Hempstead County News

The City of Hope Public Works will be closed Thursday and Friday November 28th and 29th for the Thanksgiving Holiday  Commercial sanitation routes will run as normal.  There will be only one residential trash pick up for […]

Many in the Washington area enjoyed the annual Washington Methodist Church bonfire on November 16th.  Josh Fisher and Allen Moses are seen visiting in the top photo while in the bottom photo Jamie Williams visits […]

The Hope Kiwanis Club held it’s annual salute to Law Enforcement, First Responders,and Public Servants.  Beckie Moore of the Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce was the guest speaker and she also invited Hempstead County Judge […]

The Hope City Board met Tuesday November 19th at City Hall. The board first heard a presentation on the city’s Class IV landfill from Stewart Noland of Christ Engineers. The Class IV cell was built […]

Mikki Curtis, dean of Secondary Programs at the University of Arkansas Hope/Texarkana, addressed the Hope Civitan Club Tuesday, November 12, and is pictured with Civitan President Eva Morehead (left).  Curtis explained the Hope Collegiate Academy […]

Hempstead County Courthouse will be closing at 12:00  on Wednesday November 27, and will be closed Thursday, November 28, and Friday, November 29, for the Thanksgiving Holiday.   Hempstead County Road and Waste Department will be closed Thursday, November 28, Friday, […]

On November 13, 2019, at approximately 2pm, officers of the Hope Police Department arrested Clarence Perkins 50, of Hope, Arkansas and charged him with assault on a family/household member in the 1st degree.  The arrest […]

WARRANTS SERVED: 11.13.19 Calvin Lockett, 35, of Washington, AR                                                                       Failure to Appear 11.14.19 Talvarus Hill, 42, of Ashdown, AR                                                                 Failure to Appear Cortavious Rhodes, 19, of Hope, AR                                                              Failure to Appear Pasha Flemons, 24, of […]

HOPE – With the recent visit by the Union Pacific “Big Boy” engine, there has been a renewed interest in the railroad history of our area. Hope was established because of the railroad.  Come learn […]