Articles by photos by Shelly Rhoads

Southwest Arkansas was well represented at the Arkansas Country Music Awards Monday (June 3rd) in Conway.  Hope’s own Mae Estes was honored with the “Momentum Award”, a special award for a past ACMA winner or […]

The special guest at the 67 Gas & Grill in downtown Emmet on June 11th will be Tammy Fogle.  Fogle is a well-known singer in the Four States area and was a regular for many […]

The Arkansas Tourism Centers on I-30 and US 71 in Miller County celebrated “Tourism Week” last month.  I-30 Welcome Center Manager Carol Walker is shown with Texarkana, Arkansas Mayor Allen Brown when he stopped by […]

Steve and Celia Montgomery were honored with a surprise retirement party on June 1st at the First National Bank of Tom Bean community room.  The Montgomerys are retiring after 46 years in McDonalds management and […]

May in Hope proved to be cooler and wetter than normal.  According to statistics from Hope’s official weather station, the Southwest Research and Extension Center just east of town, total rainfall for May 2024 was […]

Wrestler Tray Trouble was recently spotted on the streets of Hope promoting the upcoming wrestling match “Unforgiven” set for June 8th in Prescott.  The match will be at 856 West First Street South in Prescott.  […]

Hope, Arkansas, June 2024 – Visibility Outreach Touch Engage (VOTE South Arkansas), the Hempstead County Juneteenth Celebration organizer, reminds you to save the date for the third annual Juneteenth 2024 festivities Friday, June 14-Sunday, June 16. […]

The Hope Evening Lions will hold their monthly food distribution Saturday June 8th from 8:30am until 10am at the “Chuck’s Legacy” Food Pantry at 3301 East Third.  All who have a need are welcome.

Pictured are the smiling faces of the ROC Special Olympians during their weekend in Searcy competing in the Special Olympics State games. After a special Opening Ceremony on Friday night, the competition was fierce throughout […]

Hope Police Chief Kim Tomlin was the guest speaker at a recent meeting of the Hope Civitan Club.  Pictured with Civitan President Mona Still, Chief Tomlin brought good news as she enlightened the club members […]