June 2024 – Hope Prescott

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Pharmacies sued over painkiller abuse

June 30, 2024 submitted 0

LITTLE ROCK – The state Attorney General has sued two pharmacy benefit managers, alleging that they contributed to the dramatic rise in the abuse of painkillers that has ravaged Arkansas. Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are […]

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Livestock report

June 29, 2024 submitted 0

FEEDER CATTLE STEERS – Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt) Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 300-342 324 325.00-365.00 337.75 6 350-390 376 312.00-350.00 336.12 12 400-445 423 […]

Excessive Heat Warning for Saturday

June 28, 2024 National Weather Service-Shreveport 0

One dead in log truck collision near Bluff City

June 28, 2024 Dale Gathright, Jr./Mark Keith 0

BLUFF CITY – A two-vehicle accident Friday morning in Nevada County near Bluff City left one man dead and another injured. According to a preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police, a 2006 Peterbilt log […]

Payton Rhodes Receives Hope Civitan Club Scholarship

June 28, 2024 Twyla Pruden/Hope Civitan Club 0

Payton Rhodes, a ’24 graduate of Hope High School and the Hope Collegiate Academy, is the recipient of Hope Civitan Club’s annual scholarship, in the amount of $500. She recently spoke to Hope Civitans about […]

Hope City Board Holds Special Meeting, Votes to Purchase Hope Hospital With Hempstead County

June 28, 2024 Eric Mclaurin 0

The Hope City Board met for a special called meeting on Friday (6-28). The main topic of the meeting was the alteration of a resolution passed last week concerning the hospital in Hope. The previous […]

Evan Kyle Isley, 5, of Emmet

June 28, 2024 Herndon-Fuqua 0

Evan Kyle Isley, age 5, of Emmet, Arkansas passed away on June 19, 2024 in Emmet, Arkansas. Evan was born September 10, 2018, in Texarkana, Texas to his parents Justin Isley and Crystal Esada. Evan […]

Hempstead County June Quorum Court session

June 27, 2024 Eric Mclaurin 0

HOPE – The Hempstead County Quorum Court met Thursday for their June meeting. An appropriation of grant funding for the Juvenile Drug Court was approved following its reading by County Clerk Karen Smith. Total was $7,500, […]

Willisville native & former Arkansas Sen. Joyce Elliott suffers stroke

June 27, 2024 Mary Hennigan - Arkansas Advocate 0

DALLAS, TX – Joyce Elliott, a former Arkansas state senator and prominent civil rights advocate, suffered a stroke this week while in Dallas, according to Get Loud Arkansas, her voter advocacy nonprofit. “The [Get Loud […]

New Partnership Helps Feed Hungry in Hope

June 27, 2024 Amy B. Perry Executive Director HCOC 0

HOPE – On June 26th, there were reports of a lively party at the Hope Connexion Outreach Center (HCOC), featuring singing, dancing, and laughter, along with the impressive feat of bagging, sealing, and boxing 5,038 […]

James Johnson

June 27, 2024 submitted 0

Mr. James Ray Johnson, age 76, passed away on Wednesday June 26, 2024, in Blevins, Arkansas. He was born on September 29, 1947, to James Raleigh and Opal Botts Johnson. He was married for 51 […]

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