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Graduation ceremonies held at Piggott and Rector
The Piggott High School class of 2024 held their commencement Sunday afternoon, May 19, with a packed house of family, friends and fellow students. The members of the class were pre-sented with diplomas as well as many scholarships and awards. The class members entered the PHS gym to the traditional “Pomp and Circumstance” played by the Piggott High Concert Band. As they walked out they each placed a flower in a basket in memory of Coach Chris Brantley who passed away earlier in the week. Each graduate also wore a purple heart sticker on their caps that had the letters “CB” printed on them.
Elvis impersonator wows the crowd
The Piggott High School gym was rockin’ and rollin’ with a little bit of gospel and country added in on Friday night, May 17 as Elvis impersonator, Brian Lee Howell and his band thrilled the crowd with an absolutely fantastic performance. Howell did a great job with his vocals and Elvis movements as he sang many popular songs of the late, great King of Rock and Roll.
Stidham shares a wild and crazy story that unraveled
Judge Dan Stidham manages his professional judicial calendar along with his current -months-long book tour to promote his true crime book, ‘Harvest of Innocence’, accompanied by Lea Ann Stidham, his wife. He met with an interested crowd at the book signing in the community room at the Rector Public Library on Saturday morning, May 18, and with another audience interested in hearing his personal perspective on the case involving the so-called West Memphis Three in the afternoon at the Ford Room inside the Rector Community Museum. A question/ answer portion of the program at the Ford Room allowed audience members to gain further insight into Judge Stidham’s theories. As a whole, both audiences were interested in Judge Stidham’s story as told from his perspective thirty years after he was appointed public defender for Jessie Misskelley, one of the three teens later convicted of the horrific murders of three 8year old boys in 1993 in West Memphis.
Extension Get Fit Fundamentals Training set
Extension Get Fit Fundamentals Training will be held on June 18, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. at Arkansas Northeastern College located at 2501 S. Division Street in Blytheville in the Sullins/Administration Building, Room A101.
Clay County Sheriff ’s Dept. makes arrest
The Clay County Sheriff’s Department reports that on Saturday, May 18 at 10:39 p.m. a deputy noticed a vehicle setting in the middle of the road on CR 254, just off Hwy. 135. The deputy came in contact with 31-year-old Jordan Blake Boling of Paragould. The deputy was advised by Boling that he was out of gas. The deputy also noticed that the subject was nervous. The deputy asked for his identification, and run a check on his driver’s license. The deputy learned that the subject was on probation with a search waiver on file. After learning this, the deputy conducted a search of Boling and his vehicle. Boling was then placed in custody and transported to the Clay County Detention Center and booked on the charges of possession of SCH I or II GT 2GM but LT 10GM, possession of SCH VI LT 4 oz., and possession of drug paraphernalia felony.