Hempstead County News

The 13th Annual Red River Heritage Symposium will take place on Saturday, July 27, at Historic Washington State Park. The conference topics will focus around the bicentennial of the formation of Arkansas Territory in 1819 and its […]

Historic Washington State Park announces the annual summer concert series “Music in the Park” with the theme “Arkansas Roots.” A free concert will be held in June, July, and August and is open to the […]

HOPE- To celebrate National Hot Dog Day, Jacob Jones and his team at Farmers Bank and Trust served free hot dogs at Martins of Hope. They will be serving hot dogs until 1:00 today! Martin’s […]

Kids on the Go of the Hope Rainbow of Challenges, held their second bake sale of the summer on July 17. The bake sale took place at 500 South Main Street in front of the […]

It was a sweet morning July 17, for Kindred at Home as they hosted the Hope Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce community coffee. With candy treats and strawberry cake it was the sweetest place to […]

The Hope Lions Club gave out a number awards on Monday July 15th.  Receiving one-year perfect attendance awards were Richard and Rosetta Hogue.  Two year perfect attendance awards went to Steve Atchley, Kay Cheatham, and […]

The Hope City Board held their second meeting of July on Tuesday. The board opened by considering the acceptance of a $24,720.88 grant to fund 50% of a detective’s salary to address domestic crimes. The […]

Torrential rain Monday night and Tuesday resulted in flooding, washouts, and closed roadways throughout southwest Arkansas.  Hempstead 16, Hempstead County Roads 25, Hempstead 28, 27 South, Hempsted County 40 East and 29, and 282 were the first […]

Kids on the Go of Rainbow of Challenges will host their second Bake Sale of the summer on Wednesday, July 17. The sale will be held from 9:00 til 11:00 a.m. in the parking lot […]