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Wolves ready for season
PRESCOTT – While the final score of Tuesday night’s scrimmage between Prescott and Ashdown doesn’t matter in the long run, the game showed the Wolves are ready to hit the gridiron running right now. The […]
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Hope City Board
The Hope City Board met Tuesday August 21st for their second meeting of the month. The board immediately went into executive session at 7:02pm. The meeting reconvened at 7:11pm. Mayor Montgomery says the executive session was to discuss the […]
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Bobcat Clinic vision realized
HOPE – A first for the Hope Public School District and southwest Arkansas was celebrated by more than 100 local residents, state and local educators, and HPSD students here Tuesday with the ribbon cutting and opening […]
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Hempstead County Fair Registrations
Hempstead County Fair registration for Arts, Crafts and Photography ends Sunday Aug. 25th. If you need help with entries. please come by the Extension Office at 400 S. Washington, 1st floor of Courthouse. We will gladly help you […]
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From GED to college student
HOPE – In fall of 2018, Estefani Leyva, of Hope, arrived on the University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) campus to explore the possibility of attaining her General Education Development Certificate (GED) with plans of becoming […]
Obituaries
Billy Rash
Mr. Billy Wayne Rash, age 65 of Prescott, Arkansas passed away, Monday, August 19, 2019 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was born in Prescott, Arkansas on September 11, 1953 to Willie and Bessie Ammons Rash. […]
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Speer to speak at HCHS
HOPE – The Hempstead County Historical Society will be holding a meeting on Tuesday evening August 27, at the Presbyterian Church in Washington, Arkansas at 7pm. The guest speaker for the evening will be Dr. […]
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Melon weigh-off Aug. 31
WASHINGTON – On Saturday, August 31, the Old Washington Farmer’s Market and Historic Washington State Park in cooperation with the Hope-Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce will host an official watermelon weigh-off site for the Great […]
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Council informed of flood grants, houses being razed
PRESCOTT – Federal grants are available to improve drainage and prevent flooding, but the deadline to apply is Sept. 1. This is what the Prescott City Council was told at its August meeting Monday. Mary […]
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Poole touts need for millage hike to city council
PRESCOTT – Robert Poole, superintendent of the Prescott School District, spoke to the Prescott City Council at its August meeting Monday night about the upcoming millage election on Sept. 10. Poole pointed out there are […]
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Council informed of health fair, grant, zoning request
PRESCOTT – Berry Marks, UAMS healthcare advocate, was on hand at the August meeting of the Prescott City Council Monday night to talk about the upcoming health fair on Sept. 7. Marks told the panel […]
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Trio arrested by HPD
On August 16, 2019, at approximately 8:52am, officers of the Hope Police Department arrested David Yates, 39, of Hope, and charged him with forgery 1st degree. The arrest occurred in the 1800 block of West […]