Hempstead County News

The results have been gathered and the Hempstead County election results were all in by 10:10pm election night. In the county judge’s race, Republican Jerry Crane polled 3,582 votes compared to 1,375 for Democrat Allen […]

Number of Registered Voters County Wide 10.692 Ballots Cast 4,993 Voter Turnout  46.70% Candidates Percentage % Number of Votes U.S. Congress District 4 Hayden Catherine Shamel 34.17% 1.687 Representative Bruce Westerman 64.63% 3.191 Tom Canada […]

The Hope Lions heard from the director of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, Scott Bennett on Monday October 5th. Bennett gave an overview of the department and detailed some statewide programs. He also gave an […]

WARRANTS SERVED: 11.02.18 James Marshall, 51, of Hope, AR                                            Failure to Appear Nathan Williams, 33, of Dallas, TX                                         Failure to Appear ACCIDENTS: 11.04.18 0900 hours in the 3200 block of Bill Clinton Bypass              2 vehicle […]

October Employees of the Month for the Clinton Primary School campus include Cynthia Reyenga, Heather Hainen, Stephanie Phillips, Jodi Willis, Kaitlyn Marchese, Annie Johnson, and not pictured, Karen Ivers. – Hope Public Schools

You still have time to put your own “Letter to the Future” in for the Hempstead County Bicentennial Time Capsule. The deadline has been extended to Saturday, December 15 to turn in letters. To celebrate […]

The Hempstead County Bicentennial Committee met Monday November 5th. The meeting opened with a financial report from Dennis Ramsey. He noted net revenue is $17,828 and expenses have been $3,299.34 leaving net funds available at […]

HOPE – The Southwest Arkansas Arts Council is sponsoring a Bicentennial Poetry Contest in conjunction with the 200th anniversary of the formation of Hempstead County. Poems should have either an historic theme or be a combination […]