Year: 2024

Early voting began Monday October 21st at the Hempstead County Courthouse in downtown Hope. Early voting continues through November 4th and voting day will be November 5th.

The first annual “Harvest Hootenanny” was held Saturday at Washington. There were a variety of fun activities and good weather made the whole event even better!

Hope police responded to a two-vehicle accident at Division and Hervey in Hope about 9:15 am Tuesday.  Hope  police and firemen responded along with Pafford.

The Prescott City Council met on Monday (10-21) in the senior citizens center dining room in Prescott.  After the prayer and pledge the minutes and financial report were approved. Jamie Hillery from the Prescott/Nevada County […]

Blevins held its annual Halloween festival last Saturday (10-19). The event presented lots of games, concessions and candy. Kids enjoyed face painting along with other activities. The main attraction was the Haunted Hallway which brought […]

On Sunday Oct. 20 at DeAnn Cemetary in Prescott, Texas DAR State Regent dedicated a head stone for Lee V. Gossett Jr. Lee was an air man in the army of WWII. He received a […]

Arkansas DAR State Regent, Gale Markley, (R) and  State Vice Regent, Charlie Manning, visited  chapters Benjamin Culp, with Georgia Estes, Chapter Regent standing and John Cain Chapter Regent, Terrie James (L) on Thursday the 12th […]

Over at 9th and Laurel in Hope, across from Yerger Jr. High, there are two yards that are always decorated for the holidays.  We drove by this week and enjoyed their Halloween decorations.  We appreciate […]

The annual Prescott Fall Festival was held October 12th in downtown Prescott.  There were plenty of contests and competitions at this year’s event. The Golden Pumpkin Treasure was won by Aaron Maxwell and the Gun […]

The Blevins Fire Department along with Washington and AR Forestry assisted DeAnn with a grass fire on CR 238. The fire started from a hot bearing in a hay bailer. The fire quickly spread to […]

The Hope Lions heard from Assistant Hope City Manager Daniel Shelman on Monday (10-21) concerning the “Hope for the Future” proposals.  Shelman said the city is seeking a one-cent sales tax to fund a new […]