Obituaries
Wayne Baker
Wayne R. Baker age 77 of Emmet, Arkansas passed away on November 21,2022 at Baptist Health in Arkadelphia. Mr. Baker was born in Cape Cod Massachusetts on December 31,1944 to Florence Mary and Alfred Collins […]
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Obituaries
William “Bill” Hampton Byrd, Jr., 81, of Hope
William “Bill” Hampton Byrd, Jr. of Hope, passed away Monday, November 21 at his home. Bill was born July 15, 1941 in Portales, New Mexico to William H. Byrd, Sr and Tommie Lee Epting Byrd. […]
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Dr. Vic Ford honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
LITTLE ROCK — Victor L. Ford, associate vice president for agriculture and natural resources for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ouachita Society of American […]
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Mitchell LaGrone Passes, Was President of Citizens National Bank
Robert Mitchell (Mitch) LaGrone III passed from this life on November 18, 2022. Born in Hope, AR in 1932 to Robert and Evelyn LaGrone, he was a graduate of Hope High School and Southern Methodist […]
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Holiday closings
PRESCOTT – Prescott City offices will be closed Thursday and Friday in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. There will be no trash pickup after Wednesday until Monday morning. The Nevada County Courthouse will be closed […]
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Council approves drainage project
PRESCOTT – Prescott’s City Council made short work of business at its November meeting Monday night. The panel approved the city entering into a contract with A.L. Franks Engineering of Texarkana, on a drainage project, […]
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Christmas and Candlelight Dec. 10
WASHINGTON – Historic Washington State Park will host its 36th Annual Christmas and Candlelight event on Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10. Luminary lighting and music programs will begin at 5 p.m. Tour venues […]
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Mayor Don Still Proclaims Saturday November 26th “Small Business Saturday” In Hope
Mayor Don Still recently paid a trip to the Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce to proclaim this Saturday, November 26th, “Small Business Saturday” in Hope. The Mayor was joined by Christy Burns, Executive Director of […]
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Grandniece of Rev. Viney Johnson Honored In White Coat Pinning Ceremony at Morehouse
Nina Simone Collier, grandniece of Rev. Viney Johnson of Hope. She is a native of Los Angeles, CA and recently was honored with a “white coat pinning ceremony” at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, […]
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Former Hope Resident Introduces the Cox Family at Minden, LA Lions Meeting
Former Hope resident Tracy Campbell introduced the Cox Family last Thursday at the Minden, LA Lions Club meeting Campbell, a former UAHT staffer in the 90’s and early 2000’s is now a financial planner and […]
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Klipsch Heritage Museum Association Participates in Giving Tuesday
HOPE – Klipsch Heritage Museum Association (KHMA) will participate in the one-day giving campaign, GivingTuesday. In 2012, GivingTuesday was launched to make giving more central in daily life. Today, GivingTuesday is an inclusive community of […]
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Joseph Howard Bolls
Joseph “Joe” Howard Bolls, 90, of Prescott passed away Thursday, November 17, 2022. Visitation is scheduled 1:00-2:00 Tuesday, November 22, 2022at Herndon-Fuqua Funeral Home in Prescott. Graveside service will follow at 2:00pm at New Salem […]