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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Piggott native publishes debut novel

Rhonda Wiley-Jones, a native of Piggott, published her debut novel, “Song of Herself” this fall. Books in paperback and kindle versions can be purchased on Amazon. An audio version will be released in the near future.

Piggott Farmers Market to host fall extravaganza

Piggott Farmers Market will hold a fall extravaganza from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29 at the First National Bank Pavilion on Main Street. There will be prize drawings with first place being $10 in market bucks to be used at any farmers market vendor, second drawing is for a plant from Williams Nursery, the third drawing will also be for $10 market bucks and the grand prize will be a basket full of goodies from the vendors. Tickets will be fifty cents each or five tickets for $2.25 or 10 tickets for $4.25.

IT HAPPENED HERE YEARS AGO….

1982 In politics this week, Carol Trout announced her candidacy for City Clerk/Treasurer. Also, Junior Harris made his formal announcement for Councilman.

USDA provides payments of nearly $800 million in assistance to help keep farmers farming

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that distressed borrowers with qualifying USDA farm loans have already received nearly $800 million in assistance, as part of the $3.1 billion in assistance for distressed farm loan borrowers provided through Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The IRA directed USDA to expedite assistance to distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans administered by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) whose operations face finan-cial risk.

Cougars dominate against Augusta

The large contingent of Cougar fans that travelled to Augusta, a small town located a few miles east of Bald Knob, had plenty to cheer about on Oct. 14, a football Friday night. By the close of the contest, the crowd had bundled into jackets and sweaters to celebrate a 50 – 6 Cougar victory.