Three Rivers College awarded the Leonard Query Memorial Scholarship to Annalee Massey of Piggott, AR for the Fall 2023 semester. Leonard Query Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to an in-district sophomore in the field of Marketing and Sales.
The Rector City Council meeting set for Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, has been rescheduled to Monday, Jan.
Piggott High School Spanish Club recently announced the winners of their Fall Door Decorating Contest. First place winners were Erica Burns’MAP group, second place was awarded to Jeri Swann’s MAP class and third place was awarded to Coach Scott Dodd’s MAP students.
Piggott Public Library and Rector Public Library in conjunction with Arkansas PBS are hosting a Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Sweater Drive from Nov. 1 through Nov. 30. The local libraries will be collecting new and gently used sweaters and other cold weather items. Collection boxes are available in Piggott at the library and the Chamber of Commerce office and at the library in Rector. Piggott Public Library will distribute items to the community on Dec. 2 at the Christmas on the Square event.
Black River Technical College’s (BRTC) Board of Trustees held a special meeting recently on the Pocahontas BRTC campus. A resolution to accept a Delta Regional Authority workforce training expansion grant was approved.
Black River Area Development Corporation will hold a special board meeting at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20 for the revision of PHA Payment Standard. The meeting will be held virtually only at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 82049006336.
Each summer, the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott hosts a writerin- residence position. The residency will take place during the entire month of June and includes lodging at a loft apartment in downtown Piggott.
TheArkansas Department of Health (ADH) Office of Oral Health is partnering with theArkansas Foodbank Network to provide more than 5,000 oral health kits to Arkansans in need. The oral health kits, which include toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss, will be available to the Foodbank’s member organizations beginning this fall.
Black River Technical College’s (BRTC) Law Enforcement Training Academy (LETA) Director Jared Bassham is pleased to announce the guest speaker for the Fall 2023-B LETA graduation will be Arkansas State Representative Shad Pearce.