New Boston News

A 22-year-old New Boston, Texas, man was killed Saturday morning when the car he was driving went off U.S. Highway 82 in Miller County and crashed into a creek, authorities said.

Electroshocks are not therapeutic to catfish and two men caught administering the shocks Saturday into the Red River near New Boston, Texas, were arrested and fined.

A member of the Langston University track and field team has been killed in a car crash in Texas.

A regular meeting of the Commissioner's Court of Bowie County will be held 10 a.m. Monday in the Bowie County Courthouse in New Boston.

SpokenFor, a gospel group from Richardson, Texas, will be in concert at 6 p.m. Saturday at Faith Assembly of God, 407 W. Walters Blvd.

Wetlands Reserve Program Tour: The East Texas Timberland Owner's Association will conduct a tour of "Last Frontier" Wetlands Reserve Program 1,950 acre site on Tuesday June 24, 2008.

NEW BOSTON, Texas-Bowie County Commissioners Court agreed Monday to buy a tractor for Precinct 2 from a Forney, Texas, business.

NEW BOSTON, Texas-In an unusual turn of events, the trial of one man ended with two men pleading guilty Wednesday afternoon in connection with a 2006 shootout in Texarkana, Texas.

NEW BOSTON, Texas-Dustin Parker of Texas Wildlife Services will be in Bowie County today and Friday to offer help to livestock and row crop producers facing agricultural problems caused by beavers.

A man who was convicted and sentenced to death for strangling a fellow inmate at the Telford Unit in New Boston claims prosecutors violated the law during his trial.

James L. "Sonny" Pryor, 72 of Bogata, died Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at his residence.

The Anderson Family Gospel Bluegrass Band will be in concert at 6 p.m. Saturday at Faith Assembly of God, New Boston, Texas. via Texarkana Gazette

“He stood up and took action on what he thought was necessary.”

Answering a plea for help, Bowie County Sheriff James Prince arrested his brother last week for possession of methamphetamine. via Texarkana Gazette

NEW BOSTON, Texas-Nash residents seeking to make alcohol sales legal in their city will get their day at the polls in November. via Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Tanner Spendley Texarkana, Texas, Sgt. Johnny Weaver carries a memorial flag with the names of officers killed in the line of duty in 2007 from across Texas. via Texarkana Gazette

NEW BOSTON, Texas-The Bowie County-Red River County Indigent Defense Office will get most of its operating money from the state for 2009. via Texarkana Gazette

NEW BOSTON, Texas-Should Bowie County or Mount Pleasant come under a terrorist attack or experience any man-made or natural disaster, the county and the city plan to come to each other's aid. via Texarkana Gazette

“Once we determined the general area of where he was, we sent some teams out in eastern Texas from our district there to look for that vehicle, hoping that he still had that van that he stole from North Carolina”

The man accused of shooting a Virginia state trooper was arrested Sunday after a brief standoff at a New Boston, Texas hotel. via WXII12

“The U.S. Marshals Service uses techniques to trace and find fugitives. We received information that he was in the area”

A fugitive wanted in the wounding of a Virginia State Police trooper was taken into police custody early Sunday by officers with the Bowie County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Marshals Service. via Texarkana Gazette

A southwest Virginia man accused of shooting a Virginia state trooper was arrested Sunday in northeast Texas.

Virginia State Police officials say Steven Dale Branscome was arrested about 12:40 a.m. Central time after a brief standoff at a hotel in New Boston, Texas. Branscome is being held in the Bowie County jail pending extradition proceedings.

State police said that Texas officers also recovered a van stolen from a Statesville, North Carolina, church on Wednesday in the parking lot of the hotel. Read more