Part Six: Let Us Have Peace. Welcome to Clayton County is a limited weekly column exploring the life of General Powell Clayton, the original namesake of our county, our early history, and why we are not called Clayton County today.
Part Four: Ghosts and Ghouls. Welcome to Clayton County is a limited weekly column exploring the life of General Powell Clayton, the original namesake of our county, our early history, and why we are not called Clayton County today.
Part Three: From General to Governor. Welcome to Clayton County is a limited weekly column exploring the life of General Powell Clayton, the original namesake of our county, our early history, and why we are not called Clayton County today.
CLAY COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT STAFF CHAIR Rice Stinkbugs – as rice begins to head be on the lookout for rice sting bug. I have been seeing pretty high numbers around edges of fields and on grass.
Rector School Board met as customary on the second Monday of the month, March 11, at the Rector School District Administrative Building at 5:30 p.m., with all members present. Elementary Principal Mark Manchester reported the visit of literacy consultants and coaches whose work with teachers was “intense.” An initial review and administration of the new ATLAS testing program was undertaken with the writing portion being given in the previous week.
Isn’t it funny how you wake up one morning expecting your day to go one way when in return it plays out totally differently? Last Tuesday, when I arrived at the Pocahontas Star Herald office, situated in a 1900 train depot just a couple of hundred feet from the banks of the flowing Black River, I took a seat at my desk and began to get things situated for my day. Being the editor of the paper is a job I love, however, it’s my role as the editor-inchief of Arkansas Crossroads that really gets my creative juices flowing.
Wintertime is upon us, and we have spent the week after Thanksgiving taking down all of our pumpkins and fall leaves and hanging up our Christmas lights and setting up our trees! As the temperature drops you need to take the drive up here to stay warm and look around our festive cabin of a Welcome Center. It’s that time of year again for the Arkansas Trail of Holiday Lights and there are plenty of ways to enjoy the holiday season in northeast Arkansas.
October brings the unmistakable chill of autumn, converting the atmosphere into what fanatics of fall fondly dub sweater weather. It’s also the season when the aroma of pumpkin spice invades stores and homes and farmers conclude their harvest. However, this time of the year has an unexpected guest: controversy, fueled by uninformed opinions on agriculture, specifically concerning the burning of fields, posted generously on social media platforms by “experts.”
ARKANSAS WELCOME CENTER AT CORNING Fall is officially here! We’ve got our seasonal decorations switched over and hopefully the temperature, as with the leaves, will start to fall here soon. In the spirit of Halloween, a yellow garden spider has made her home here at the Welcome Center.
ARKANSAS WELCOME CENTER AT CORNING This month we got in some excellent Russellville books for the Tri-peaks area. One of the books is a general guide to Russellville, showcasing the city’s restaurants, outdoor recreation and historic downtown.