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Fire burns hay rolls

PRESCOTT – Fire destroyed around 42 rolls of hay at Ratcliff Farms Tuesday morning. The call came shortly after 11:30 a.m. concerning a fire at the farm on Hwy. 371. Crews from the Prescott Fire […]
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Grice joins chamber team

HOPE – Nancy Grice, has joined the Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce as the new Administrative and Membership Manager. Nancy and her husband worked the Watermelon Festival as vendors. According to the Chamber, Nancy has […]
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Governor touts fair season

LITTLE ROCK – The county fair is one of the traditions that we missed last year because of the pandemic, and I’m very excited to talk about the reopening of the fairs this fall. The […]
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Obituaries

Joe Tom Stricklin

Joe Tom Stricklin of Gurdon, AR passed away on Saturday, September 4, 2021. He was born June 24, 1936, to Luke and Elsie Stricklin in the Copeland Ridge Community.  He retired from the United States […]
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Joe McAnally

Joe Douglas McAnally, age 82, of Little Rock, formerly of Arkadelphia, passed from this life on Thursday, September 2, 2021, at The Green House Cottages of Poplar Bluff in Little Rock.  He was born June […]
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Prochaska wins melon weigh-off

WASHINGTON – On Saturday, September 4, the Old Washington Farmer’s Market hosted an official watermelon weigh-off site for the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth in Washington, Arkansas. The Great Pumpkin Commonwealth provides official venues for growers to […]
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James Worthey

Mr. James H. Worthey, age 80 of Texarkana, Texas, formerly of Hope passed away Sunday September 5, 2021, in Texarkana. Funeral services are incomplete at this time but will be announced by BRAZZEL/Oakcrest The Funeral […]