Articles by F B & T

Farmers Bank & Trust and the Hope Public Schools will present the 4th annual “Back to School Bash” August 24th from 5pm to 7pm at Fair Park.  There will be hot dogs, sno cones, inflatables […]

Magnolia, AR (Aug. 15, 2023) – The Farmers Bank Foundation proudly presents the fourth South Arkansas Outdoor Social. The multi-day event benefits the Arkansas Game & Fish Foundation (AGFF) and includes a Fishing Tournament and free […]

The Blevins School Board met Monday (8-14).  After the board approved the minutes,  the finances were covered. The question was asked what was the money to pay for lockers was used for – a reward […]

The HWL Commission meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 at 7:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the HWL office in the conference room. The doors will open at 7:00 a.m. If […]

Jimmy Ivers will be the special guest at the 67 Gas & Grill in downtown Emmet on August 22nd at 6pm.  Ivers appeared at Emmet in June and is back due to popular demand.  He […]

There certainly was a lot to see around the Hope Watermelon Festival Saturday August 12th.  Some of the sights our roving camera took included an old favorite activity, “money in the haystack”.  The Beautiful Baby […]

While other folks were doing fun things, the Hope Evening Lions were holding their monthly food distribution at the old State Police Headquarters on East Third.  The club distributes food the 2nd Saturday of each […]

Congratulations to Nick Ross who found the Watermelon Festival Treasure Friday afternoon in a crepe myrtle tree near Beards & Shears on West 2nd downtown.  The Watermelon Festival Treasure Hunt recently presented a check for […]

In perusing the photos submitted by Mr. Paul Oller, we came upon some photos of the Troop 5 Scouts manning the Jones Street gate at the Watermelon Festival.  Our hats are off to these fine […]

In the course of the Watermelon Festival, we end up with lots of photos of various events.  In some cases we’ve already posted pictures from the event.  In some cases, they’re of something unique or […]