Month: December 2020

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NES festival art winners

December 3, 2020 submitted Comments Off on NES festival art winners
ROSSTON – These are the winners of the Nevada Elementary School Festival of Arts contest. 5th grade winners: First Place-Morgan Weaver Second Place- Sophia Hicks Third Place- Ethan Almand 6th grade winners: First Place – […]
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Obituaries

Delores Kerr

December 3, 2020 submitted Comments Off on Delores Kerr
Mrs. Delores Anita Escarre Kerr, age 79, formerly of Prescott, Arkansas passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020. Delores was born January 11, 1941 in Knoxville, Tennessee to Peter Andrew Sr. and Cliffie Opaline Heath Escarre. […]
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Betty Kindrick

December 3, 2020 submitted Comments Off on Betty Kindrick
Mrs. Betty Jean Kindrick, age 91, of Hope, Arkansas passed away Monday, November 30, 2020 at her home. Mrs. Betty was born August 29, 1929 in Louisville, Kentucky to Delmar and Callie Cobb Stokes. She […]
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SAU offers holiday lighting

December 3, 2020 submitted Comments Off on SAU offers holiday lighting
MAGNOLIA – While the annual Celebration of Lights ceremony won’t be held this year, Southern Arkansas University will still offer its festive holiday lighting displays throughout campus. The lighting displays will be turned on at […]
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COVID-19 Update

December 3, 2020 Admin101 Comments Off on COVID-19 Update
As of Wednesday, there were 161,521 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas.  There have been 140,705 recoveries and 2,522 deaths.  There were 16,378 active cases. Hempstead County has had 890 cumulative cases of COVID.  There […]
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Rutledge visits Prescott

December 2, 2020 Admin101 Comments Off on Rutledge visits Prescott
PRESCOTT – Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge was in town Wednesday, visiting with local officials. During a stop at the Nevada County Courthouse, she met with Nevada County Judge Mark Glass and members of his […]
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Townsends endow scholarship

December 2, 2020 submitted Comments Off on Townsends endow scholarship
HOPE – Chris and Sondra Townsend, of Texarkana, Arkansas, recently established the Chris and Sondra Townsend Endowed Scholarship at the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana. “This year, on GivingTuesday, my husband Chris and I decided to […]
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Tina Whitten

December 2, 2020 Admin101 Comments Off on Tina Whitten
Tina Nicole Whitten, age 41, of Prescott, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 1, 2020, at her home. She was born on September 18, 1979 in Prescott the daughter of Paul and Tina Weaver […]
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Hope City Board

December 1, 2020 Admin101 Comments Off on Hope City Board
The Hope City Board met virtuallyTuesday for their first meeting of December. The first item was another look at the recently approved ordinance governing city purchases. Police Chief/Assistant City Manager J.R. Wilson brought out some […]
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COVID-19 Update

December 1, 2020 Admin101 Comments Off on COVID-19 Update
As of Tuesday afternoon, Arkansas had 159,309 cumulative cases of COVID-19.  There have been 140,682 recoveries and 2,512 deaths.  There were 16,094 active cases. Hempstead County has had 882 cumulative cases.  There have been 821 […]