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• Free Drive Through COVID-19 Testing in Texarkana

  Healthy Connections is bringing Free Covid-19 Testing to the Four States Fairgrounds in Texarkana, Ark., on Thursday, July 16 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 3700 E. 50th St., in Texarkana.

• FDA Warns of Potentially Dangerous Chemical in Some Hand Sanitizers

  Regularly using hand sanitizer with a high alcohol content has been one of the ways to prevent the spread of the virus. However, the FDA has recently discovered that many brands of hand sanitizers have traces of a potentially dangerous chemical.

• Arkansas Scholarship Lottery director Woosley to resign

  (AP) — The director of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is resigning the state, the Department of Finance and Administration, which oversees the lottery

• Walmart and Sam’s Club To Start Requiring Shoppers to Wear Face Coverings

  Walmart plans to start requiring masks starting next Monday.

• US carries out the 1st federal execution in nearly 2 decades

  (AP) — The federal government on Tuesday carried out its first execution in almost two decades, killing by lethal injection a man convicted of murdering an Arkansas family in a 1990s plot to build a whites-only nation in the Pacific Northwest.

• Former Arkansas Gov. David Pryor hospitalized with COVID-19

  (AP) — David Pryor, a former Arkansas governor and U.S. senator, is hospitalized in Little Rock after testing positive for COVID-19, his family said in a statement Monday.

• LifeShare Offers Free COVID-19 Antibody Tests for All Blood Donors

  The testing will begin today and end on Friday, July 31st. The test can indicate whether someone has been exposed to COVID-19.

• Fatal Crash Claims 17 year Old in Cass County

  At approximately 7:28 a.m. on July 12, Highway Patrol Troopers were notified of a traffic crash on US 59, about one mile north of Queen City in Cass County.

• Gilead’s $2,340 price for coronavirus drug draws criticism

  The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries.

• Arkansas reports 503 new coronavirus cases, 8 more deaths

  Arkansas reported 503 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday and eight additional deaths related to the new coronavirus.

• COVID Testing in Texarkana and New Boston today

  Both centers are walk-in with no cost testing.

• See Something, Say Something Leads to Arrest in Texarkana

  The arrest came after several people made posts on social media yesterday afternoon to warn others about a man driving around the Rosehill neighborhood trying to get kids to get in the vehicle with him

• Paris, Texas and other Communities Combat Crime Thanks to New Grant Funding

  Watch out, auto burglars and thieves!

• TXK - July 13 City Council Meeting to be conducted by video conference

  In light of Governor Greg Abbott’s recent executive orders intended to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the City Council’s July 13th regular meeting will be conducted by video conference.

• Texas tries to recoup unemployment after overpaying Texans

  (AP) — Texas is attempting to recoup unemployment payments after mistakenly sending them to thousands of Texans amid the pandemic.

• Amazon first fulfillment center in Arkansas to employ 1,000

  Tech and online retail giant Amazon will employ 1,000 individuals at the first fulfillment center in Arkansas, the company announced Tuesday.

• Arkansas reports largest spike in virus hospitalizations

  (AP) — Arkansas on Tuesday reported its largest one-day increase in hospitalizations due to the coronavirus, even as the state’s new virus cases decreased.

• Could Certifications Help More Arkansans Find Jobs Post-Pandemic?

  Millions of jobs across the U.S. have vanished in the months since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and many Arkansans may have to gain new skills or refresh the ones they have to navigate the jobs landscape amid the economic fallout from the public health crisis.

• Official: Walmart donates $100,000 for new Arkansas statues

  Arkansas based retail giant Walmart contributed $100,000 to replace Arkansas’ century-old statues with new ones of civil rights activist Daisy Bates and country singer Johnny Cash.

• Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick’s broadcast company won federal loan

  Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who launched his political career on conservative talk radio, received a government small business loan for his Houston broadcasting company as the coronavirus pandemic shut down the economy, according to federal data released Monday.

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