Hempstead County News

HOPE – Members of Lonoke Baptist Church, pastored by Rev. Alvin Hunter, got some help from Clinton Primary School kindergarten students presenting a cartload of non-perishable food items, along with clothing and a $500 cash […]

Hope Academy of Public Service Principal Dr. Carol Ann Duke, left, fist bumps with HAPS art teacher Hosea Born as they read the announcement by the National Education Association Foundation of Born’s selection as one […]

HOPE – Meeting in called session Monday at noon, the Hope Public Schools Board of Education adopted a budget transfer to conform to annual state legal balance requirements and discussed the back-to-school impact of COVID-19. […]

HOPE – The Bobcat Clinic at Hope High School will provide COVID-19 vaccines Thursday and Friday, Sept. 2-3, on the HHS campus for students who wish to receive the second injection in the two-part series. […]

WASHINGTON – On Saturday, September 4, the Old Washington Farmer’s Market will host an official watermelon weigh-off site for the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth in Washington, Arkansas. The Great Pumpkin Commonwealth provides official venues for growers […]

On August 19, 2021 at approximately 11:00pm, officers of the Hope Police Department arrested Anton Welch, 22, of Emmet, AR and charged him with domestic battery in the 3rd degree.  The arrest occurred in the […]

HOPE – The Hope Police Department is currently accepting applications for the position of police officer.  Certified police officers preferred, but not required.  Applicants must be 21 years of age, possess a high school diploma, […]

LITTLE ROCK – Jarrod Yates has been hired as director of public affairs and government relations at the Arkansas Farm Bureau, where he will lead the national affairs efforts on behalf of the state’s largest […]

HOPE – Local diaries tell us amazing things about the past residents of Hempstead County. One famous diary was the one owned by B. P. Haynes. He was a soldier in the 1st Arkansas Confederate Cavalry […]