Articles by Mark Keith

The Hope Kiwanis Club heard from Anna Powell of the UAHT Foundation on Tuesday March 22nd.  Powell gave an update on the recent “BBB” fundraiser.  She noted the event raises money for Kid’s College at […]

The Hope Lions Club heard from Arnetta Bradford and three exchange students on Monday.  Bradford has dozens of exchange students placed around southwest Arkansas.  She explained the process of placing an exchange student.  The students, […]

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.

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]