Year: 2021

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Fire burns hay rolls

September 7, 2021 Admin101 Comments Off on 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

September 7, 2021 Dale Gathright, Jr. Comments Off on 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

September 7, 2021 submitted Comments Off on 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

September 6, 2021 Admin101 Comments Off on 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

September 6, 2021 Admin101 Comments Off on 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

September 6, 2021 submitted Comments Off on 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

September 6, 2021 submitted Comments Off on 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 […]
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Vernon Dean Hudman

September 4, 2021 Admin101 Comments Off on Vernon Dean Hudman
Vernon Dean Hudman, 76, of Hope, AR passed away September 3, 2021, at his home. Vernon was born November 12, 1944, in Arkadelphia, AR to Thomas and Dorthey Jean Jones Hudman. Vernon loved spending time […]