Obituaries
James Thurman
James Harold Thurman passed away on Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the age of 100. James was born on April 10, 1921, in Stephens, Arkansas. He was raised in Waldo, Arkansas, and was the youngest […]
Year: 2022
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Aprill Stewart
Aprill Stewart passed away Monday, March 14, 2022 in Irving, TX. She was born on June 22, 1944 in Tucson, AZ to her parents Everett and Eloise Andrews. Aprill moved to Irving, TX in 1971. […]
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Renee Willett
Mrs. Renee Lenora Hofmann Willett, age 88 passed away Friday March 18, 2022. Renee was born on July 12, 1933, in Albany Minnesota, to Gregory and Rose Vos Hofmann. She is preceded in death by […]
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Brady Rhodes Featured On Hayride Anniversary Show
Brady Rhodes was a special guest at the 51st Anniversary Show of the Columbia County Hayride in Magnolia. Rhodes is a popular visitor to the show. The Hayride is Arkansas’s longest-running live country music show […]
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Rhonda Bobo
Rhonda “Carol” Bobo, 63, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022 in Little Rock, AR. Carol was born March 8, 1959 in Fort Smith, AR to Pearl Bridges and Harmon Mathis. She liked to collect angels, […]
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ADE partners with Forward Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK – The state Education Department has partnered with a non-profit organization called Forward Arkansas to address a growing teacher shortage in Arkansas. They have launched a new website – TeachArkansas.org – to recruit […]
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Emmet buying new backhoe
EMMET – In a special meeting of the Emmet City Council, Friday, the panel voted to purchase a new backhoe. The backhoe the city will be buying is a 2001 New Holland with 1,800 hours […]
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Jonquil Festival Returns After Two Year Hiatus
Historic Washington State Park kicked off their 54th annual Jonquil Festival and the first one since 2019 due to COVID on Friday. Despite cool, windy weather, a good crowd turned out for such events as […]
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Park Staff Finds 1930’s Electrical Insulators In Downed Tree
Our friend Ronald Kidd of the Hope Parks Department recently brought us a very interesting artifact recently. According to Kidd, when the parks department was cutting up a recently downed tree, they discovered an electrical […]
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Hope Lions Celebrate Anniversary…Then Serve!
The Hope Lions Club celebrated their 75th anniversary at the Jonquil Festival on Friday. After serving free cake and ice cream to all, the club then went back to doing what they have been doing […]
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Hope Kiwanis Club Hears Program On Outdoors From Brad Townsend
The Hope Kiwanis Club recently heard a program from Brad Townsend about products for the outdoorsman. Townsend brought several items from his family’s store, Townsend Outdoors. These included a Rambo bike allows a hunter to […]
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Livestock report
FEEDER CATTLESTEERS – Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price4 310-345 329 200.00-215.00 203.948 355-395 370 190.00-215.00 198.582 360 360 220.00 220.00 Value Added15 400-445 […]