Articles by photos by Paul Oller

Approximately 1,700 meals were served last week at the annual Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church Mardi Gras Spaghetti Meal.  As usual, the people enjoying the meal gave the food high marks!  Many of […]

The Hope Kiwanis Club recently heard from Akili Moses Israel, Director of Industry Outreach and Community Education/Kids’ College at UAHT.  She talked about the services they offer for employers and how she helps the area […]

The congregation of Charity Baptist Church in Fulton distributed food to those in need in western Hempstead County on Saturday.  God Bless the members of their church to help make life better for their neighbors!

The Hempstead County Quorum Court met Thursday for their February meeting.  It started with an invocation by the Reverend Jesse Henry and was followed by the pledge of allegiance and then a roll call with […]

On Thursday February 23, 2023 at approximately 1420 hours Special Agent Justin Crane of the 8th North Task Force was in the area North Walker and Graham Street when he observed a red Chevrolet Z71 […]

The Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce releases the official 47th Annual Watermelon Festival Vendor and Concession online applications.  This year’s Watermelon Festival will be held August 10th-12th.    “We hope to see applications from new and […]

On February 17, 2023 at approximately 4:10pm, officers of the Hope Police Department arrested Jessykah King, 25, of Hope, AR. Ms. King was arrested and charged with possession of controlled substance methamphetamine and possession of […]

From 6 to 8 P.M Wednesday February 22nd U of A held an event in Hempstead Hall honoring Black History Month.  The keynote speaker was Sean Penix, the Senior Director of Legends Global Sales. The […]

The high winds that came through the area this morning caused some damage in Blevins.  A truck belonging to Jerry Myrick was blown over by the winds.  The truck was parked near the old Husky […]

  Gusty winds resulted in part of the old National Laundry building on Walnut collapsing.  The bricks landed in both the street and and on the Herndon-Fuqua parking lot.

St. Mark’s Episcopal Church held their annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper on Tuesday.  The annual event always draws a good crowd to enjoy pancakes and a full breakfast. The St. Mark’s main building is the […]

The Hope City Board met Tuesday for their 2nd meeting of February.  The board members were dressed up as they had new pictures taken for the display of board members at City Hall. The board […]