John Williams

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I am a Texarkana Native, having been born and raised right here. I have been in the Radio Business since October 1982 and have been News & Sports Director since May 1993. I love relaying severe weather and snow reports to our listeners. My most fun is reserved for fall Friday Nights when I have the honor of broadcastin the play-by-play of Arkansas High Razorback Football on Eagle 106.3 FM. I am married and have two wonderful children, a boy age 8 and a daughter who is 4, they are my life!!!! I enjoy cooking and eating a batch of good ole Texas Chile and I love snow days!!!!

National Signing Day

It’s a big day for High School Athletes around the area and the country. Its National Signing Day.  Student athletes are signing letters of intent to play sports at colleges and universities.

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Locally here are some of the athletes who signed today:

Arkansas High

Bailey Nicholas-Softball with Bossier Parish Community College

Jarod  Brown-Football with Southern Arkansas University-S

J.W.’s News Update: Tuesday January 31, 2012

Vice President Joe Biden in North Texas for some Private Democratic Fundraising events. One was reportedly held in the DeKalb area of Bowie County and the other two in the Fort Worth Area.

Despite the fact that Texas is a solidly so-called Red State in the Republican Column, Democrats still do a lot of fundraising in the Lone Star State

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J.W.’s News Update: Monday January 30, 2012

Americans incomes are up in the latest Figures released by the U.S. Commerce Department. Figures show personal incomes rose by 0.5% in December, the most since last March. For all of 2011 inflation adjusted incomes rose just 0

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J.W.’s News Update: Friday January 27, 2012

An investigation is underway after a bizarre incident near Texarkana left one person dead. Authorities say witnesses indicate a man was driving strangely before crashing his vehicle near the FCI Prison in the Liberty-Eylau Community of Northeast Texas

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J.W.’s News Update: Thursday January 26, 2012

Its voting day in Texarkana. No not at the polls, that is coming up later this Spring. The voting occurring today is at the local union hall of the USWA 752L.  That is the union that represents most of the workers at the Texarkana Cooper Tire Plant

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J.W.’s News Update: Wednesday January 25, 2012

Union workers at the Cooper Tire and Rubber Company Plant in Texarkana are being briefed on the details of the tentative contract hammered out by negotiators last week. The workers will study the proposal today and vote tomorrow as to whether to ratify or reject the agreement with the tire maker

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J.W.’s News Update: Tuesday January 24, 2012

Texarkana Arkansas Police along with the FBI are looking for two suspects who held up a bank yesterday afternoon. Authorities responded to the Wells Fargo Bank on Hickory Street around 2:30 pm. Witnesses told them that two black male suspects entered the bank brandishing handguns

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J.W.’s News Update: Monday January 23, 2012

New Employees of the Arkansas Lottery will be going through a 6 month probationary period among rules adopted by the games commission. This new procedure will begin immediately but not be retroactive.

 

An East Arkansas Representative is suing the state over new redistricting maps saying it dilutes minority voter representation in his district.

 

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