City, county and state dignitaries were on hand for the lighting ceremony. Pictured are, from left: Front – Ashleigh Crittenden, Knox Wooldridge and Jax Wooldridge. Back – Chief of Police Sam Poole, Kevin Jones, Clay County Sheriff Ronnie Cole, State Rep. Jeremy Wooldridge, Miss Arkansas Teen Peyton Bolling, Clay County Judge Mike Patterson, Justin Welch and Mayor Bradley Scheffler. Additional photos on page 8.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Department reports that on Tuesday, Nov. 26 the department was notified by a Rector police officer that they were observing suspicious…