Hey Clay County, where did you hide all the landmarks?
No kidding. I come home and everything is moved.
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The winning sesquicentennial essays by Cali Sears-Pallet and Bowie Holcomb as they were submitted depicting life as a child in Corning and Clay County in 1873.
Cali Sears-Pallet’s winning essay: You might be wondering what it was like being a child in 1873. Well I am here to answer If you are a child in 1873 you had to do all of the chores like keep the fire going, getting the water, and caring for the livestock.
City honors Leach on retirement
Former Police Chief Jimmy Leach retired as Corning’s Police Commissioner on Friday, June 30 with a celebration attended by those wishing him well. The city of Corning hosted a retirement reception in his honor at the M.B. Ainley, Jr. Community Center at 12 p.m. It was attended by his friends, family, city employees, and police officers.
Check out Corning Library’s new telescope
Summer is the perfect time to visit the Corning Public Library. It’s provides a reprieve from the summer heat, there are many books to sit and read and/ or check out, plus they have Wi-Fi. The library is a learning hub and provides a vast amount of information as well as entertainment to the community. The library now provides a marvelous opportunity for budding astronomers to check out their new telescope, an Orion StarBlast 4.5” Telescope provided by the Library Telescope Program sponsored by Central Arkansas Astronomical Society (CAAS).
1st Choice Home Care names Caregiver of the Month
1st Choice Home Care has named Meagan Tyler the Corning Caregiver of the Month for July. Tyler has been a caregiver through 1st Choice since July 2022. She is known for her willingness to tackle big set backs with minimal effort while maintaining a huge smile on her face. She readily tackles tasks such as sweeping and mopping an already spotless floor to rearranging furniture and troubleshooting electronics for clients.
Clay Co. Sheriff Dept. Reports
On June 29, 2023, at 3:17 p.m. the Clay County Sheriff’s Department went to 315 Gookin Street in Greenway to serve a misdemeanor warrant for failure to pay on 50-year-old Trena Lyon. When they came into contact with the subject, they also conducted a probation search of the residence. After the search was conducted Ms. Lyon was transported to the Clay County Sheriff’s Detention Center for Felony Drug Paraphernalia and the Misdemeanor warrant.
Murley signs books at Corning Library
Reading makes migrants of us all, letting us travel away from home and yet finding homelands for us everywhere. No one knows this better than historical fiction writer Larry Murley who returned home to Clay County this week in honor of the sesquicentennial.
Hello Clay County Courier readers
Summer vacation season is here! We have been having people all across the United States stop by for information on The Natural State. Since the start of the month, the Arkansas Department of Transportation has been resurfacing US 67 with fresh asphalt from the Arkansas-Missouri Stateline to the AR 328 intersection.
Storm damages parts of Corning
Winds during a thunderstorm on Sunday, July 2 left its mark in Corning as they damaged the roofs of some homes in Corning. They also blew down some trees at the Victory Lake Golf Course, broke U.S. flags off utility poles and stopped a lane of traffic in front of the old Walmart building when a pole was blown over caused power lines to lower over the highway stopping semi-trucks for a time.