Articles by photo by J.D. Bailey

The Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Community Coffee on December 13th was hosted by Farmers Bank & Trust at the bank on East Third.  The bank staff enjoy hosting the coffee each holiday season and […]

The Hope Lions Club delivered at least 120 Christmas Boxes to needy families across Hempstead County earlier this week.  The club first began the project after their first Christmas Auction in 1950.  The club gathers […]

November 1, 2023, marked the second anniversary of my position as ESL instructor at U of A Hope-Texarkana Adult Education. English as a Second Language (ESL) programs are designed to make grade level academic content accessible to English learners. ESL programs target […]

On Friday, December 15th, 2023, at approximately 8:36am, Officers with the Hope Police Department arrested Ted Hamilton, 52 of Hope, AR. Mr. Hamilton was arrested in the 200 block of Belew Street and charged with […]

HOPE, AR. – Staff members from Making Rainbows of Rainbow of Challenges and Tyson Foods of Hope are pictured with a mountain of donated toys, clothes, blankets, coats, and toiletries. The donation was made by […]

First United Methodist Church of Hope invites everyone to celebrate Christmas Eve Communion at 4 p.m. with our congregation and the Rev. Rodney Steele of Hope.  His message will be “Celebrating God’s Word Becoming Uniquely […]

                          Calvary Baptist Church at 1301 West Avenue B in Hope is               having its annual Christmas Candlelight […]

Every year when this reporter rides around Hope taking pictures of Christmas lights, we tell ourself it’s all in the interest of getting photos for the news.  Well, we DO use them…but we also just […]

Hope native and Iraq War veteran Chace McKamie, a former U.S. Marine and father of five, competed against professionals and 730 players total as an amateur in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas […]

New Millennium held a ribbon cutting at its facility on state highway 32 in Oakhaven on Wednesday (12/13). It is a $13 million dollar expansion that will simplify operations for the facility. Instead of having […]