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Beginning Monday, May 11, 2020, lobby hours will revert back to normal with safety precautions in place. All Farmers Bank and Trust lobbies are now equipped with Personal Protective Equipment, sneeze guards, and social distancing decals.

We all know that a K9 unit in a police department is a very special and important unit to have. It's also important that the K9 members are safe that is why it is especially great news to hear that The Texarkana Police Department's K9 Kashko has received a special vest to help protect him from bullets and stab wounds.

Here is the latest Texas Department of Transportation Weekly Roadwork Report for our listening area.

Remember last year when Texarkana was in the running for the National Main Street contest? Well, Hope, Arkansas was nominated this year and has now made it to the semifinals! Let's do our best to help them win first prize!

Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 107 positive COVID-19 cases, with 68 recoveries and 11 related deaths. Cass County has a total of 21 with 16 recovered. Miller County has 36 total cases, 357 negative results, 33 recovered, 1 death. Updated Monday afternoon, May 11.

The Texarkana Texas Police Department is investigating the burglary of an ATM at the Bank of the Ozarks, located in the 5200 blocks of Summerhill Road, early Thursday morning.

Texas will be opening up salons on Friday. But, what about the woman in Dallas that refused to close her salon during the Stay-at-Home order? Well, she's in jail.

Get ready Texas, It's your turn. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced yesterday that starting this Friday, May 8 you can get your hair cut, nails done and more.

Indoor venues such as theaters, arenas, stadiums, and auction houses that are designed for large groups may reopen on May 18 on a limited basis, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced at his daily COVID-19 press conference yesterday.

YIKES: They can grow to the size of an adults' thumb and deliver a sting so painful that one entomologist described it to The New York Times as "like having red-hot thumbtacks" being driven into their flesh.

Bowie County Emergency Operations Center reports a total of 105 positive COVID-19 cases, with 68 recoveries and 10 related deaths. Cass County has a total of 19 with 13 recovered. Miller County has 35 total cases, 322 negative results, 27 recovered, 1 death. Updated Wednesday afternoon, May 6.

It's time for another Bowie County Sheriffs Repor, this week Captain Robby McCarver prepared this report on Bowie County Sheriff activities, here is the report for the week of April 6 - 12, 2020: