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Local Watermelons In A New Site
Mr. Bragg was a long-time seller of Hope Watermelons in Hazel Street. This year look for him on Third between Elm and Pine.
Year: 2020
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Hope City Board
The Hope City Board met Tuesday in a regularly scheduled virtual meeting. After the approval of the minutes the board moved on to agenda items. The board looked a a $7,285,000 refunding bond issue to […]
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Elderly Hempstead County Resident Scammed
HOPE – The Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office was contacted late Monday night, August 3, by the grandson of a 79-year-old county resident and advised that his grandmother was apparently scammed. Upon arrival the deputy […]
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UAHT student orientation online this year
HOPE – The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana will host New Student Orientation (NSO) online this year via Blackboard. The College will also offer on-campus appointments for small groups of students to pick up their student […]
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Giant Hope Melon Sighted At Hope Farmers Market
Giant watermelons grown by the Bright family are hallmark of Hope and at Tuesday’s Hope Farmers Market Pat Bright Rhoads displayed the first one of the season. Rhoads, who owns BeDazzled at 104 South Main […]
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Beavers retiring at police chief
PRESCOTT – Prescott Police Chief Joey Beavers is retiring at the end of August. Beavers has been chief of police for three years, but has more than 30 years law enforcement experience. Prescott Mayor Terry […]
Obituaries
John Mangum
Rev. John E Mangum, age 82, of Ruston, LA, formerly of Hope, AR, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020 in Ruston, LA. He was born on August 21, 1937 in Hope, AR to Floyd and […]
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Woodbury Charged With Domestic Battery
On August 1, 2020, at approximately 3:22am, officers of the Hope Police Department arrested Shasmakelyia Woodbury, 22, of Hope, Arkansas and charged her with domestic battery in the 2nd degree. The arrest occurred in the […]
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COVID-19 Update
As of Monday afternoon there were 44,597 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas. There have been 37,240 recoveries and 475 deaths. There were 6,882 active cases. Hempstead County has 220 confirmed cases. There have been […]
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Wanda Fincher
Wanda Whitney Fincher, age 81, of Prescott, Arkansas, passed away Sunday, August 2, 2020 in Prescott. She was born July 24, 1939 to Willie Jo (Billie Billings) and Woodroe Whitney in Blackwater, a farming community […]
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Hope police log
WARRANTS SERVED: 7.27.20 Dana Snider McClure, 49, of Hope, AR Failure to Appear Rico Smith, 38, Camden, AR Failure to Appear 7.28.20 Kirsten Parmer, 20, of Hope, AR Failure to Appear Timothy Young, 33, of […]
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Lower Arkansas Ham Operators Group Celebrate “Non Watermelon Festival” With “Non Special Event”
The Lower Arkansas Ham Operators Group is celebrating the “non-Watermelon Festival” with a “Non Special Event”. The Ham radio operators will have a fairly free form event. Karmel Kuhn of the group has posted these […]