Obituaries
Billy Wayne Smith of Blevins
Billy Wayne Smith, age 71 of Blevins, gained his entry into Heaven on March 18, 2022. He was born on June 17, 1950, to Clyde and Georgia (Smith) Fulmer. His final days were spent surrounded […]
Articles by Mark Keith
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Wreck On Hervey Near Super 1
Officers responded to a two-vehicle accident shortly before 5om Monday on Hervey in Hope. On the scene were Hope Police, Hope Firemen’s, and Pafford.
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Return of the Jonquil Festival! A Big Hit!
The Jonquil Festival returned after a 2 year hiatus for COVID and was a big hit judging by the Saturday crowds. Vendors reported a good day Friday despite windy, cool, and overcast conditions. On Saturday, […]
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John Cain Chapter DAR Holds March Meeting
The John Cain Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at the Hempstead County Library for the March meeting. Patrol Sergeant James Braddock of the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Department had a very informative program […]
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Brady Rhodes Featured On Hayride Anniversary Show
Brady Rhodes was a special guest at the 51st Anniversary Show of the Columbia County Hayride in Magnolia. Rhodes is a popular visitor to the show. The Hayride is Arkansas’s longest-running live country music show […]
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Jonquil Festival Returns After Two Year Hiatus
Historic Washington State Park kicked off their 54th annual Jonquil Festival and the first one since 2019 due to COVID on Friday. Despite cool, windy weather, a good crowd turned out for such events as […]
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Park Staff Finds 1930’s Electrical Insulators In Downed Tree
Our friend Ronald Kidd of the Hope Parks Department recently brought us a very interesting artifact recently. According to Kidd, when the parks department was cutting up a recently downed tree, they discovered an electrical […]
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Hope Lions Celebrate Anniversary…Then Serve!
The Hope Lions Club celebrated their 75th anniversary at the Jonquil Festival on Friday. After serving free cake and ice cream to all, the club then went back to doing what they have been doing […]
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Hope Kiwanis Club Hears Program On Outdoors From Brad Townsend
The Hope Kiwanis Club recently heard a program from Brad Townsend about products for the outdoorsman. Townsend brought several items from his family’s store, Townsend Outdoors. These included a Rambo bike allows a hunter to […]
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Coding Club Featured
The Beryl Henry Elementary School Coding Club was featured in the March, 2022, edition of Computer Science in Arkansas, the monthly newsletter of the Computer Science for Arkansas education program of the Arkansas Department of […]
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Architecture careers
Jordan Arrington, NCIDQ interior designer, left, and Holly Vetsch, PE, architecture designer, from WER Architecture in Little Rock, were on campus at Hope High School recently recruiting students interested in architectural or interior design careers. […]
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Parent-Teacher Conferences
The Hope Public Schools hosted on-site, virtual and drive through Parent-Teacher Conferences across all campuses March 17 to give parents an update on student progress as classes near the end of the 2021-2022 academic year. […]