Warrant Service (Deadly Conduct)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Keagan Cornelius Warrant Service (Sexual Assault)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Bobby Jones Warrant Service (Aggravated Assault-family violence)-North State Line Texarkana, arrested: Billy Wayne Bell TUESDAY Public Intoxication- Sherwood Forest Drive Texarkana, arrested: Rafael Camacho Aggravated Assault (family violence)-U.S. Highway 67w Simms, arrested: Billy Wayne Bell Theft of Material (copper)- Farm to Market Road 1398 Hooks Warrant Service (Capital Murder, Probation Violation for Credit or Debit Card Abuse, Probation Violation for Robbery)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Malaki Scott Beckham Warrant Service (Resisting Arrest, Fail to Identify, Evading Arrest, traffic)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Traveon Dwayne Moore Warrant Service (Deadly Conduct)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Jacquez R. Martin Warrant Service (Burglary of a Building, Fail to Appear on Theft Over $100 and Under $750)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Maleek Delshun Collier Warrant Service (Probation Violation for DWI)North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Eddie Hall Warrant Service (Probation Violation for Possession of a Controlled Substance)- North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Samuel David Parmer Warrant Service (Probation Violation for Attempted Possession of a Controlled Substance)-North State Line Avenue Texarkana, arrested: Jessie Lee Winters Jr. 07/24/2024 09:02 AM

Shaking Up the Record Book: IGFA creates separate divisions in world record bass categories, TPWD not yet sold on change

Shaking Up the Record Book: IGFA creates separate divisions in world record bass categories, TPWD not yet sold on change

BA rule change recently implemented by the Florida- based International Game Fish Association regarding how the organization will now interpret and classify world record largemouth bass is getting the attention of anglers around the globe, especially those intrigued by the big ones. 07/24/2024 09:01 AM

Speeding kills-slow down and arrive safe

Speeding kills-slow down and arrive safe

The telltale red-and-blue lights in a driver’s rearview mirror can inspire shame and guilt. But those feelings don’t come close to the guilt speeding drivers feel after killing or injuring someone – or the pain a family feels when someone dies in a crash. 07/24/2024 09:01 AM

Texas High teacher sentenced for child exploitation

Texas High teacher sentenced for child exploitation

A Texarkana man has been sentenced to federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Brandon Neil Sams, 48, pleaded guilty to coercion and enticement of a minor while serving as a band instructor at Texas High School in Texarkana, Texas and was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III, on July 16, 2024. 07/24/2024 09:01 AM

A&M-Texarkana and Texarkana Funeral Homes Form New Academic Partnership

A&M-Texarkana and Texarkana Funeral Homes Form New Academic Partnership

Texas A&M University- Texarkana and Texarkana Funeral Homes have entered a new academic partnership that will allow Texarkana Funeral Homes employees to take courses at the university with reduced tuition prices. 07/24/2024 09:00 AM

Masons present New Boston grad with Lamar Award, scholarship

Masons present New Boston grad with Lamar Award, scholarship

The Boston Masonic Lodge #69 presented Chase Crook, a 2024 New Boston High School graduate, with the Mirabeau B. Lamar Award of Excellence for Outstanding Achievement Thursday. The award came with a $2,000 scholarship. Crook will be entering his freshman year at University of Central Arkansas in the fall where he will study for a major in survey engineering. 07/24/2024 09:00 AM

Second victim in July 6 NB shooting dies in hospital

Second victim in July 6 NB shooting dies in hospital

07/19/2024 01:12 PM

Hooks Junior High’s Odom named Region 8 Principal of the Year

Hooks Junior High’s Odom named Region 8 Principal of the Year

A Hooks educator said being named the Region 8 Principal of the Year has been a team effort and she is just a “piece of the puzzle.” 07/17/2024 09:03 AM

Man wanted for capital murder captured in Red River County

Man wanted for capital murder captured in Red River County

A New Boston teen that was wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at a New Boston apartment complex that left one teen dead and another in the hospital is now in custody after being captured in Red River County. 07/17/2024 09:02 AM

Appeal sought for man in Bowie County human trafficking case

Appeal sought for man in Bowie County human trafficking case

A Bowie County man convicted of sex-trafficking and sexual assault has appealed to have his sentences overturned. 07/17/2024 09:02 AM

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