It’s the week after Christmas break. Students mill around and fill the desks at Pleasant Grove High School. But one desk remains empty. It belongs to Caleb Hackleman.

For much of my adult life, I’ve been in the “waiting room.” Throughout my twenties, I prayed fervently for Mr. Right. One day, in a sweet revelation, I realized Jesus fulfilled every character trait on my list. However, I still desired a husband.

You probably know Dawn Olivieri from her work in the hit television show Yellowstone and related miniseries 1883. However, during the SAG/AFTRA strike of 2023, Dawn stopped telling neo-Western stories and started living one. She traded working with horses on-set to rescuing horses facing slaughter.

Emma Cooley is a curly-haired, spirited seven-year-old from Hope, Arkansas. Though Emma’s life now seems quite normal, this is not a reality that any of the Cooleys take for granted. Only 11 months ago, after two and a half years of treatment, Emma completed her final round of chemotherapy.

Texarkana native Peyton Sims became interested in the region’s most famous crime as a teenager when she wrote an article about Texarkana’s Moonlight Murders for the Texas High School student newspaper.

It is April 29th, 2023. The Texas A&M–Texarkana Eagles baseball team is playing at Spring Lake Park; they’re in the fifth inning. Freshman player Matthew Delaney is excited to have a break from his normal “freshman” gameday responsibilities. Standing in the left-field bullpen, Matthew throws a football with one of his teammates, and then—

Bang.

Sisters Sherry Watkins (née Hall) and Karen Hall are, in some ways, stark opposites. Sherry is a type-A introvert who loves quiet nights at home, sharing takeout with her husband before an early bedtime. Karen, meanwhile, is the life of the party.

Everyone has a different experience with grief. For Autumn Phelps, a tremendous and tragic loss is driving her to help others.

Interior designer Brent Stewart shares tips, tricks, inspiration, and encouragement for holiday decorating

Get ready to jingle and mingle! Join us for a festive celebration as we kick off the holiday season at our “Christmas in the City”-themed event, Mistletoe Market.

Some people know their calling from a young age; others discover their passions later on. Educator Haley Berry falls into the latter camp.

Glitter-covered surfaces, makeup products precariously perched on countertops, and costume pieces strewn everywhere might drive some people crazy, but not dancer and Pleasant Grove senior Norah Jordan.

Check off your Christmas list this year with something truly special: unique creations made by local artisans. The market offers an array of gifts including paintings, jewelry, textiles, baked goods, and so much more. 

Jenny Walker and Jenny Wilder have been friends for as long as they can remember. They danced together at Carol Cooper’s studio at the age of four. They cheered together through their high school days at Liberty Eylau (LE).

As the area wholesaler of Anheuser-Busch products, Eagle Distributing of Texarkana has been serving up good drinks and good times to the Texarkana area since 1985.

Texarkana was a town in development for many years before being formally established by a sale of city lots on December 8, 1873, the culmination of close to three decades of effort. At that time, the Cairo and Fulton Railroad hadn’t quite completed its lines into the townsite.

The annual Four States Living Magazine Fabulous 40 & Under issue has been a staple of the community for 17 years.

Three years after seeing a viral TikTok video that an Atlanta High School student made to find their band director a girlfriend, Piper Spaulding and Hunter Hale, the band director in question, were happily married. 

Anita and Mike met while studying at Texarkana College. They married on Friday, August 21st, 1970, and then enrolled in teachers’ college at Henderson State University the following Monday.

The number one is symbolic of many things: winning, beginnings, individualism, wholeness. However, for upcoming senior Kaden McFadden, under Pleasant Grove High School’s Friday-night lights, “1” represents honor and legacy.