The annual Pollard Picnic, to benefit the New Hope Cemetery, will be held Saturday, July 13, in Pollard. As usual, this year’s picnic will include a full schedule of beauty pageants for contestants of all ages.
The traditional slate of beauty pageants are scheduled in conjunction with this year’s St. Francis Picnic, set for Saturday, July 20, at the picnic grounds in that community.
Once again, a full schedule of pageants from birth to 21 and up will accompany the Piggott 4th of July picnic. The first four pageants will be held the evening of July 3, with the remainder being held on July 4. All pageants will be held on the stage at the picnic grounds.
Camden Archer Mount graduated from The University of Mississippi Summa Cum Laude on May 11, 2024. To be eligible for a degree Summa Cum Laude, a student must have a gradepoint average of 3.90 or above on all college work attempted.
In May, more than 6,500 students at the University of Iowa received their degrees. Among that group, however, were more than 550 whose celebration of that personal milestone was twice as meaningful because they had successfully earned two degrees.
The John J. Pershing VA Medical Center will host a VetFest event June 29 at the American Legion Post 416 in Farmington, located at 1604 W.
1984 State Rep. Jim Holland won his close race against challenger Joe Cole and all three incumbent county officials being challenged were victorious over their opponents.
1984 The City of Piggott recently received the $600,000 cash settlement from a lawsuit the city has had pending against the Southwestern Power Administration since 1979 in the United States Court of Claims. Education, seniority, federal grants and industrial development appear to be the major issues in the District 9 state representative race between incumbent Jim Holland and challenger Joe Cole.
Stories about real people and the similarities with true crime make my head spin. Maybe that’s why I recently recalled the three teens that became known as the West Memphis Three and related their stories to that of Damon Fields of Barbara Kingsolver’s Pulitzer Prize novel “Demon Copperhead”. Set in a rural, poverty- stricken, remote region of the south, the southern Appalachian Mountains between Virginia and Tennessee, the plot and setting of “Demon Copperhead” are reminiscent of Charles Dickens’ classic David Copperfield.
1984 Mark Self is the valedictorian of the Piggott High School class of 1984. He is the son of Mr.