Articles by Eric Maclaurin

On Monday, the Hope Farmer’s Market held its annual vendors’ meeting.  This meeting covered the rules and gave vendors an opportunity to sign up. Last year there were a total of 15 vendors throughout the […]

Rainbow of Challenges, Inc. will host a fall Job Fair and Open Interview Day on Saturday, March 11 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. The event will take place at Bright Beginnings preschool offices at […]

The Hope City Board met Tuesday (March 7th) for their first meeting of March.  Following the prayer and pledge, the board approved the minutes of the past two meetings. City Manager J.R. Wilson informed the […]

A committee is being formed in Hempstead County in connection with ARConnect, the state broadband office.  The committee will work to bring broadband to all residents of the state.  Locally, over 2,800 homes are underserved […]

Pictured is the ROC highway cleanup crew as they recently completed a tour of one of Hope’s major highways. The group cleaned up debris and litter on a 1.5 mile stretch of highway 278 east […]

An 18 Wheeler that was turning got into a bind and blocked highway 29 north near Big Mac’s Bar B Que Monday.  The incident occurred around 4:30pm.  Crews worked quickly to move the truck.

The Hope Lions heard a program on Brentwood Industries from Jeff Teague on Monday.  Teague is the Quality Control Manager of Brentwood.  The company has been in Hope since 1994 and dates back to its […]

The Hope Lions Inducted new member Eric Lemley of Hope Auto on Monday.  Claudia Griffin conducted the induction and Mark Ross sponsored Lemley into the club.  

On Saturday at the Patmos Fire Department Southwest Arkansas Water System signed up homeowners for public water in the Patmos, New Hope, Evening Shade and Shover Springs area.  They had a good turnout.  This was […]

Union Baptist Church in Bodcaw will be hosting the Lindley Creek (Greer Family) , a bluegrass gospel singing group, on March 19, 2023.  The service will begin at 5:00 p.m. and we will have finger […]

The entire active membership of the Hempstead County Melody Boys were on hand to perform the closing segment of the KZHE Gospel Show Saturday night at Union Street Station in Magnolia.  Because the group is […]