Texarkana Talks

Today we talk about The Polar Plunge coming up at the Big Dam Waterpark on January 31. We talk about everything coming up with Texarkana Arkansas Parks & Recreation, and Ms. Darlene's off season Art Education projects.

Executive Director of Randy Sams Outreach Shelter, Jennifer Lacefield, joins us to discuss plans for the forecasted winter storm crashing through the Texarkana region this weekend. We also talk about rescheduling the Bridge City Project Chili Cookoff.

Josh Davis has served on the Texarkana Texas City Council, won the election for Bowie County Tax Collector in 2025, but recently had to resign the position for the opportunity to run for the office of Bowie County Judge. We covered many great topics in this episode.

Today, Monday January 19, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the organizer of the event, Brandon Houff joined by young community leader Ayden Howard join sit in this morning to discuss the day's events and activities. 

Ms. Olivia Poulton, Executive Director of our Texarkana Public Library, joins us today and we cover a ton of great topics. We discuss the new programs and services at the library, but also get into her story as one of our most loved local entertainers. I also had to ask about her social media posts of animal mating calls!

Our good friend Les Munn stops by this morning. We tried to talk him into coming back to do this show as the host and he'll think on it. We do talk about his decades of service to Texarkana as a Police Officer and the new age of Security.

We talk with Tom Ornberg, Miller County Veterans Service Officer, about their move into new offices on Jefferson Avenue. We want to reach out to all Veterans to let you know that more people are eligible for benefits than they may believe. It is not charity, they are benefits Veterans have earned. 

Paul Merlich with Texarkana Regional Airport and Brandon Sanders with Texarkana College join us to discuss the many great programs available to the public with the partnerships they've built in the region. We also discuss the big Air Show planned for this summer. Great show today!

Our guests this morning, Dr. Bradford and Ritchey Grant, join us to discuss the Candidate Forum to be held at Church on the Rock in Texarkana Texas. Candidates from Texas and Arkansas will be on hand to share their plans with you.

We had Travis Loehr, our Miller County Director of Emergency Management, stop in to discuss the Candidate Meet and Greet/Chili Cook-off set for January 22 at the Texarkana Arkansas Convention Center. We also had some great Emergency Management questions for him.