Articles by Mark Keith

On January 12, 2022, State Bank announced the promotion of Brock McCorkle to President and elected him to serve on the Board of Directors. McCorkle joined State Bank in 2018 as CFO and “it was […]

A broken water line at the Sutton Farm on highway 29 north drenched cars on the highway.  It is believed some utility workers accidently struck the line.  While the water didn’t cause any damage, some […]

The Hope Kiwanis Club heard from Anna Powell and Jennifer Block from the Southwest Arkansas Arts Council on Tuesday.  Block is the new Executive Director with the Southwest Arkansas Arts Council.  The pair talked about […]

The Hope Evening Lions have shared some photos from recent meetings. January 3rd speaker was Sheriff James Singleton. He spoke about moving to the new courthouse, information about arrests and incidents the last 2 years […]

The 67 Gas & Grill in downtown Emmet featured a concert by Brady Rhodes on Tuesday.  Rhodes sang lots of favorites and took requests from the crowd.  The next music will be February 8th at […]

A team involving two state government agencies and three national wireless communications companies has placed a new tool in the hands of Arkansas citizens and millions of out of state visitors to use for contacting […]

A local state senator has been given a public letter of caution from the Arkansas Ethics Commission. Sen. Charles Beckham of McNeil signed a settlement offer that concurs with the finding by the Ethic Commission […]

Here are the active COVID cases by county in Southwest Arkansas as of Monday afternoon… Hempstead 377 Nevada 226 Ouachita 479 Union 917 Columbia 496 Lafayette 93 Miller  735 Little River 371 Sevier 560 Howard […]

HOPE – A free COVID-19 vaccinations clinic for Hope Public Schools students ages 5 and up, faculty and staff will be conducted at the Bobcat Clinic on the Hope High School campus Feb. 2. Vaccinations […]

The Hope Lions heard from Lt. Col. (ret.) Mark Hart of the Hope High ROTC program.  Lt. Col. Hart is in his 4th year with the Hope JROTC program.  He came to Hope through his […]

The Committee met January 20. After reviewing minutes discussion turned to a walking trail. We will need a grant for this and Mary Jo Spicer was assigned to check on this issue. Discussion turned to […]

Garrett Memorial Christian School of Hope celebrated “Sanctity of Life” Week last week.  The school launched about 300 balloons on Friday in memory of all the babies aborted since the Roe v Wade decision of […]