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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Changes coming to downtown Texarkana in the name of pedestrian safety
TEXARKANA, Ark. (KTAL/KMSS) — One popular destination for summer fun is downtown Texarkana's Entertainment District, and the city is taking steps to ensure people can enjoy themselves while staying safe. Juneteenth Jam to celebrate Juneteenth with storytelling, dance The Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department says specific intersections will be blocked off Friday and Saturday evenings through the summer months in an effort to protect pedestrians. Barricades will be placed along Broad St at Hazel St, Walnut St, and Wood St. They are also stepping up efforts to enforce the specific ordinances in place at the district year-round. Muses Creative Artistry Project presents Broadway-style performance with classic Disney songs 'We will be seeing patrol officers downtown more often to make sure that everybody is abiding by the entertainment district rules and regulations, such as no drinking in or on the vehicles, no glass bottles, maintaining the noise ordinances, the curfew for the minors,' says Kristen Schultz with TAPD. Entertainment district hours run from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and until midnight on Sunday. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Yahoo
Armed teen demands plane at Arkansas airport before hero pilot stops him: Police
A young teenager brandishing a firearm demanded a plane at Arkansas Texarkana Regional Airport before he was disarmed by a pilot packing a gun on Tuesday, law enforcement authorities reported. The boy, 15, entered the airport shortly before 7:35 a.m. with both a handgun and an AR-style rifle, said authorities with the Texarkana Police Department in Arkansas. He walked up to an airline ticket counter and ordered workers to get him a plane, said officials. A witness who saw the exchange managed to flee the area and alerted others to what had happened. Some employee managed to back away, lock themselves in a safe room and called 911. The suspect, meanwhile, exited the building and began walking on the airfield. A pilot working for a private flight service at the airport who was made aware of the incident retrieved his own firearm from his truck, approached the suspect and ordered him down on the ground, according to police. The suspect complied. The pilot then disarmed him, and authorities quickly arrived to take the teen into custody, police reported. No one was injured in the confrontation. The juvenile suspect faces charges of aggravated assault, attempted aggravated robbery and terroristic threatening. He was transferred to an Arkansas juvenile detention center. A district attorney will later decide on formal charges. Police did not identify the suspect, as is common in cases involving minors. 'The Texarkana Arkansas Police Department applauds the heroic act by the local pilot,' said a police statement. 'The fact that this incident was resolved quickly and peacefully, despite the extreme danger presented, is highly commendable.' Airport Director Paul Mehrlich told KSLA-TV: 'We want everybody to know the airport is safe and secure and flights will be going out as usual.' He added: 'We are thankful that there were no injuries, no lives lost, but it really was through the actions of this pilot and the staff at Signature Aviation that their actions saved lives.'
