Rector Senior High FBLA members competed in the District II Spring Competition held Friday, Feb. 10 at Black River Technical College in Pocahontas. Many of the students placed within the top six in their event and will now be eligible to travel to Little Rock to compete at state level on April 3-4.
Delta Symphony Orchestra along with conductor Dr. Neale Bartee welcomes nationally- known tenor, Limmie Pulliam, back to the Riceland Hall stage in the Fowler Center on the A-State campus in Jonesboro. The concert is set for 2 p.m. Sunday, March 19.
Black River Area Develo pment Corporation Board of Directors meeting will be held at 12 noon, Tuesday, Feb. 21, at BRAD Central Office, 1403 Hospital Drive in Pocahontas.
The application deadline is March 1 for the Associate of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) program at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff. Graduates will be able to work directly with patients both young and old to increase their quality of life.
Better Beginnings, a program of the Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education, is seeking nominations for the next Arkansas Outstanding Early Childhood Professional (AOECP). Established in 1988, this award administered by DCCECE honors an early childhood professional who makes significant contributions to the early care and education field in Arkansas.
The Arkansas State University Department of Theatre’s first spring semester show features ingenious theatricality and character tracks that span up to a half-dozen characters for a single actor. This inventive adaptation completely reimagines the origin story of one of the world’s most beloved children’s books.
Rector School Board met at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13, in the administration building with all board members, both principals, and the superintendent present. Superintendent Johnny Fowler reported a general operating fund balance of $1,639,629.63, a building fund balance of $3,469,749.21, and when combined with lunch program and federal monies, the total fund balance was reported at $5,505,837.86, the report accepted and approved by the board.
We love the state of Arkansas. It’s full of dichotomous beauty.
Piggott City Council met for the first time of the new year with newly elected mayor Bradley Scheffler calling the meeting to order, all council members along with attorney Kimberly Dale were in attendance. Due to the weather situation, the guest speakers James Magee and Harry Hutchinson were moved up to be the first on agenda to allow Hutchinson to start his trip home to Jonesboro before the roads iced over.
