Texarkana Talks

This morning we visited with Jonathon McIntyre with the Marine Corp League to discuss Toys for Tots 2025, the upcoming Marine Corps Ball, and fundraiser. We also discuss the loss of our local Marine Corps Reserve Unit and what the future may bring for Texarkana.

Our current Bowie County Jerry Rochelle joins us to discuss the office, and his upcoming reelection to serve the citizens of Bowie County.

Visiting with local author, JD Hurst. She has been receiving a lot of attention with her books in the "Christian-Romance" genre. We discuss inspiration, process, and more.

Anna Allgor with Shorty's Donuts visits with us this morning about Texarkana's Oldest Diner and favorite Donut Shop and a little bit of almost everything else!

Big program today, we start with James Atchley and Michael McQuerry sharing expertise in security with Safe Haven Security Group here in Texarkana. We then visit with Samantha Knox, Jacob Lee, and Dakota Boswell. They organized this last weekend's prayer vigil at the downtown Federal Building.

Today we were able to talk about how much better "local" is in Texarkana. Col Taylor sat in for the program to talk about how local grows local, and how we can help!

Chase Livingston is passionate about truly helping teens and young adults develop confidence, leadership skills, and a healthy mindset for a happy life. We talk about his journey from struggle to purpose, the work he is doing with our local youth, and how you can take practical steps toward building your own "Garden of Greatness".

Sergeant Ethan Sartor, our regions PIO for the Texas Department of Public Safety joins us this morning and covered a whole passel of topics, from traffic enforcement to online safety and more!

Monica Beeman, the Head Pickle in Charge of this weekend's "Picklefest" in downtown Texarkana, joined us this morning. Fun, Games, Entertainment, and everything pickles... check out all of the details!

This morning Ms. Brittany and Ms. Narda joined us to talk Runnin' WJ Ranch. Ms. Theresa and Mr. Arthur were also with us to talk about volunteering at the ranch. This weekend is a training session for those interested in volunteering, and we have all of the details here.

This morning's program featured Jason Butler, local promoter doing "Battle of the Food Trucks" this weekend. We were also joined by Jesse Tillis (Junior) and Tom Ornberg to promote the Hype & Glory Wrestling show on Saturday night!

Stacey Smallwood of Haven Homes in Texarkana is our guest this morning. We discuss the many programs at Haven Homes and the big fundraiser coming up, the Haven Homes Hustle 5K on September 20, 2025.

Jennifer Tumey's son Bo was recently featured in a viral TikTok Video where the poster, that knew Bo's story, wanted views and the pennies that come with them so bad that she misrepresented what was happening and totally upended this families lives. They have received death threats and worse. We talk to them and share the TRUTH. We are also joined by Kenneth Payne about the Moving Wall Vietnam Mem...

Chris Spencer is running for the House District 1 Seat in Texas. We discuss Marvin Nichols Reservoir, Property Taxes, Rural Healthcare and more!

On September 27 at Southwest Center on 7th Street, the Tough Kookie will be hosting the 2025 Cancer Seminar for anyone and any type of cancer. Medical experts will be on hand with answers for any questions. Survivors will be there to share their stories and guidance. Don't miss this!

We visit with Tendra Washington about the Great Texarkana Cleanup and the many Fall events scheduled with the Texarkana Arkansas Park and Recreation Department.

Don't miss your opportunity to see the Moving Wall Memorial. Bernie Martin from the New Boston Chamber of Commerce gives us the details.

Quick catch-up with Colin Taylor, owner and manager of Texarkana Media Center.

Dustin Goodman of Tree Care TXK visits with us about your trees. Not everybody with a chainsaw is a tree man, Dustin is a local arborist that competes in competitions on the global stage. Great show, share with somebody you know!

Fox Squad Armory is a full service indoor gun range, with many different training programs for all skill levels. Try before you buy, and one thing Jeff is most interested in is shooting their fully automatic weapons on the state of the art firing range. We talk with John Marshall about all of it.

This episode we visit with Brooke Stone, our Texarkana Texas Communications Manager. We discuss the amazing new developments with downtown revitalization. We also discuss Texarkana's new Film Friendly Designation and how you can help make Texarkana a hotspot of production.

Texarkana's inaugural "Picklefest" happens on September 13, 2025, in downtown Texarkana! Hundreds of vendors, fun for the kids and everything Pickles! We talk with chief organizer, Monica Beeman about the event.

We are getting ready for "Fields of Faith" season with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Eric Akin stops by to share the stories behind these magnificent events. For Texarkana it will happen on October 1 at Pleasant Grove High School.

Sean Huffman is a Democrat running for Texas House HD1. We get to know more about him.

Tyler Richards is our Texarkana Arkansas City Manager. We had a great conversation with him on numerous topics of great importance to our citizens. Check out what he had to share.