Hempstead County News

WASHINGTON – Historic Washington State Park announces the annual summer concert series “Music in the Park” with the theme “Hempstead County Melodies.” A final free concert will be held in August and is open to […]

HOPE – The Rapert Library Complex, which was the first building constructed on the University of Arkansas at Hope campus after joining the University of Arkansas System in 1996, is receiving an expansion and updates […]

The summer of 2018 may go down as the “summer of love” at the Hempstead County Courthouse! County officials are getting ready to head to the Arkansas Association of Counties convention and since the association […]

The Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs recently had a ceremony in Little Rock to honor Vietnam Era veterans for their service. Seven from Hempstead County were unable to attend the ceremony and four of those […]

The Hope School Board held a special called meeting Monday July 30th for a Strategic Planning session. The board met with various administration officials and also some stakeholders to discuss ways to improve parental involvement […]

HOPE – Families and Children Together (FACT, Inc.) Head Start campuses in Hempstead County have scheduled open house for students and families. Hope Head Start Open House will be Wednesday, August 8 at 3 p.m. […]

The Hempstead County Courthouse Architectural Committee met Wednesday July 25th in County Judge Haskell Morse’s office. The committee has received five proposals from architects on renovating the Farmers Bank building downtown for use as the […]

  HOPE – Terri Perkins of Hope is known for being excellent in many facets of life – professional, family, as a lover of karaoke and as an artist. Many know her as ‘the” pet […]

Historic Washington State Park announces the annual summer concert series “Music in the Park” with the theme “Hempstead County Melodies.” A final free concert will be held in August and is open to the public.  […]

  HOPE – On Thursday, August 2, at approximately 2:56 p.m., Hempstead County Deputies received a call-in reference to Texas State Troopers was pursuing a vehicle that has been evading them and was about to […]

WARRANTS SERVED: 07.27.18 Thomas Pipkin, 40, of Hope, AR                               Failure to Appear Gregory Green, 51, of Ozan, AR                               Failure to Appear Dwayne Mathis, 43, of Gurdon, AR                          Failure to Comply 07.28.18 Tyson Hamilton, 41, of […]