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Hope Police announce felony arrest
HOPE – On Monday, October 6th, 2025, at about 4:00pm, officers with the Hope Police Department arrested Jossely Garcia, 28 of Hope, AR in the 400 block of North Andres Street in Hope, AR. Ms. […]
Month: October 2025
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Carter Wilcox Brings Lions Program
11 year-old Carter Wilcox brought the Hope Lions Club a program on October 6th. He is a member of the Hope Piranha Swim Team and he talked about his competition at the Junior Olympics in […]
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Bobcats fall to Little Rock Parkview
HOPE – Things didn’t go well for the Bobcats right off the bat as the (1-2) Little Rock Parkview Patriots looked like the Patriots who have won the last three state championships. The Pats scored […]
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Pastor Oliver McKamie recognized for 55 years in the ministry
HOPE – “Happy Pastor Appreciation Day to our pastor… Pastor Oliver McKamie! Thank you for over 55 years of service to our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! We are so blessed to have you! […]
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Washington Methodist church sponsoring dunking booth at Hootenanny
WASHINGTON – On Saturday, October 18 Washington Methodist Church will be providing a dunking booth as part of the activities of the community-wide Harvest Hootenanny organized by Historic Washington State Park. The booth will be […]
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Fire heavily damages construction tractor Saturday near Columbus
COLUMBUS – A Saturday afternoon fire on Silver Road off Highway 73 heavily damaged an articulated tractor towing a pull-behind scraper. Volunteer fire departments and personnel responded from Columbus, Saratoga, and Yancey. Photos courtesy of […]
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Legislative Update
The House and Senate Education Committees met this week to review the Arkansas Department of Education’s (ADE) comprehensive plan to strengthen the state’s teacher workforce through recruitment, retention, and recognition initiatives. ADE outlined how these […]
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Young people making a BIG difference
PRESCOTT – In the past few weeks the youth group at First United Methodist Church-Prescott have been working hard to help make a difference in our community. These two projects are worth mentioning. Birthday Bags: […]
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Local notes from local schools
More news around the districts of the two counties is a win for the Curley Cubs of 36-22, and Prescott scoring the highest for the Southwest Region for improvement in ELA (High School) Math scores […]
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Hope Water & Light Hosts Chamber Coffee for Public Power Week
Hope Water & Light hosted the Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Community Coffee on Wednesday October 8th in honor of Public Power Week. There was a great turnout and the Water & Light Commission and […]
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Saratoga search warrant leads to arrests, overdose intervention
Left to right, Austin Hooks, Kataka Thomas, and Tonya Stapleton SARATOGA – Investigators from multiple agencies, including the 8th South Drug Task Force (Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department, Miller County Sheriff’s Office, and Lafayette County Sheriff’s […]