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Registrations are still being accepted for the Pollard Beauty Contests, being held in conjunction with this week’s annual picnic. The 2023 Pollard Picnic will be held Saturday, July 8, at Pollard and will benefit the continued upkeep of the New Hope Cemetery. In keeping with tradition, fried chicken dinners, music, softball games, games for children and beauty pageants will highlight the picnic. Recently, the organizers announced the following schedule.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Department reports that at 7:01 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, they received a 911 call of a 17-year-old juvenile who had been injured while shooting fireworks under the St. Francis River Bridge at St. Francis. The Sheriff’s Department along with the Piggott Fire First Responders and the St. Francis First Responders were dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, the youth was found to have serious injuries to his right hand. Air Evac was called, and he was transported to The Med in Memphis.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Department reports that at 3:17 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, the department went to 315 Gookin Street in Greenway to serve a misdemeanor warrant for failure to pay on 50-year-old Trena Lyon. When they deputies came in contact with the subject, they also conducted a probation search of the residence. After the search was conducted, Lyon was transported to the Clay County Detention Center for felony drug paraphernalia and the misdemeanor warrant.

Piggott City Council held their regular monthly meeting on Thursday, June 22 with all city council members present along with city attorney Kim Dale, mayor Bradley Scheffler and city clerk Nikki Blue.

The Clay County Sheriff’s Department reports the following arrests. On Sunday, June 18, 2023, at 7 p.m., The Clay County Sheriff’s Department conducted a probation search at 107 NW 2nd St.