Articles by Eric Mclaurin

One person was airlifted for medical treatment and one taken via ambulance after a two vehicle accident shortly before 11am Monday on state highway 73 at Cross Roads.  The accident involved two vehicles.  The driver […]

The Hope Fire Department, the Hope Police, and Pafford responded to a smoky fire in a building used by the Beauty Depot of 218 East 2nd.  According to Hope Fire Chief Todd Martin, firemen responded […]

The El Habanero food truck opened recently at 403 East Division.  This is directly north of the Hope Post Office.  The truck features such menu items as sopes, tortas, tacos, pollo asada, pupusas, burritos, and […]

Hope resident Morgan B. Peek graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) with a Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology as a part of the spring 2023 class, which included 1,313 students from […]

Tammy Fogle of the Columbia County Hayride will be the special guest at the 67 Gas & Grill on Tuesday May 23rd.  The program starts at 6pm and Fogle will sing with the Gas & […]

Hope City Director took a large number of can tabs to the Ronald McDonald House in Little Rock last week.  The tabs were collected at O’Reilly Auto Parts in Hope and Easter returned with a […]

The Hope High School band program held a Band Banquet for grades 8-12 on May 9th at Hempstead Hall.  There were awards presented. It was a family affair with close to three hundred people in […]

The Hope Public Schools held a band recital in Hempstead Hall recently.   Grades 6-12 performed, starting with grade six from Beryl Henry and HAPS, followed by 7th grade, then 8th and ending with high school […]

The Blevins Class of 2023 held their graduation ceremony Friday (May 12).   There were nineteen graduates, six of them graduating with honors. The ceremony started with the processional, followed by the pledge of allegiance and […]