The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center will hold a poetry workshop in the educational center on Saturday, Nov. 8 with limited seating. For more information please contact the museum at 870--598-3487 or shwilliams@astate.edu. HPMEC is an Arkansas State University Heritage Site at 1913 Museum Row, formally known as 1021 West Cherry Street in Piggott.
With the approach of the Labor Day holiday, the Woodland Heights Cemetery Commission is once again conducting a $1,000 drawing as a fundraiser. The drawing will take place on Monday, Sept. 1, on the main stage at the Rector Memorial Park following the Miss Rector Pageant. Persons do not have to be present to win. Once again this year tickets are $1 each, six for $5 or 25 for $20. Tickets will be available the day of the picnic and are also available at several area businesses. Rector businesses include The Caffeinated Cow, Centennial Bank, Glen Sain Motor Sales, GPS Chiropractic, Graves Gin, Piggott Pharmacy, Piggott State Bank-Rector Branch, Rector Downtown Drug, and Z’s Salon.
The City of Piggott recently welcomed a new permanent Drug Take Back Box as part of the Arkansas Drug Take Back initiative.
The Food Bank of NortheastArkansas will host a drive-thru commodity distribution in Clay County on Wednesday, Aug. 20.
The annual McDougal Homecoming Picnic is set for Saturday, Aug. 30, at Edna Cooper Park along U.S. Highway 62.
PHS CLASS OF 1975 REUNION
Three Clay County 4-H members showcased their talents and determination at the 2025 State 4-H O-Rama held at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville on July 21 through 24. The four-day event, themed “Clover Quest: A Gathering of Champions,” brought together youth from across the state for competitions, workshops, tours, and fun-filled activities.
Former Blackcat standout athlete Terry Lovelace, Rector High School class of 1982, has been named to the Rector High School Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the class of 2025. He will be inducted at the annual RHSSHOF luncheon on Saturday, Aug. 30. The other inductees this year include former athlete Marvin Whitney and the 2012 boys’ basketball team.
The Piggott High School cafeteria was packed on Monday, July 28 as a large crowd of athletes, parents and teachers showed up for the yearly “Beat the Heat” meeting held for those students participating in outdoor events.
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.”