
Shreveport, Little Rock, Monroe (Louisiana), and Texarkana are fairly close airports (all within 2 hours). If you want to fly cheaper you can fly into Dallas or Memphis (both are about 4 hrs away) and drive down.
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Amtrak has a train station in Texarkana (an hour away) with daily service from Chicago and all points in between.