Once again this year, the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum of Piggott has joined forces with Liberty Hill Outfitters for a special fundraiser. Papa’s Upland Bird Hunt, planned to celebrate Ernest Hemingway’s Arkansas hunting legacy, will be held on Saturday, Jan.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting of an individual north of Corning in the area of Hwy. 328, County Road 143 and 148. The Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call at 7:25 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, from a motorist that an individual was standing in the middle of Hwy. 328 at the bridge construction. They said the individual stated he had been shot. The Sheriff’s Department, Corning Police Department, and EMS responded. Upon arrival the CCSD located the individual who had an apparent gunshot wound above the knee in the upper leg, first aid was administered by officers until EMS arrived. The individual identified himself as 31-year-old William Clay Lester, apparently of Corning. He gave officers a statement before he was transported to Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. The Sheriff’s Department has reason to doubt the individual’s statement and believes the incident started on County Road 148 close to Hwy. 328. They also know another individual was involved. The Sheriff’s Department is asking anyone with information that could help in this investigation to call the Clay County Sheriff’s Department at 870-598-2270
If the Class of 1965 and Class of 1966 convened for a basketball team reunion and sat around with Coach Jesse Bucy and talked about the phenom that was the late Allan Pruett, high school All-American basketball star for the Blackcats, the conversation likely would, toward the end of their stories, include accolades for the current scoring phenom Cooper Rabjohn, Class of 2024 and top of the leader board as of December 15, 2023.
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Carl Lee Long Carl Lee Long, 76, of Rector, passed away on December 19, 2023. Carl was born to the late Elmer and Wanda (Duran) Long in Piggott, Ark.
Bro. James Marvin Jones, age 77, of Benton, passed away December 17, 2023. He was born July 22, 1946 in Nella, Ark., to the late Lennie Marvin Jones and Daisy Laverne Jones. James served as a chaplain in the U. S. Air Force and was the minister at Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Bauxite.
Weslie Dewayne Crouse, age 72, former longtime Manila resident, passed from this life Monday, December 18, 2023, at his home in Corning. Born in Manila to the late Larie Wesley and Vermell Williams Crouse, he was a 1970 graduate of Manila High School and later served in the United States Air Force. Dewayne worked for over 35 years as a lineman and later service man, initially for Arkansas-Missouri Power Company, which later became Arkansas Power and Light and Entergy. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Corning and served many years as a Gideon. Dewayne also volunteered for the Arkansas Baptist Disaster Relief Organization and had served as the Mission Director for the Agape Mission Outreach in Corning. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister Mary Nell Crouse.
Jon Cory Robertson Jon Cory Robertson, 44, of Fayetteville, Ark., passed away December 15, 2023, at the William Walker Hospice House in Fayetteville, after a short battle with cancer. He was born on February 3, 1979, in Piggott, Ark., and was the son of Debra and Vance Whaley and Butch Robertson.
Nelda Joyce Chadwick Nelda Joyce Chadwick, 87, of Rector, passed from this earth on December 13, 2023. Nelda was born to the late Amos (Red John) and Anna (McKeel) Pruett in Knob, Ark.
Ann Highfill Greenway Ann (Highfill) Greenway, 82, of Paragould, Ark., passed away on December 16, 2023. She was born to the late Everett and Audie (Walker) Highfill in Paragould.