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  • Joined: December 14, 2022
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Piggott Health System recognized by Arkansas Hospital Assoc.

Piggott Health System is excited to announce its recent recognition by the Arkansas Hospital Association (AHA) for its exceptional achievements in healthcare marketing during the past year. “As a rural hospital, we are proud to offer healthcare ser-vices normally only found in larger metropolitan areas,” said James Magee, Executive Director of Piggott Health System.

Rector Cougar basketball holiday highlights

While the Christmas holiday fun and New Year’s revelry were being enjoyed and decorations along with lighting were slowly being removed, the Rector basketball teams and coaches were in the gym, practicing. Cookies, candy, short day-trips, relatives, and various cousins may disrupt healthy diets and routines, but coaches manage to interject the special holidays away from school and work with 2-a-day practices and refinement of skill play.

BRTC to host Blood Drive

Black River Technical College (BRTC) will host a Red Cross Blood Drive, sponsored by KAIT8, from 12 to 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 11, in the Randolph County Development Center, located at 1410 Hwy. 304 East on the Pocahontas campus.

meeting and the Piggott School Board recognized members of the FBLA who attended nationals in Atlanta

meeting and the Piggott School Board recognized members of the FBLA who attended nationals in Atlanta, Ga. Piggott youth, Jonah Mahan, takes on 50 yard challenge and completes mission in record time. The community mourned the drowning of eight-year-old Layton Boyster of St. Francis. The District 3 Criminal Detention Facilities Review Committee applauds county in jail review. Piggott Health System garners national attention as Access TeleCare selects Piggott Community Hospital as model for marketing video. Lauren Dorman, of the Rector School District, was presented with the Arkansas Rural Education Association’s Teacher of the Year Award.

held in Piggott with ARDOT concerning the roundabouts with Rep

held in Piggott with ARDOT concerning the roundabouts with Rep. Jeremy Wooldridge and Sen. Blake Johnson present. Lee Ann Stuart, RN, at Piggott Community Hospital Emergency Department was awarded a UAMS Stoke Champion Silver Club certificate. Charges were filed against Rhonda Parks, 42, and Joyce Parks, 69, both of Piggott, after an investigation into the incident involving two juvenile runaways. Piggott Girl Scout Troop #3011 members Claire McKenney and Thyme Parrish received the Girl Scout Silver Award. Updates were made at the Piggott gym with artwork screen to the doors and windows and artwork to the lobby and concession stand. In sports the Rector High School Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held with a luncheon and plaque presentation honoring the 2023 inductees. Cooper Rabjohn was the overall winner in the Rector 5K Walk and Run held Labor Day weekend in Rector. Piggott High School senior, Alyssa Russell, signs with Williams Baptist College. Rector High School girls’ golf team is 2A-3 Conference runners-up and qualify for state. Piggott Mohawks suffer loss in non-conference

Louise Edwards

Louise Edwards Louise Edwards, 87, of Piggott, Ark., passed away January 4, 2024, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott. She was born on October 21, 1936, in Lutesville, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Victor and Birtha (Crites) Allgood.

Shirley Mae King

Shirley Mae King Shirley Mae King, 81 of Paragould, passed from the cares of this life surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday December 20, 2023, at Arkansas Methodist Medical Center. She was born on September 29, 1942 in Greene County to the late Floyd Franklin and Lilly Melvina Brewer Rogers.