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Brown Takes Third At State Spelling Bee
HOPE – Hempstead County three-peat spelling bee champion Mika Brown spelled her way to third place in the Arkansas State Spelling Bee. Brown, a seventh grade student at Hope Academy of Public Service, competed in […]
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Hope Public Schools Board Sets Special Meeting
HOPE – The Hope Public Schools Board will meet in special session Monday March 13. The 9:00am meeting in the second floor conference room of the HPSD administration building, 117 East Second Street will involve […]
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Clinton Primary Hosts Community Reader Program
HOPE – Hope School Board member and police detective Lieutenant Jimmy Courtney read aloud to Robin Bobo’s second grade class at Clinton Primary School recently. Courtney is among community volunteers who have read aloud to […]
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Historic Washington Hosts 49th Annual Jonquil Festival
HISTORICAL WASHINGTON – The arrival of spring is heralded each year with a bounty of beautiful jonquils at Historic Washington State Park. Welcome the season by shopping over a hundred arts and craft booths during […]
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Work Continues On First National Bank Of Tom Bean
HOPE – Neither rain nor mud keeps the dirt crews from their work at the future site of the First National Bank of Tom Bean. The site, located on North Hervey, was all mud Thursday, […]
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Farmers Bank NOT Leaving Hope
HOPE – Despite a number of rumors currently circulating the area, Farmers Bank is NOT leaving – they’ll simply be moving to a new facility, sooner or later. Since the proposed sale of their Third […]
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SAU student picked to work on Broadway play
MAGNOLIA – The SAU Department of Theatre has announced Alycya Thomas, a junior theatre major from Jonesboro, has been hired as a production assistant for The Lion King: The Musical on Broadway. She was among […]
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Wise to deliver “Last Lecture”
MAGNOLIA – Dr. Tim Wise will deliver Southern Arkansas University’s 2017 installment of “The Last Lecture” at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, in the Reynolds Center Foundation Hall. The event is free and open to the […]
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Event date changed
MAGNOLIA – Making Magnolia Blossom’s upcoming Spring Big Splash that was to be this Saturday has been rescheduled to April 1 because of the possibility of inclement weather. Coordinators will continue to seek volunteers for the […]
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Davis charged with possession
HOPE – Following a traffic stop, Patrick Davis was arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance. According to a release from the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), Investigator Gary Dorman noticed a black […]
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Teen charged with domestic battery
HOPE – A 13-year-old Hope girl has been charged with third degree domestic battery. According to a release from the Hempstead County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, deputies were sent to a […]