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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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In light of last year's doomsday scenarios (Mayan calendar, etc.) are you better prepared for a catastrophe or natural disaster?
 No, not at all
 No, but being prepared is on my mind
 Yes, but not much
 Yes, I'm ready to bug-out at a moment's notice
 Was prepared before all the hullabaloo, and still so

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Commencement exercises held Sunday for RHS
Rector High School Holds Graduation for Class of 2013 (05/16/13)
Commencement exercises held Sunday for RHS
Piggott High School Set for Graduation (05/16/13)
Co-Valedictorians named to class of 2013
Piggott Heritage Park Car Show and Cruise This Weekend (05/16/13)
Park open all day Saturday, cruise at 6 p.m. to the square
Hospital Tax Issue Extension Approved by Voters (05/16/13)
Extension of current sales tax to benefit emergency operations at PCH gets 86 percent support
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Opens New Exhibit (05/16/13)
View from the Hill set to run through summer
Rector High Honors Assembly Held (05/16/13)
Students recognized for achievement
Hospital Tax Issue Passes by Wide Margin (05/14/13)
Voters offer strong support at polls
Clay County Relay For Life Fundraiser Held (05/09/13)
Event held at Piggott Community Center
Rector High School Class of 2013 set to Graduate (05/09/13)
Grads set to say farewell
Chalk Bluff Battle Re-Enactment Held (05/09/13)
150th anniversary marked despite wet conditions
Rector Water Department Recognized for Excellence (05/09/13)
Accept award at ceremony in Hot Springs
New Exhibit to Open at HPMEC (05/09/13)
Effort further examines Pfeiffer family
A Great Lady With a Big Heart Honored (05/09/13)
Shultz recipient of Arts Council Honors award
Chalk Bluff Re-Enactment This Weekend (05/02/13)
Event marks 150th anniversary of battle
Rector Chamber Banquet is Held (05/02/13)
State lawmakers provide updates on recent session
Relay For Life Set for Saturday (05/02/13)
Event slated at Piggott Community Center
Layer Recognized at Scholars Program (05/02/13)
Top grad for College of Nursing and Health Professionals at ASU
Piggott Car Show Schedule Set (05/02/13)
Annual event coming to Heritage Park
Relay For Life Survivor's Dinner Held (04/25/13)
Annual cancer fundraiser to feature new format, schedule
Camporee Draws Hundreds of Cub Scouts (04/25/13)
Packs from across region converge on Heritage Park
Puppets Entertain at Rector (04/25/13)
Performance sponsored by Clay County Arts Council
Piggott School Board Meets (04/25/13)
Rehires personnel and decides to seek bids on old gym
Aftershock 2013 is All the Rave! (04/25/13)
After prom event at Rector a big success
Piggott High FBLA Members off to Nationals (04/25/13)
Qualify at state competition
Cub Scouts visit Piggott (04/22/13)
Troops from across region converge on Heritage Park
National Headlines
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  • Senate panel approves immigration bill
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    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing on Wednesday....
  • The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
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Strange Headlines
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  • Ferris wheel ride world record broken in Chicago
    CHICAGO (AP) -- A manager of Chicago's Navy Pier rode the tourist spot's Ferris wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - bringing the world record for the longest ride to the birthplace of the amusement park favorite....
  • Denmark's de Forest wins Eurovision song contest
    MALMO, Sweden (AP) -- Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough competition from spectacular stage shows by performers from Azerbaijan and Ukraine....
  • Funeral home has bicycle hearse for 1 last ride
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  • Alaska man runs onto frozen lake to avoid jail
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- Anchorage police say a young man who didn't want to return to jail ran out onto the uncertain ice of an Alaska lake to escape officers armed with an arrest warrant....
  • Aussie minister sorry he 'liked' exposed teen pic
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