The Clay County Quorum Court met in regular session on Monday, Oct. 16 at the courthouse in Corning with Justices Dennis Haines, Patrick Patterson, David Hatcher, Jody Henderson, George Lowe, Randy Kingston and Brad Green present. Justices David Cagle and Neal Smith were absent.
As sure as Friday night spectators entered the gates into Bobcat Stadium at each home game for the past 26 years, they could be assured of two things; Bobcat guts and determination on the field and the silvery voice of Rich Martin resonating each play. It was a mic drop moment for the “Voice of the Bobcats”, at the last regular season game of 2023 on Friday, Oct. 13. as he culminated a little over half a century announcing Corning High School football games.
Currently, U.S. history is in danger of being steered, rewritten and in some cases, erased, by people with differing agendas.
It was all about the students and their futures at the grand opening of The Armory @ BRTC as Black River Technical College (BRTC) hosted the ribbon cutting on Tuesday, Oct. 10, allowing the public and community leaders, a look at the opportunities available to Clay County students. Visitors and community leaders learned through student interactions and demonstrations about certification opportunities provided at the satellite campus, located at 715 East Main in Piggott. The Armory is a career and technical center, the only one in Clay County, offering certifications to area high school students that affords them an upper hand in obtaining high-wage, high-demand jobs directly out of high school.
Friday night, Oct. 6, we traveled to Mountain View to play the number 1 ranked team in the state and defending state champions. Defensively we hung in early but our offense never got on track as Mountain View proved to be too physical for us up front and quickly shut down our run game. Late in the first quarter Mountain View went up 7-0 and took a 14-0 lead into halftime. Our defense got a stop on the first series of the second half but we could not get going on offense and left them with a short field. After scoring touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters, Mountain View won 28-0. Our Senior High record is 4-3 and we will finish our regular season this Friday, Oct. 13 versus Rosebud at Bobcat Stadium.
Little Rock, Ark. – A group of Arkansas transparency advocates from all corners of the state, and of varied political affiliations, are working to protect the state’s Freedom of Information Act with a ballot initiative for a Constitutional Amendment.
Last Wednesday, a reporter asked Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders why a lectern purchased by her office (and for which Arkansas taxpayers were temporarily on the hook) cost more than $19,000, our governor replied, “There are a number of features.” It’s true that the higher-end Falcon Patriot Lectern does come with a number of features (including a built-in cup holder), but it sells for just a little more than $7,500 - https://www.ampli. com/lecterns-and-pod iums/3046-Falcon-Patriot-Lectern.