Plans are complete, as the Piggott Area Chamber of Commerce is scheduled to host their annual Christmas Fest on Saturday, Dec. 2. Activities are slated from noon to 4:30 p.m. on the square in downtown Piggott, followed by the annual Christmas Parade at 5 p.m.
The nation will pause to honor those who served, and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, on Saturday, Nov. 11, with the observance of Veterans Day. The offerings will include an open house at the War Memorial Building in Piggott, and the traditional wreath ceremony at the county courthouse.
Filing for the upcoming March election will begin at noon on Monday, Nov. 6 and end Tuesday, Nov.14 at noon.
Daylight Savings Time is scheduled to end this weekend, as the country is set to “ fall back” for 2023. Everyone is reminded to set their clocks back one hour Saturday night, as Central Standard Time will resume at 2 a. m. on Sunday, Nov. 5.
United Auto Workers retirees will meet at 11: 30 a. m. Thursday, Nov. 9, at Grecian Steak House, 210 Airport Road, in Paragould. Service representatives from the Retiree Medical Benefit Trust, United Health Care, Blue Cross- Blue Shield, Davis Vision, Delta Dental, TruHearing, and OptumRX will be the guest speakers to discuss the changes in health insurance for 2024. All are urged to attend.
The Piggott City Council met on Thursday, Oct. 26 with all members and city attorney Kimberly Dale in attendance.
On Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, at approximately 8:19 p.m. the Clay County Sheriff’s Department received a 911 call about a vehicle being ran off the road at the St. Francis River bridge on Hwy. 90 going toward Kennett, Mo. The department also received a description of the vehicle that had apparently run the vehicle off the road. At approximately 8:42 p.m. the Piggott Police Department stopped a vehicle that matched the description. The vehicle was occupied by one adult driver and three juveniles. After talking to those occupants, the deputy learned that some type of altercation between the occupants of both vehicles had started in Kennett and had continued into Clay County.
Arkansas State University recently named Penny Toombs as an assistant director of the Heritage Sites. Toombs will take on the role after serving as the director of two of the A-State Heritage Sites, which include the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home and Southern Tenant Farmers Museum since 2020.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending the deadline for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program to January 13, 2024, to give eligible farmers, ranchers and forest landowners more time to apply for assistance. The original deadline was October 31, 2023.
The following Rector Elementary students were named to the Honor Roll for the first nine weeks: First Grade Sherry Cate’s class: Nash Blount, Lane Hunter, Christian Mero, Tommy Payne, Jamie Risner and Allison Sheets.