Hempstead County News

WASHINGTON – The Hope Evening Lions Club will be sponsoring the 3rd Annual Jonquil Festival 5K Run/Walk. The race will begin at 7:30 am at the intersection of Hwy 195 and Hwy 278 at Historic […]

Enjoy two evening performances by the American Shakespeare Center 2018/19 Hand of Time Tour of Williams Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” and “The Comedy of Errors” at Historic Washington State Park. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. […]

The Hope Evening Lions Club will be sponsoring the 3rd Annual Jonquil Festival 5K Run/Walk. The race will begin at 7:30 am at the intersection of Hwy 195 and Hwy 278 at Historic Washington State […]

HOPE- The Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce held a ground breaking for CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic on February 12. The new family medicine clinic will be located on the Southwest corner of the intersection of Peck […]

  HOPE – Rainbow of Challenges is turning 50! What began in a Boy Scout Hut in 1969 serving six children needing special services has now flourished to serving more than 500 adults and children. […]

On February 2, at approximately 3pm, officers of the Hope Police Department arrested David Brown, 35, of Waldo, AR and charged him with residential burglary.  The arrest occurred in the 800 block of Nancy Street […]

Students at Hope High are participating in a Cooperative Extension Service program called “HYPE”. “HYPE” is an acronym for “Healthy Youth Physical Empowerment”. Six classes are participating. Shown are Montavius Eason and Alana Flenory, both […]

Caleb Coulter of the Rick Evans Grandview Prairie Conservation Education Center Near Columbus was recently named the Arkasnas Game & Fish Commission’s “Education Division Employee of the Year”. The award is a state-wide award and […]

Congratulations to the Spring Hill Jr. High FBLA chapter. They recently competed at the District IV Spring Conference at Hempstead Hall in Hope. Congratulations to the following members for making it to State competition to […]

Hempstead County Courthouse will be closed Monday, February 18, 2019, for President’s Day. Hempstead County Courthouse will resume regular working hours on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Hempstead County Road and Waste Department will be closed […]

The Hempstead County Ministerial Alliance met Wednesday February 6th at the home of Carroll and Carla Bryant in Hope. The local group welcomed Bardley Warbritton of the Pleasant Grove Christian Church of Texarkana who spoke […]