Stories from Friday, January 2, 2009

Officials sworn-in for 2009 (01/02/09)
Local and county officials were sworn-in Thursday, Jan. 1 at the courthouse in Piggott. With the new year the county has a new sheriff, district judge and county clerk, while the other incumbents were all re-elected. District judge David Copelin was first sworn-in by new clerk Pat Poole, and presided over the ceremony. Actually, Poole and new sheriff Gerald McClung and the majority of his deputies were sworn-in just after midnight...