Articles by Mark Keith

Lions James Bradford presented Shania Haynie with a check Monday to help defray medical expenses.  Both Haynie and her daughter, Jaida Ward, are fighting cancer.

Crews were on the scene at the Exit 30 westbound on ramp off Hervey Monday afternoon when a truck with Texas license plates had a trailer turn over and spill several rolls of hay.  The […]

 

On August 8th, 2023 at approximately 6:50pm, officers with the Hope Police Department served a warrant on Jakobe Bishop, 22, of Hope, AR. Mr. Bishop had been arrested in Mississippi and extradited back to Arkansas. […]

  On August 7th, 2023, at approximately 3:23pm, officers with the Hope Police Department arrested Steven Ray Clark, 22, of Hope, AR in the 100 block of West 16th Street. Mr. Clark was charged with […]

If you missed the watermelon festival but want to see some giant watermelons, be sure to stop by Hope’s Holiday Inn Express and Hampton Inn.  Both have giant melons on display grown by Lloyd Bright.  […]

Mr. Welton Green of Monticello visited the Lloyd Bright farm to acquire some giant Hope Watermelons to take back home on this weekend.  Mr. Green attended the festival to get some watermelons and contacted his […]

Calvary Baptist Church honored the teachers in their congregation Sunday morning during their worship service.  Javonna Johnson, Jill Self, Donna Tarpley, and Sarah Young combined have 113 years of teaching experience.  Our best wishes go […]

The Watermelon Festival Concert was a fitting climax to a great Watermelon Festival Saturday Night.  The program was opened by the Georgia Thunderbolts and Mariah Howard of Benton who won the Watermelon Idol. The headliner […]