August 2025

Sign-ups continue for co-ed softball

Sign-ups continue for a co-ed softball tournament set for Saturday, Aug. 30 in Piggott. The event will be held at the Piggott City Field and will consist of a 3-game minimum. A 7-3 format (must have at least three females on the field), will be in place. Cost for the tournament is $200 per team. To register or for more information, contact Ashleigh at (870) 598-2003 or acrittenden@cityofpiggott.org or Stacey at (870) 598-3167

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Rocky Hill Cemetery seeking volunteers

Volunteers in the Campbell area are seeking support for the maintenance of Dunklin County’s oldest cemetery. Rocky Hill Cemetery, located west of Campbell on Crowley’s Ridge, has graves dating back to 1858. Located in the path of the Chalk Bluff Trail, this route between Old Four Mile and the St. Francis River was an Indian Trail, and later a primitive road taken by troops in the War Between the States. The historic graveyard is located about a mile from the site of where a ferry once crossed the river. Many Boy Scout troops used to hike through and camp on this trail and at the battle sites, located on the Missouri and Arkansas sides of the “chalky bluffs.”

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Powhatan State Park to host Band Box Workshop

Powhatan Historic State Park will host a Band Box Workshop on Saturday, Aug. 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join park staff and learn the Victorian art of making a decorative hat box, glasses case, or tea box. Band boxes are a perfect way to make a hand-made organizing box. Participants will leave with their own boxes. Space is limited and registration is required. Registration fee is $15. To register for the workshop, please call the park at 870-878-6765.

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Killing Clayton

Part 9: And Death Came in at the Window. Killing Clayton is a limited weekly column about a corrupt election, the assassination of possible Clay County namesake John Clayton, and the shadow it cast on Arkansas history.

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Rector Planning and Zoning Commission holds public meeting regarding land use

Rector Planning and Zoning Commission held a public hearing on Thursday, July 31, at the Rector Community Center. The members of the Commission, Greg Bohr, Farren Young, and chair Jeremy Jackson were present which constitutes a quorum. The purpose of the meeting was the proposal of a comprehensive Land Use Plan for the City of Rector for the upcoming five years. The ordinances related to Planning and Zoning that the city is currently using were created and passed into law in the 1980s. In the past several months, the City Council has had reason to examine the ordinances in detail and found them to be out of date, vague in wording, and in some cases, contradictory.

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