Small Town Tour

Four years ago, the hospital closed, several physicians either moved away from New Boston or retired, and only two primary care doctors remained in the area. Community leaders were concerned because they didn’t know how residents would receive the medical attention they needed. Then a new facility opened that has helped bridge the gap in healthcare.

Perhaps you think there isn’t much to know about New Boston. After all, it’s a small town only a short drive from Texarkana which you’ve likely driven past on I-30 countless times as you headed toward the thriving metropolis of Dallas. But amazingly en...

Boys will be boys. From the time we can walk, most of us loved to tumble and play, and a little fall off a sofa is never a big deal. But when 3-year-old Joey Price took that spill off his father’s couch in March, he didn’t bounce back so quickly.

When we first started our Small Town Tour, we reached out to residents in the community and asked them if there were any residents who deserved special recognition. Although we received many different responses, almost everyone mentioned a child born on August 19, 1946, a boy “from a place called Hope.”

One of the things that make small towns so unique is independent, locally-owned dining establishments. In Hope, Ark., this has never been truer than at Tailgater’s Burger Company.