Seven heroin or cocaine overdoses in the past three days are prompting officials in downtown New York to issue a “surge alert.” The Oneida County Sheriff’s Office says an increase in heroin and opioid overdoses required the public health alert. In addition to overdoses, the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) also showed “a trend … Read more
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) – Teachers are on the front lines of the culture wars as the anniversary of the insurrection arrives at the United States Capitol. With crowds yelling at school board meetings and political action committees pouring millions into races to elect conservative candidates, talking to students about what … Read more
Look, in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane … no, it’s a Shad, I think. In fact, it was a fish, lots of fish fell from the sky Wednesday night in Texarkana, Texas / Arkansas. Did you get something? We didn’t get any at our home, which we’ve found anyway, but we saw … Read more
Christmas week, you would like to think, would be slow for law enforcement, unfortunately that would be wrong. The Bowie County Sheriff’s Department spent the week working on multiple cases of sexual assault, credit card abuse, theft, cruelty to livestock, forgery, dog bite and much more. Here’s this week’s Bowie County Sheriff’s Report prepared by … Read more
By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – A Congressional committee has launched an investigation into the promoter of the Astroworld music festival in Houston, in which 10 people were killed during a massive wave of people. FILE PHOTO:HOUSTON, TEXAS – NOVEMBER 9: A memorial to those who died at the Astroworld festival is … Read more
UPDATE: 12/21/2021 11:38 pm Utica Police have made an arrest in connection with the alleged accidental firing of a weapon inside the Fastrac on Genesee Street in Utica. On December 21, 2021, the UPD Major Crimes Unit arrested 19-year-old Anthony Oates of Utica and charged him with the following: Criminal possession of a weapon in … Read more
Police investigations continue into two separate fatal accidents that took place this week. Thursday December 16th at approximately 3:52 pm New york state police They were called to 482 Stanton Corner Road near Liberty, New York for a single vehicle rollover accident. Mobile Medic personnel and the Town of Liberty Fire Department were the first … Read more
The Hobby Lobby announcement made a lot of people cheer up the other day when they set their new minimum wage at $ 18.50 an hour. Apparently T-Mobile said, yes? Well, how about a minimum of $ 20 per hour for all employees? Are we now seeing a bidding war for the best employees? In … Read more
For those of us who like to make our own pizzas, enhance other people’s pizza, or just grab one and slice a few for your own enjoyment, pepperoni is a way of life. This, however, is being removed from national and area store shelves due to possible contamination. Smithfield Packaged Meats, DBA Margherita Meats of … Read more
Governor Asa Hutchinson signed the largest tax cut in the history of the Greater State of Arkansas on Thursday. The current maximum tax rate is 5.9% by the time it goes into full effect in 2025, the maximum tax rate for Arkansans will be 4.9%. A statement issued by the Governor’s Office on Friday said … Read more
How do Nash and New Boston end up on this list? The 20 Most Dangerous Cities in Texas? Each year, the FBI and the Texas Greater State Department of Public Safety publish crime statistics for every city and county in the state. If you combine those statistics with population figures, you can get rudimentary figures … Read more
The Texarkana Arkansas School District is proud to welcome former NFL star linebacker and Super Bowl champion turned Hollywood writer / producer, Spencer Paysinger, this coming Thursday, December 9, to speak with students from both the high school as well as high school. Paysinger brings his own story of growing up in South Central LA, … Read more
Shopping for gifts for the health freaks in your life can be difficult. They are seasoned label readers who only want the best active ingredients that actually work to deliver real benefits. They know the way down the wellness aisle and they know what’s best for their bodies. That’s why we’ve assembled products with rigorously … Read more