Texarkana Talks

Talking with Board President Nikita Alford about Tex-Rep and the importance of community theater. TexRep has been part of the local arts scene since 1990, producing community theater and youth drama programs at the Stillwell Theatre at theTexarkana College campus.

Jennifer Lacefield is our Executive Director of Randy Sams Outreach Shelter. We talk about the biggest needs heading into the hottest season of the year. Ms. Jennifer is also deeply involved with Rotary, Altrusa, LNK TXK, and so much more.

This morning on Texarkana Talks, we welcomed Joe Teel of The Joe Teel Podcast and Teel Septic Services. Joe represents a younger generation of community voices, using his platforms to spotlight local people, businesses, ideas and conversations that matter.

Talking 2026 Texarkana Air Show this morning with Brandon Sanders from Texarkana College and Texarkana Airport. We talk about the airshow and events around it, the many aviation training programs offered in Texarkana and much more.

Our guest this morning is Dr. Craig Nakashian, Dean of the Honors College and Professor of History at Texas A&M University Texarkana. His specialty is medieval Europe and the complicated relationships Christianity and Warfare in the Middle Ages. 

Ms. Colleen Woods is the big winner of the 2026 Pitch It Texarkana competition joins us to talk about the competition and her business "Sling Fit TXK". This is something just about everybody would be excited to try!

We are joined this morning by Sandy Varner and Gina Parrish o Temple Memorial Treatment Center and learn a ton about the services provided for our community. We get to the heart of the Temple mission, the children. We also talk about the big "Tee it Up" Golf Tournament happening on Monday, May 11 and More!

Olivia Poulton is our Executive Director of the Texarkana Public Library. They are getting ready for some great Summer Programs with the "Summer Reading Kickoff Block Party" on May 30, the new E-Sports activities for Home Schoolers, new Study Pods, and so much more. See what is new at our Library!

We had a guest forget about us today, so we will start sending out reminders! All good, we get to talk about a number of things that Jeff just pulled out of his... hat, on this Cinco De Mayo.

Darby Tillis is in this morning to share the HYPE with this weekend's Taco Fest in downtown Texarkana. Luchadores are going to be putting on some high-flying moves on Saturday. We discuss the growing E-Sports scene and then we move into HypeCon for June 2026!