Month: June 2023

On June 15th, 2023, at approximately 1:00pm, Detectives with the Hope Police Department arrested Michael McKamie, 59, of Hope, AR. Mr. McKamie was arrested in the 200 block of Nip N Tuck Circle and charged […]

  Baseball / Softball was the theme of the End-of-Year Banquet, Installation of Officers and naming of the Lion of the Year for the Hope Evening Lions Club. Noon Lions Club member, John Collier, started […]

Three members of the John Cain Chapter of DAR traveled to Hot Spring Village for Kansa Chapter hosting Flag Day June 14th for the Caddo District.  Belinda Jones of Benton was the District Director.  Pictured […]

Captain Justin Crane graduated from Arkansas Leader Session XXXI executive training course on June 16, 2023.  Captain Crane was nominated by Hempstead County Sheriff James Singleton to attend the executive level training. ARKANSAS LEADER is designed for chiefs, sheriffs, and other upper-level […]

Hope Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jonathan Crossley spoke to the Hope Civitan Club at its regular meeting on June 13.  Dr. Crossley is pictured, along with Civitan President Mona Still, holding a brochure that covers […]

Building Services handles all building permitting and inspections for construction activity and development. Within Building Services, Code Enforcement enforces various City ordinances for the benefit of all residences and visitors. Planning and Zoning functions are […]

The Buffalo Bill Cowboy Band kicked off the 2020 edition of “Music in the Park” Saturday at Historic Washington State Park.  The band moved in the 1940 WPA Gym due to threatening weather but a […]

Popular Nevada County singer Brady Rhodes was a guest on the final Columbia County Hayride held June 19th at Union Stareet Station in Magnolia.  Rhodes has been a popular guest on the show the past […]

Hempstead Hall celebrated its tenth anniversary Saturday night with a concert by the Plain White T’s.  The pop group drew a good crowd to Southwest Arkansas’s premier live music venue.

            The Hope in Action food bank has recently been the focus of two exceptional food drives, according to Director Mae Dulaney.  “We are so grateful to the local Post Office mail carriers who collected […]