Stories from Thursday, June 10, 2021

Rector Helping Hands Foundation announced the return of the Labor Day 5K Race-Walk to be held Saturday morning, September 4, beginning at Rector High School Gym. Heather Simmons commented that the resumption of what has become a favorite Labor Day Weekend event has given the Foundation committee a boost in energy after the COVID-19 hiatus. ...

A brief agenda was addressed by the Rector City Council on Monday, June 7, at the Rector Community Center. Early discussion of properties that had burned brought the declaration by City Attorney Kimberly Dale that the city may not burn and bury property that belongs to someone else...

The Piggott Cemetery Association will host the annual Fourth of July Picnic on July 3 this year, after having to cancel last year due to Covid. The picnic proceeds are to benefit the beautiful and well maintained Piggott Cemetery. The grand marshal for the parade this year is J.W. Toombs, retired cemetery care taker...

From his national debut on Season 17 of NBC’s The Voice in the fall of 2019 to the Rector’s Ford Theater Room stage, Cory Jackson will headline the Grand Re-opening of the Rector Community Museum with a sell-out crowd on Thursday, June 17. At the RCM Board meeting Monday, President Joey Pruett commended board members on the pork steak fund raiser and noted that but for a few General Admission tickets, the Cory Jackson concert is almost sold out. ...