Articles by Twyla Pruden/Hope Civitan Club

The Hope Civitan Club was recently visited by Hope High School graduate Kristin Morrison, along with her mother LaTrish Pugh and her grandmother Neva Hickman, all pictured with Civitan President Mona Still.  Kristin was awarded […]

The Civitan Club of Hope is gearing up for this years Hope Civitan Car Show at the 47th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival. It will be held Saturday, August 11th. Registration forms are available through any […]

The Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce Watermelon Idol will be held Friday, August 11th, 5:00pm at the 47th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival. There will be trophies and cash prizes for 1st […]

The Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the Jr. Watermelon Olympics and Watermelon Olympics competitions at the 47th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival. Jr. Watermelon Olympics will begin at 6:00pm on Thursday, August […]

Hempstead County Courthouse will be closing at 12:00 PM (Noon) Friday, July 21, 2023.  Due to testing our sprinkler system and alarms.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

We are big fans of Steven Walden, one of Hope’s favorite sons who has had great success in the art world.  We wanted to share this photo he did of Vicki Lawrence as Thelma Harper […]

Two separate accidents Monday combined to snarl traffic on I-30 westbound.  Originally a single car accident near mile marker 25 was the cause of concern about 2:15pm.  Not long afterwards an 18 wheeler turned over […]

Hope’s very own Mae Estes made her second appearance on the Grand Ole Opry Saturday night.  We hear she went over very well and while she was there she got to visit with the stars.  […]

The Hempstead County Library kicked off their summer program with the ever popular “Balloon Man” on July 6th.  A large crowd of kids and parents filled the library and were delighted with the program.  The […]

HOPE, AR – Those who live Hope are surely familiar with the corner of Elm and Division Streets downtown, just by the railroad tracks for which this city was founded. But not many may be […]