Rector High School presented its basketball homecoming court and the crowning of the King and Queen in a mid-day ceremony held Friday, Jan. 26 in the Rector gym with family, friends, and students in attendance.
The opportunity to experience a room filled with the sound of a distinctive voice in various genres of music belongs to anyone with a $10 ticket to the Ford Room performance at Rector Community Museum. Vicki Bishop’s voice resonates as one people want to hear over and over again. Formally trained, Bishop won the hearts of Northeast Arkansas with her performance vocal biography of Patsy Cline. Bishop’s repertoire ranges far beyond the singular torch song, the songs about “the one that got away, and the one who will never be replaced.” To box Bishop into Patsy is to stifle her performance. She’s so much more.
After a furious round of voting and going from first to second place in a matter of seconds, local baker Breanna Neal fell just short of making it to the finals in the national Greatest Baker Contest. Voting was every 24 hours and votes could be free or with paid donation votes the funds went to the Be Positive Foundation for pediatric cancer.
The Clay County Extension Service is offering its annual pesticide applicator training at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Extension office located at 148 East Main in Piggott. The training is required for agriculture producers to qualify for license to purchase restricted pesticides. The class costs $20 and those interested must be present for the entire training session to be certified for a license for the Arkansas State Plant Board. The course can also be completed online at https://courses.uada.edu/. Those wanting additional information may contact the Extension office in Piggott at (870) 598-2246.
Testing for election set Saturday The public testing, and logic and accuracy test, for the upcoming March 5 Preferential Primary in Clay County will be held at 2 p. m.
On Friday, Jan. 26, the 2024 Mohawk Basketball Homecoming Royalty was introduced prior to the contest with the Harrisburg Hornets. Afterward the Tribe had an exciting game against the Hornets which unfortunately ended in a loss for the Mohawks.
Advancing out of the regional competition once again, the Rector LEGO team took part in the Arkansas state competition held Saturday, Jan. 20, at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will host the annual corn and cotton production meeting beginning at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6. The meeting will be held at the Rector Community Center on highway 49 in Rector.
The Piggott City Council met in regular session on Thursday, Jan. 25 with council members Kevin Jones, Jamey Parks and Tracy Cole present.