Hope Town Crier
Ready, Set, Play! Entertainment for 2025 HHD Confirmed
Bands and artists performing at Hope Heritage Days...
Thunder on the Square Returns 08/16
Get ready for the return of Thunder on the Square...
Hauser Jr.-Sr. High School 4th Quarter Honor Rolls 2024-2025
All As Honor Roll...
Hauser Announces Class of 2025's Top 10 Students
Hauser has announced the Top 10 students of the class of 2025...
Ivy Tech to Host Free Summer Camps
Ivy Tech Community College Columbus is offering a series of free summer camps...
General Hope News
Fabulous 4th Planned with Cruise-in Return on Town Square Friday
Mother Nature appears to be onboard...
2025 Bartholomew County 4-H Fair Livestock Auction and 4-H Project Results
2025 Bartholomew County 4-H Fair...
6th Annual Old Fashioned Independence Day Celebration Returns 06/27
The Friday night sky over Hope will be lit with fête this weekend...
Jets Dominate the Twisters and Celebrate First Sectional Championship in Seven Years
Hauser entered their sectional as the favorite with a 16-3 regular season record...
July Water Bills to Reflect Latest Rate Increase
After not increasing sewer rates in nearly two decades...
Community News
Legal Aid Announces Free Legal Aid Phone Clinic 07/08
River Valley Legal Aid, Pro Bono Indiana announces a Free Legal Phone Clinic...
Moravian Clothes Pantry Hosting FREE Giveaway 07/12
he July offering of the Moravian Clothes Pantry’s monthly giveaway...
Terri Young's Community Calendar July 2025
Terri Young's Community Calendar July 2025...
Legal Aid Announces Free Walk-in Clinic 06/24
Legal Aid announces a Free Legal Aid Walk-in Clinic...
Moravian Clothes Pantry Hosting FREE Giveaway 06/14
The heat of summer has arrived and just in time for the June offering...
Columns
Man's Best Friend?
Not long ago I was caught off guard when I grabbed Quinn’s harness...
Erasers and Jean Flora Glick
It appeared in the The Hope-Star Journal under Living In Hope by Jean Flora Glick...
Now Just Hold On
My sisters are both givers...
Pack Your Patience
Although winter roads are associated with traffic accidents, spring is the season when slow moving...
From Shelly’s Shelf: A Reading Renaissance is Underway!
Drum roll please…. Our summer reading celebration is...
Obituaries
Dr. Bria Scott, 34, Columbus
On July 6, 2025, Dr. Bria Scott was fully restored in Christ...
Ruth Marie Wright, 82, Shelbyville
Ruth Marie Wright, 82, of Shelbyville passed away...
Betty L. Jordan Summers, 91, Hope
Betty L. Jordan Summers, 91, of Hope, passed away...
Polly C. (Quillen) Yeadon, 91, Franklin
Polly C. (Quillen) Yeadon, 91, of Franklin, passed away...
Betty F. Misner, 85, Columbus
Betty F. Misner, 85, of Columbus, passed away...
Public Safety
Hope Police Blotter for Week of June 15th
Sunday, June 15...
Hope Police Blotter for Week of June 8th
Sunday, June 8...
Hope Police Blotter for Week of June 1st
Sunday, June 1...
Hope Police Blotter for Week of May 25th
Sunday, May 25...
Hope Police Blotter for Week of May 18th
Sunday, May 18...
Public Notices
FRHC School Board Agenda for 07/15
School Board Agenda Tuesday, July 15, 2025...
Town Council Meeting Agenda 07/15
Town Council Meeting Agenda July 15, 2025...
EDIT Committee Meeting Agenda 07/09
EDIT Committee Meeting 07/09...
Town Council Meeting Agenda 06/17
Town Council Agenda June 17, 2025...
