Articles by Eric Mclaurin

The Hope City Board met in City Hall on Tuesday (6-6)   After being called to order the meeting started with an invocation, reciting of the pledge of allegiance and approval of the minutes. The first […]

The Hope Civitan Club recently heard from Beckie Moore, executive director of the Klipsch Heritage Museum Association, who summarized progress made by the association in the last year and promoted “Big Sounds Downtown” — a […]

The outstanding spring weather continued into May according to weather statistics from the Southwest Research and Extension Center, the areas official weather reporting station for Hope. May rainfall for Hope was 5.08 inches compared to […]

CABUN Rural Health Services, Inc. is excited to announce our new physician at Hope Family Practice Center. Dr. Melanie Jones will be seeing patients starting June 12th. For an appointment, please call 870-777-8420. Translation services […]

The Farmer’s Market was held at the HUB on Tuesday June 6th. There were 14 vendors and this week for the first time of the season the Terry Kirkpatrick had blueberries. While the radishes seemed […]

The Hope Kiwanis Club heard from Phoebe Bailey, Director of the Southwest Arkansas Education Coop in Hope on May 6th.  Bailey talked about the LEARNS act recently passed by the legislature.  She explained some of […]

The Hope Farmers Market is in full swing each Tuesday starting at 7am at the HUB and a different organization sponsors the hospitality table every week.  On June 6th, Farmers Bank & Trust hosted the […]

The Brotherhood and Sisterhood of Fulton. AR together with Grace Temple Church of Hope, AR will Sponsor a benefit program for Bro. William H. Buckingham, that will take place on July 15, 2023 at 6:00 […]

Hope, Arkansas, June 2023 – With just days until the second annual Hempstead County Juneteenth, key businesses have stepped up to support and invest in the year’s activities, which are scheduled for Friday, June 16-Sunday, […]

A short, lovely ceremony was held by the Hempstead County Democratic Party Tuesday (6-6) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Virginia Clinton Kelly, mother of President Bill Clinton.  The ceremony was held […]

Hope’s own Mae Estes took home the Arkansas Country Music Association’s “Female Vocalist of the Year” for a third year in a row in Monday night’s (6-5) annual awards ceremony in Conway.  Estes also was […]

The Hope Lions Club heard a program on Monday (6-5) from Ellen Turner on the subject of Dorothy McFadden Hoover.  Mrs. Hoover was a graduate of Yerger High in Hope in 1934.  She graduated when […]