Articles by Mark Keith

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 […]

Serving continues until 7pm tonight (Tuesday 2-21) at Our Lady of Good Hope Catholic Church for their annual “Mardi Gras” Spaghetti Supper.  The meal is take-out only.  Tickets are just $10 and are available when […]

The Hope Fire Department quickly extinguished a fire in the bed of a pick-up parked at Wal-Mart Tuesday afternoon around 2:40pm.  The truck’s owner was shopping in the store when an employee noticed smoke coming […]