Piggott Community Hospital EMS was recognized Wednesday, June 5 by the Arkansas Department of Health at a ceremony held in Jonesboro for their stroke care performance. Piggott Community Hospital EMS achieved Ruby Status for stroke band documentation based on the level of adherence to the defect-free care measure.
After an evening and morning of damaging storms in the area, the sun broke through for a Rector crowd to gather under the historic oak tree in Woodland Heights Cemetery at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 26 for the Memorial Day recognition service. During the previous week, school students and several community members placed 922 flags throughout the cemetery, one on each veteran’s gravesite.
1984 The temperature was noticeably cooler and the outside darker throughout the southern United States last Wednesday, May 30, as the most spectacular solar eclipse of many years occurred. Jim Winton, partner in Clay CountyAbstract and Insurance, Piggott, was recently appointed as district vice president of the Arkansas Land Title Association for district number two which is composed of 18 counties in Northeast Arkansas.
A public meeting was held on Monday, May 30 at the St. Francis Baptist Church to address questions and concerns regarding the upcoming closing and rebuilding of the current bridge.
Piggott School Board met in special session on Thursday night, May 30 with all members in attendance. The only item on the agenda was discussion of flooring for elementary classrooms.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Department reports that on Tuesday, May 28 at approximately 6 p.m. they executed a search warrant at 154 CR 472 west of Greenway. After conducting a search of the residence and property, the Sheriff’s Dept. took into custody 33-year-old Joshua Ryan Dunham of Piggott. Dunham was transported to the Clay County Detention Center and booked in on possession of meth or cocaine with purpose to deliver GT 10GM but LT 200GM, simultaneous possession of drugs and firearms and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Piggott’s Memorial Garden Cemetery hosted services for Memorial Day, Sunday afternoon, May 26, as the traditional ceremony was held along with the usual business meeting. On Friday, in preparation for this event Mohawk athletes and coaches gathered along the beautiful rolling hills of the cemetery to place over 800 American flags on the graves of the veterans who are laid to rest there.
Longtime Piggott Elementary School counselor, Barbara Batey is set to retire at the end of the school year. Batey began teaching in August of 1975 on “grade school hill” and taught 10 years in second grade and then served as elementary counselor for the last 39.
A recent phone call from a Michigan resident to Piggott City Hall regarding letters found in a house in Michigan, led Scott Allman American Legion Post 38 to do some searching and came up with the interesting story of a Piggott veteran who was laid to rest in Italy and later on moved to the cemetery in Piggott.
The Rector Public Library is geared-up for a busy June and July as the Summer Reading Program returns. This year’s theme is “Adventure Begins at Your Library.” The programs are at 9 a.m. Wednesdays during the month of June and will continue July 17. The 2024 Summer Reading Program is open to children of all ages, with prizes, drawings, stories, reading logs, and more.