Cougars knock off Bigelow Panthers
After an 8:30 a.m. send-off from the RHS campus on Thursday morning, May 9, the Rector Cougars arrived at Forrest City Sports Center for the 2A State baseball tournament, hosted by Palestine-Wheatley.
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U.S. Department of Education launches next phase of FAFSA Student Support Strategy
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced additional steps to support students and their families with the Better FAFSA. The Department is launching a multi-milliondollar program as part of the FAFSA Student Support Strategy to help school districts, state, nonprofits and other public and private organizations with efforts to boost FAFSA completion. Since the new 2024–25 FAFSA form became available on Dec. 30, more than 8.95 million forms have been successfully submitted.
Bluegrass Monday concert at Collins Theatre to feature Edgar Loudermilk Band
The Edgar Loudermilk Band will present a concert of bluegrass music at the next KASU-FM Bluegrass Monday concert. The concert will be at 7 p.m.
Revival services set at True Light Missionary Baptist
Revival services will be held May 27 through May 29 at True Light Missionary Baptist Church, located on Highway 141 in McDougal. Services will begin at 6:30 p.m. Bro. Jerrod Lowe will serve as evangelist. Bro. Jason Self, pastor, welcomes everyone to attend.
Three exhibitions open at Bradbury Art Museum
Three new exhibitions, “The Soft Animal of Your Body,” “From Cart to Checkout: Affirmations to Get You to Your Next Paycheck Without Crying,” and “Girls with Cameras,” opened Thursday, May 9, in Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University.
Piggott FFA holds awards banquet
The Piggott FFA held their awards night on Tuesday, May 9 in the high school cafeteria to a large group of family, students, friends, faculty and past and present school board members. The night started with opening ceremonies presented by the chapter officers, after which FFA president Riley Jo Gossett gave a welcoming speech followed by an entertaining slide show of the students and their sponsor/ag teacher Casey Simpson of various activities, competitions and fun they did through the year.
IT HAPPENED HERE YEARS AGO….
1984 Mark Self is the valedictorian of the Piggott High School class of 1984. He is the son of Mr.
America’s Newspapers endorses Arkansas Government Transparency Initiatives
America’s Newspapers, a leading advocate for the nation’s newspaper industry, enthusiastically endorses the Arkansas Government Disclosure Act of 2024 and the proposed Arkansas Government Disclosure Amendment. These initiatives represent a critical step forward in protecting the public’s fundamental right to access government records and proceedings and to make government actions more transparent.
Vicki Lynn Holifield
Vicki Lynn Holifield Vicki Lynn Holifield, 74, of Pollard, Ark., passed away April 30, 2024, at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital in Jonesboro, Ark. She was born on April 10, 1950, in Des Moines, Iowa, and was the daughter of the late Frank and Peggy (Vogel) Tarman.