News across Hempstead County
Historic Washington State Park to host cemetery workshop
Informative presentation on family history research and hands-on techniques to be included WASHINGTON – Historic Washington State Park will host a cemetery workshop on Saturday, October 10, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the 1874 [...]
Community Coffee this morning in Hope at Chamber office

Hope Lions Hear United Way Program
The Hope Lions Club heard a program on the Hempstead County United Way on Monday (9-28). Gina Perkins and Shelley Short brought the program. Perkins is the Executive Director and Short is the Gala Chairperson [...]

Harvest Regional Food Bank supports UAHT Iron Horse Pantry with $1,000 in gift cards
Pictured left to right: Marla Bush, UAHT Dean of Students, and Nancy Pena, Impact Coordinator with Harvest Food Bank HOPE – The University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana (UAHT) Iron Horse Pantry recently received two $500 gift [...]

Bobcat Tennis: Senior Night Showout!
Pictured: Seniors celebrating senior night (from left to right): Riley Bramlett, Drake Mathis, Davis Johnson, Monica Bobo, Mycah Bradley, Jaime Young, Gianna Interlante HOPE – The Hope Bobcat tennis team showed up in blistering dominance [...]

Taste of Hope moves indoors—All the flavor, all the fun! LOCATION UPDATE
HOPE — The venue is changing, but the celebration continues! Hope Downtown Network’s fourth annual Taste of Hope will take place Saturday, October 3, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church’s Christian Life Center, located [...]

2026 SW District Fair Parade results
Congratulations to all of our winners! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who participated and helped make this year’s parade a success!

Southwest Arkansas District Fair Parade
look It was 91 degrees in the shade but a nice breeze made things comfortable as the Southwest Arkansas District Fair kicked off with their annual parade. Children of all ages lined the streets of [...]
Queyla Lee Orozco – Update II
Queyla Lee Orozco, age 23, of Hope, Arkansas, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2026. Queyla was born on January 31, 2003, in Mission, Texas, to her parents Daniel Orozco and Sonia Mendoza. She had [...]

John Edward Watkins
John Edward Watkins, age 78, of Hope, Arkansas passed away on Monday, September 28, 2026. Arrangements are pending at this time but will be announced by Brazzel-Oakcrest Funeral Home, The Funeral Home of Hope, Ben [...]

Yerger Middle School earns 2026 High Math Growth award
HOPE – Hope Public Schools is pleased to share that Yerger Middle School has earned a 2026 High Math Growth award from the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas. The campus ranked [...]

Hope Police announce felony arrests
HOPE – On Thursday, September 24th, 2026, at 9:51pm, officers with the Hope Police Department arrested Dakari Harris, 40 of Washington, AR in the 200 block of East Greenwood Street. Mr. Harris was charged with [...]