Regional News

HOPE – The Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce invites businesses, community groups, pageant contestants, schools, clubs, bikes/trikes, individuals and more to participate in the 2025 Hope Watermelon Festival Parade, set for Monday, August 4th in […]

HOPE – The countdown to Melonpalooza is on, and what better way to gear up than with the official 49th Annual Hope Watermelon Festival T-shirts—now on sale at the Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce! This […]

HOT SPRINGS – Hempstead, Garland, and Howard County are hosting a Fair Judging Training on Thursday, July 17th in Garland County. This training will be held at Center Point Baptist Church in Hot Springs. We […]

Cody Gourley and his uncle, Jason Mitchell, took the largest alligator of the 2024 hunting season, this 12-foot, 6-inch Millwood Lake monster. Photo courtesy Cody Gourley. LITTLE ROCK — Hunting season for Arkansas’s largest reptile […]

MINERAL SPRINGS – The Mineral Springs School Board recently voted to lease a portion of the Saratoga campus. According to the March 18th board minutes, the board voted 5-0 to lease the facilities to Nicole […]

Impatiens in the Arkansas Diamonds trial beds at the Little Rock State Office of the Cooperative Extension Service. Taken June 11, 2025. (U of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture photo by Mary Hightower). LITTLE ROCK […]