Fred Gamble

1 week ago | ksla.com | Fred Gamble

TEXARKANA, Ark. (KSLA) - Angela Johnson of Texarkana made a visit to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Thursday (April 17) to get a REAL ID. “I’m expected to go on a domestic flight in a couple of weeks, so I’m now at a point where I need to do it. It’s going to be much easier to get on a flight,” Johnson said. “We know there are many Arkansans out there that need to get the REAL ID,” said Scott Hardin with the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

2 weeks ago | ksla.com | Fred Gamble

HEMPSTEAD COUNTY, Ark. (KSLA) - A tenth grade student at Nevada High School in Rosston, Arkansas is being praised for his bravery. School leaders say 16-year-old Kadden Dowdle is a hero. “We are so proud of Kadden for his heroism. I don’t know as an adult, I could have done that,” said Carol Foster, Principal at Nevada High School. During the flooding this past Saturday, Dowdle and his family were driving along this section of I-30 in Hempstead County when they witnessed a wreck.

2 weeks ago | ksla.com | Fred Gamble

MILLER COUNTY, Ark. (KSLA) - Representatives with the United States Corps of Engineers and the Miller County Office of Emergency Management spent Monday morning (April 7) checking the levee system on McKinney Bayou. After four days of heavy rain, the levee system was compromised, causing an extended flash flood warning for Miller and Lafayette counties.

2 weeks ago | fox8live.com | Fred Gamble |Rachael Thomas

TEXARKANA, Ark. (KSLA) — Police in Texarkana, Ark. are investigating a possible DWI wreck. It happened Sunday, April 6 around 7:45 p.m. in the 100 block of Pinehurst Street near Washington Street. The 911 dispatch notes said a car had somehow jumped a fence and hit a house. When officers got there, they saw a gray Hyundai Sonata on top of two other cars. It had also caused damaged to the exterior wall of a house. Officers talked to the driver, Porsche Owens, 34, who had blood on her lip and both knees.

2 weeks ago | ksla.com | Fred Gamble

TEXARKANA, Ark. (KSLA) — Texarkana, Ark., police are trying to learn how a truck somehow jumped a fence and crashed into a home. It occurred about 7:30 p.m. Sunday (April 6) near Pinehurst and Washington streets. Authorities said the driver was going at an accelerated speed and jumped over the fence with their vehicle. The truck landed on two other vehicles as well. Police said that the truck’s driver was injured and that its passenger ran from the scene.