Texarkana police officers got the surprise of their lives while responding to a call from a concerned citizen.

A Texas Tribune analysis of hate crime data found that 82% of Texas law enforcement agencies that report to the FBI tracked no hate crimes last year. However, one suburban North Texas police agency is creating a new model of collecting hate crime data.

According to the Texarkana Police Department, the shooting happened at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday at an apartment complex.

A baseball player for a small college in Texas was in stable condition after he was struck by a stray bullet during a game over the weekend.

A Texas jury has sentenced a woman to death for killing a pregnant woman to take her unborn daughter.

Prosecutors asked a Texas jury to sentence a woman to death for killing a pregnant woman and stealing her unborn daughter from her womb.

A state police investigator has testified that a woman accused of killing a pregnant woman and removing her unborn child conducted intensive research on how to fake a pregnancy convincingly.

A Texas woman accused of killing a woman to steal her unborn baby to present as her own went on trial for capital murder.

Just after storms moved through Texarkana last week, the skies opened up again and rained fish for a few minutes.

The East Texas city of Texarkana experienced a rare weather event to close out the year: It rained fish.

Police in eastern Texas say a shooting at a Halloween party left one man dead and nine other people wounded.

A Texas man linked to the “boogaloo” movement who livestreamed threats to kill police has been convicted of attempted murder of a peace officer.

A Texas man charged with the attempted capital murder of a peace officer is set for trial next month in Bowie County.

Marques Jujuan Thompson, 20, has been added to the Texas Top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. TEXARKANA, Texas – The Texas Department of Public Safety is searching for a man who they say is wanted for multiple crimes, including murder. Marques Jujuan Thompson, 20, is charged with murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a firearm, battery, stalking and intimidation and a probation violation and has been added to the Texas 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list. Thompson violated his probation and fled his last known address in Texarkana in August 2020, authorities said. Texas Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $5,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to Thompson’s arrest.

Jessica Tyson, 34, is an out-of-work hair stylist in Texarkana who says she's struggling to get her full unemployment benefits. Credit: Jessica Tyson(Audio unavailable. Jessica Tyson says she’s desperate for Congress to pass another federal stimulus package. The 34-year-old Texarkana native is an out-of-work hairdresser who’s had her car repossessed, has struggled to keep her utilities on and says she spends her days trying to get her full unemployment benefits. Start your day with a quick take on the latest Texas politics and policy news.

Holly Barlow-Austin's husband and mother filed the lawsuit in federal court against Bowie County, LaSalle Corrections, and several of the company's employees at the jail in Texarkana. They say LaSalle, which runs jails and immigration detention facilities in Texas, Louisiana and Georgia, violated Barlow-Austin’s rights and caused her death. “What happened to Holly was not an isolated incident," said Erik Heipt, a Seattle-based lawyer who's representing Barlow-Austin's family and has brought other cases against LaSalle. According to the lawsuit, Barlow-Austin died of sepsis, meningitis, HIV/AIDS and accelerated hypertension on June 17. Her death came two months after LaSalle reached an undisclosed settlement with the family of a man who died at the Bi-State Jail in 2015.