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  LITTLE ROCK – Pavement preservation work on Highway 32 across Millwood Dam in Hempstead and Little River Counties will require temporary lane closures, according to Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) officials. Weather permitting, crews […]

  MAGNOLIA – Farmers Bank & Trust has announced the promotion of Jacob Jones to Hope Market President and Janet Choate to Commercial Loan Officer II, VP. Jones started his banking career at Farmers Bank […]

WATERMELON IDOL This year’s Watermelon Idol will be held at Hempstead Hall as part of the “NOT The-Watermelon-Festival-Concert CONCERT” on August 15, 2020. Limited to 20 entries. First come, first served. First Round: Saturday, August […]

#FastMelon Challenge Rules In lieu of the in-person Watermelon Eating Contest held at the annual Hope Watermelon Festival, this year we are issuing a virtual challenge! Do you think you can eat a watermelon slice […]

HOPE – Local legends, “South Down Main,” will headline a virtual concert experience in the first-ever (and hopefully only) “NOT The-Watermelon-Festival-Concert” Concert on Saturday, August 15, 2020 live from Hempstead Hall’s theater. The popular singing […]

  HOPE – Monday night Hempstead County Deputies were called to a residence on County Road 157 in reference to a package received in the mail. The package, from Shanghai, China, was addressed to an […]