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New building at Spring Hill
SPRING HILL – Friday was a special day for the Spring Hill School District as a new building was unveiled for the seventh and eighth grades. Superintendent Tom Wilson said the building will also be […]
Month: March 2021
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Ware Selected for Governor’s School
HOPE – Hope High School junior Richard Ware has been selected to participate in the Arkansas Governor’s School in July at Arkansas Tech University in Russellville. Ware was selected to participate in the “instrumental music” […]
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SAU announces 2021-22 schedule
MAGNOLIA — Southern Arkansas University has announced its 2021-2022 academic schedule. SAU altered the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 semester schedules to accommodate COVID-19 and the new protocols. However, the upcoming academic year’s schedule will revert […]
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COVID-19 Update
As of Thursday afternoon, there have been 328,045 cumulative cases of COVID-19 in Arkansas. There have been 319,771 recoveries. There have been 5,512 deaths and were 2, 734 active cases. Hempstead County has had 1,953 […]
Obituaries
Mark Caudle
Mark Worthy Caudle, age 61, of Bodcaw, Arkansas passed away Saturday, March 13, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. He was born December 3, 1959 to Tillman and Myron Caudle, in Dallas, Texas. Mark was a kind […]
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Special Called Meeting to discuss extremely high utility bill from AEP/SWEPCO
HWL received an extremely high bill, caused by an increase in fuel cost, from AEP/SWEPCO for the month of February due to the extreme winter weather. HWL was notified a few days prior to receiving […]
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Construction under way on Hwy. 67
EMMET/HOPE – Those planning to either go to Hope or coming from Hope using Hwy. 67 may want to rethink their travel plans. Red Stone Construction has begun a construction project from Hwy. 299 in […]
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Pedestrian Hit Near Wal-Mart
Hope Police responded to an apparent accident involving a pedestrian shortly before 2pm Tuesday. The injured man was reportedly responsive after medical personnel responded. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Prescott tabbed Tree City
LINCOLN, NE – Prescott has been named a 2020 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management, according to a release from the Arbor Day […]
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Fourth COVID-19 Clinic Friday
HOPE – The Hope Public Schools in partnership with Express Rx of Hope, will offer its fourth COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic Friday, March 19th at the Hope High School MAC Complex from 8 am-2 pm. […]
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
We have to confess we love to stop by the Hempstead County Library! Not only is it a great facility, but the staff is always friendly and helpful…. plus they like to have fun! We […]
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Educators Hall of Fame Inducted
HOPE – Six former Hope Public Schools educators were inducted into the Hope Public Schools Educator Hall of Fame in a video presentation which will become available on social media today. Induction ceremonies were conducted […]