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UPDATE: Tonight's watch party and open house at Texarkana College has been canceled due to the nasty weather and potential flooding dangers. Watch it though, great show tonight featuring local bladesmiths.

This story has been on everyone's mind the past few days and now the Miller County Sheriff's Office has released more information.

September starts to wind down as we head into Fall this week, your Sheriff's Report dipped down a bit from the week before in the county. Bowie County Deputies arrested a total of 52 people. Bowie County Deputies arrested 24 of those, and other area law enforcement agencies arrested 28.

TV Station KXAN in Austin, Texas is reporting that this thing is real and it lives in the waterways of not just Texas, but all over the United States. They call it, the "Texas Toe Biter." Just what I needed today, something to give me a severe case of the willies!

Mid-September Sheriff's Report starts with temps slowly falling and crime slowly rising. Last week in Bowie County, BCSO arrested a total of 63 people. Bowie County Deputies arrested 25 of those, and other area law enforcement agencies arrested 38.

National Cheeseburger Day 2023 - I've said it before and I still believe it, one of our near-perfect foods is the humble cheeseburger, together with pizza and Chinese food so you can get some more veggies in your diet.

Weekend number three for the month of September, and the Perot Theatre is a big destination for Saturday night as the Eli Young Band will be in town for a live show. Who else is playing where this weekend? Read on for Texarkana's Live Music Scene.

Mississippi came in at #1 in this research, #2 was our neighbor to the South, Louisiana, bringing in the bronze medal, Arkansas, is a solid #3 on the list of the worst snoring states of America.

Although there hasn't been an official release from the Arkansas State Parks Department as of yet, reports are coming in about a youngster who found an almost 3 carrot diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park last Friday, September 1.

It's time to make it a September to remember... Let's start it off right this weekend with some live music around Texarkana, who's playing where? It's Texarkana's Live Music Scene.

Last week we learned about the Miller County Sheriff's Office issuing a Missing Person Alert for a man in the Texarkana area. There is now more information that has been released in the ongoing effort to locate him.

OK, technically, the term "blue moon" isn't really the color blue, but according to Space.com, the blue moon refers to the second full moon in any given month. August has two, Tuesday and Wednesday night is the second full moon of the month, so it is the Super Blue Moon of August 2023.