The Brother’s Keepers Motorcycle Club, a group of active and retired firefighters, volunteer firefighters, and EMS personnel, held its Ark-La-Tex Burn Run March 29-30 .

Pleasant Grove ISD held a Superintendent’s Welcome Reception on April 9 at Pleasant Grove Intermediate School.

The Salvation Army Women’s Auxiliary hosted its Gladys Morriss Stone Soup Luncheon on April 18 at First United Methodist Church.

The Clay Eichler Memorial Fund hosted an Open House on March 26 for The Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club of Texarkana.

Trinity Christian School held its first annual Spring Fundraising Gala on March 26 at the Texarkana Convention Center.

Dr. Daniel W. Barnette (Texas High School Class of 1971) and C. Cary Patterson (Texas High School Class of 1970) were recently named the 2019 Distinguished Alumni for TISD.

The Regional Music Heritage Center presented the Regional Music Heritage Weekend March 29-30 in downtown Texarkana. Friday night’s Gala Preview party, “Ragtime to Rockabilly” was held at Silvermoon on Broad. A show featured “Three of a Kind” with Stephanie Rice and Scott Joplin jazz descendant Joyce Grant. The Scottie Award was presented to young Jason Bennett, winner of the 2019 Scott Joplin Piano Ragtime Competition.

Women for the Arts hosted the 20th annual Party with Picassos on March 23 at the Texarkana Texas Convention Center.

High Tea with Picassos, hosted by Women for the Arts, was held March 19 at the home of Cathy and Mark Van Herpen.

Four States Living Magazine recently presented plaques to the winners in the Best of TexarkanaTM Readers’ Choice Awards to congratulate them for being selected for this honor.

On March 9, the Texarkana Arkansas School District (TASD) held its 2019 Job Fair at the Arkansas High School Red Wall.

On March 9, the Texarkana Museums System hosted its Gatsby Gala at Silvermoon on Broad.

Texarkana’s iJump Trampoline Park and Adventure Sports hosted a Customer Appreciation Day on March 8.

Texarkana Independent School District Board of Trustees and Administration hosted its annual Community Breakfast and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on March 5 in the Dan Haskins Student Center at Texas High School.

The Home Builders Association of Texarkana held its annual Home Show on March 9-10 at the Four States Fairgrounds.

On March 2, the second annual Pull for Heroes Sporting Clay Tournament was held at Rocky Creek Outdoors.

Rotary International’s four Texarkana Rotary Clubs hosted a Rotary Foundation Dinner on February 23 at Northridge Country Club. The event was held to benefit the eradication of polio worldwide.

The AR-TX Regional Economic Development Incorporation (AR-TX REDI) hosted a Welcome Reception on March 5 at Northridge Country Club.

Eagle Impact for Texas A&M University-Texarkana hosted its “Taco ‘bout a Fiesta,” Membership Social on March 1 at the home of Kerry and Alan Ribble.

On March 2, the Kiwanis Club of Texarkana hosted its 61st annual Pancake Day in the Truman Arnold Center on the Texarkana College campus.