magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Friday.

Columbia and Union counties are part of an “excessive heat warning” issued early Saturday by the National Weather Service in Shreveport.

There was no grand prize winner Tuesday night in the national Mega Millions lottery.

Arkansas State Police officers are investigating an overnight shooting in Dermott that left a 49-year-old dead and his 64-year-old mother wounded.

Joye Martin, 78, of Wilmar died about 7:25 a.m. Thursday in a one-vehicle wreck on Arkansas 172 near Wilmar in Drew County.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Thursday.

Thunderstorms will be possible on Thursday night, mainly across the Ouachitas of Southeast Oklahoma and Southwest Arkansas.

Bridge deck repairs on Interstate 30 in Hot Spring County will require alternating lane closures near Rockport, according to Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) officials.

An Ashdown motorcyclist was killed about 4:07 p.m. Wednesday in an accident on Arkansas 32 in the Saratoga community.

There was no grand prize winner in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Wednesday.

A 21-page report issued Tuesday by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences forecasts rapid increases in active COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations statewide, peaking in late October or early November.

The Hope City Board, during a virtual meeting on Tuesday, looked at a sample ordinance encouraging the wearing of face masks. The ordinance was prepared by the Arkansas Municipal League.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Tuesday.

There was no grand prize winner Tuesday night in the national Mega Millions lottery.

A TexARKana motorcyclist died about 2:26 p.m. Tuesday when he ran into a vehicle making a left turn at the intersection of East and Division streets in TexARKana.

An arrest was made Tuesday in the case of a former Magnolia resident who was shot and killed on Sunday in Hot Springs.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Monday.

Parts of Columbia, Union, Lafayette and Nevada counties are under a flash flood warning until 4:45 p.m. Monday

The Miller County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that about 25 percent of the prisoners at its TexARKana Detention Center have tested positive for COVID-19.

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One person was killed in an early Sunday morning house fire in TexARKana.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Sunday.

There was no grand prize winner in Saturday’s Powerball drawing.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Saturday.

There was no grand prize winner Friday night in the national Mega Millions lottery.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Friday.

Two Texarkana restaurants announced Thursday that they will be temporarily closing after an employee tested positive for COVID-19.

The worsening COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a stronger response from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

A Conway man who was wanted for the murder of his ex-wife in Desha County has been found dead in Conroe, TX.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Thursday.

Calhoun County’s distinction as the only county in Arkansas without a COVID-19 case is over.

There was no grand prize winner in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing.

Tracy Wright Jr., 25, of Crossett was sentenced on Tuesday to 70 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Wednesday.

Columbia County’s first heat advisory of the summer season goes into effect at 11 a.m. Wednesday though 7 p.m. Thursday.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Tuesday.

There was no grand prize winner Tuesday night in the national Mega Millions lottery.

Lavern Blackmon, 57, of Conway is wanted in connection with the abduction and murder of a Desha County woman.

Arkansans interested in commenting on the State Highway Commission’s approved rules for a proposed autonomous vehicle pilot program have until July 18.

A vehicle slammed into the rear of a tractor-trailer that had stopped for a previous accident Monday on U.S. 71 near Doddridge in Miller County, killing the driver.

magnoliareporter.com compiles COVID-19 novel coronavirus reports from South Arkansas and Northeast Texas counties, and North Louisiana parishes, from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Monday.

Sgt. Marcus Daniels, a 13-year veteran of the Arkansas State Police, was been identified as the Arkansas State Trooper who shot Aloysius Keaton on Saturday night, only seconds after Keaton stabbed an Arkansas Highway Police Officer while fleeing from police.

Authorities are currently searching for a missing boater on the Red River at Index Bridge between TexARKana and Ashdown.

An historic marker now commemorates the New Edinburg Commercial Historic District, located along the north and south sides of Highway 8.

Two people, including an unidentified minor driver, died about 6 a.m. Sunday in a two-vehicle wreck on Arkansas 41 south of De Queen in Sevier County.