UPDATE - 2:15 p.m.
Windstream lines have been restored and 911 is now functioning properly.
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Windstream landlines are experiencing an outage in Bowie County as well as in Miller County and are unable to reach 911, according to a police spokesman.
For Texarkana and Bowie County, please use a cell phone to call either 911 or 903-798-3876.
For Miller County residents (outside the city limits of Texarkana, Arkansas) please use a cell phone to call 911 or 870-774-3001 ext. 102
This only effects Windstream landline phones.
Cell phones and customers of other phone companies still can make calls.