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The special guest at the 67 Gas & Grill in Emmet on August 8th will be Johnny Sprayberry.  For 52 years Sprayberry produced and appeared on the Columbia County Hayride, one of the longest-running country […]

Landmark Missionary Baptist Church at 412 Bill Clinton Drive will be in revival August 6th through 9th.  Services on Sunday will be at 11am and 6pm.  The services Monday through Wednesday will be at 7pm.  […]

The Hempstead County Quorum Court met in the County Courthouse on Thursday (7-27).  After the invocation by JP Jesse Henry, the pledge and the approval of the minutes two appropriations bills were voted on. The […]

At least one person required medical treatment after a two-vehicle accident on highway 32 and county road 278 Thursday afternoon.  The accident occurred when a motorist was pulling out of the county road onto highway […]

Attendees from Arkansas attending the East Texas Annual Conference of the Global Methodist Church at College Station, Texas.   On July 20-22, residents of Hempstead County attended the newly formed meeting of the East Texas […]

The Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce this year’s Politically Correct Watermelon Eating Contest at the 47th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival sponsored by UAHT.  All elected officials and those seeking office are […]