Hope Prescott

Pastor Oliver McKamie recognized for 55 years in the ministry

October 12, 2025 Susie McCauley 0

HOPE – “Happy Pastor Appreciation Day to our pastor… Pastor Oliver McKamie! Thank you for over 55 years of service to our precious Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! We are so blessed to have you! […]

Washington Methodist church sponsoring dunking booth at Hootenanny

October 12, 2025 Josh Williams 0

WASHINGTON – On Saturday, October 18 Washington Methodist Church will be providing a dunking booth as part of the activities of the community-wide Harvest Hootenanny organized by Historic Washington State Park. The booth will be […]

Hope Band brings home trophy

October 12, 2025 Hope Public Schools 0

Fire heavily damages construction tractor Saturday near Columbus

October 11, 2025 Dale Gathright, Jr. 0

COLUMBUS – A Saturday afternoon fire on Silver Road off Highway 73 heavily damaged an articulated tractor towing a pull-behind scraper. Volunteer fire departments and personnel responded from Columbus, Saratoga, and Yancey. Photos courtesy of […]

Legislative Update

October 11, 2025 State Representative Dolly Henley 0

The House and Senate Education Committees met this week to review the Arkansas Department of Education’s (ADE) comprehensive plan to strengthen the state’s teacher workforce through recruitment, retention, and recognition initiatives. ADE outlined how these […]

Young people making a BIG difference

October 10, 2025 Kandice Kimmel 0

PRESCOTT – In the past few weeks the youth group at First United Methodist Church-Prescott have been working hard to help make a difference in our community. These two projects are worth mentioning. Birthday Bags: […]

Local notes from local schools

October 10, 2025 Eric Mclaurin 0

More news around the districts of the two counties is a win for the Curley Cubs of 36-22, and Prescott scoring the highest for the Southwest Region for improvement in ELA (High School) Math scores […]

Hope Water & Light Hosts Chamber Coffee for Public Power Week

October 10, 2025 Chamber of Commerce photo 0

Hope Water & Light hosted the Hope/Hempstead County Chamber of Commerce Community Coffee on Wednesday October 8th in honor of Public Power Week. There was a great turnout and the Water & Light Commission and […]

Saratoga search warrant leads to arrests, overdose intervention

October 10, 2025 Dale Gathright, Jr. 0

Left to right, Austin Hooks, Kataka Thomas, and Tonya Stapleton SARATOGA – Investigators from multiple agencies, including the 8th South Drug Task Force (Texarkana, Arkansas Police Department, Miller County Sheriff’s Office, and Lafayette County Sheriff’s […]