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The Live United Bowl and The Texarkana Community Ballet Nutcracker are just some of the great things you can do this weekend in Texarkana.

The Live United Bowl and The Texarkana Community Ballet Nutcracker are just some of the great things you can do this weekend in Texarkana.

The Live United Bowl and The Texarkana Community Ballet Nutcracker are just some of the great things you can do this weekend in Texarkana.

TEXARKANA, Texas -- Community leaders and volunteers gathered at Texarkana, Texas convention center to eat lunch and kick off the annual giving campaign for United Way of Greater Texarkana.

M Craig Calavetta, a captain at the Broward County, Fla., sheriff's office, was "removed from his assignment as district chief in Parkland," Mayor Rich Walker said, amid an investigation into a report of two guns belonging to a principal being found in a charter school.

The University of Miami-Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities has designated Parkland an autism-friendly city, the first in Broward and second in Florida overall. Parkland Mayor Rich Walker writes there's more to be done to support those with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Grunge rockers Candlebox and local favorites The Dusty Rose Band are just some of the great live music this weekend in Texarkana.

Grunge rockers Candlebox and local favorites The Dusty Rose Band are just some of the great live music this weekend in Texarkana.

Cementing his position as the dominant candidate for a suddenly open congressional seat, Democrat Jared Moskowitz rolled out endorsements from 50 current and former elected officials. They include moderate-centrist Democrats and progressives. Several of the people now endorsing Moskowitz were in recent days considering running themselves. Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis is considering candidacy, and says he isn't dissuaded by support for Moskowitz.

Op-Ed: Hoboken resident Rich Walker explains why voting against the $241M school referendum is pro-transparency, not anti-education.