The Clay County Quorum Court was called into a special session on Friday, July 28 at 10:30 a.m. due to an Aug. 1 deadline for local governments to have the authority to regulate noise caused by the mining of digital assets. Justices present for the meeting were David Hatcher, Patrick Patterson, Randy Kingston, George Lowe, Jody Henderson and Neal “Poppy” Smith.
By: ANTOINETTE GRAJEDA ArkansasAdvocate.com Citizens of Arkansas for Public Education and Students now believes it collected enough signatures to continue its effort to repeal the LEARNS Act through a 2024 ballot referendum. CAPES Executive Director Steve Grappe initially feared the group fell just short of the threshold following a frenetic finish at Monday’s 5 p.m.
Two Corning Bobcats recently received player assessments from the Reebok Basketball Tournament. Jayce Couch was commended for his shooting skills and attitude and Luke Blanchard was applauded for his skills initiating the offense and leadership.
Front row: Daniel Watson, Cannon Cummings, Luke Blanchard Second row: Roman Davis, Spencer Davis, Jayce Couch .
Continued prayers for Melanie Garrett who begins chemo and immunotherapy for bile duct cancer this week. Her doctor reported in the last few years there have been promising results with immunotherapy.
The annual Clay County Fair Parade is slated for Saturday, Sept. 16 at 10 a.m. with parade entries being accepted now. The parade will begin at the First Baptist Church of Piggott, located a block west of the square on West Main Street, and will end at the fairgrounds. Line up and registration will start at
Celebrating 150 Years of the City of Corning & Clay County in 2023 .
For your reading enjoyment, we continue to publish Rambling Vines by the late Marylea Vines as she recalls events and names of Corning folks from many years ago. We are currently in the year 1989 I tell you right now, I had enough storms last week to hold me for a while.
Small towns are known for friendly folk who are willing to help out a neighbor. I found this to be true when I walked into Fred Ort’s insurance office in Piggott last Friday and was greeted by a tall gentleman with a ready smile who asked, “How can I help you?” I replied, “I’m looking for Fred Ort.” He threw up his arms, grinned and said, “You’ve found him!” For the next hour this gentleman answered all my questions concerning the Piggott 4th of July Picnic and provided the basic financials for their 2023 picnic.