Former Blackcat standout athlete Alan Shelton, Rector High School class of 1980, has been named to the Rector High School Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2024. He will be inducted at the annual RHSSHOF luncheon on Saturday, Aug.
Fair weather greeted visitors to the annual St. Francis Picnic, held Saturday, July 20, to benefit the Hall and Gravel Hill cemeteries.
Early registrations are now being accepted for the Rector Labor Day 5K, set to begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 31. The event, which benefits the Rector Helping Hands Foundation, will begin in front of the Rector High School gymnasium.
The annual Rector High School Sports Hall of Fame golf tournament is set for Friday, Aug. 30 at the Kennett Country Club. Those wanting additional information may contact Michele Haley at 870-240-5064 or Michael Lindsey at 870-240-3257.
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Educational Center in Piggott has announced new dates for its upcoming event, ‘The Garden of Eden’ Reading Retreat and Banquet, Aug. 910.
With back-to-school time just around the corner, another traditional event is set for the coming weekend as Arkansas will hold its annual sales tax holiday on specific items Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3 and 4.
Ed Roberts, a 1976 graduate of Greenway High School recently retired from his long career of teaching at Pottsville High School as the science, physics and astronomy instructor. Roberts taught at the school for 30 years.