Stories from Thursday, January 7, 2010

Haywood retires from PCH (01/07/10)
For longer than she likes to remember, Debby Haywood has been a part of the Piggott Community Hospital family. In fact, she even pre-dates that name as she is one of the few remaining staff members to work at the current hospital and at the old Piggott Hospital which now houses the Piggott Family Medical Clinic...

Artic Blasthits NEARK (01/07/10)
Frigid air blew into the region this week, as indicated by this photo of the Piggott State Bank sign taken Tuesday morning. Single digit temperatures also are forecast for later in the week, along with a chance of snow. (Times photo/Tim Blair)...

Cameras installed at PHS (01/07/10)
Personnel with ArComm Inc. began the process of installing security cameras at the Piggott High School campus during the holiday vacation. This photo was taken Tuesday morning as the crew was busy installing the units in the new gym at the PHS campus. ...

Four Mohawk football players selected for post season honors (01/07/10)
Four members of the Piggott Mohawk football team were singled-out for post season honors following the regular season. The four, of which all but one will be returning next year, were all named to the All-Conference football squad for 3A-3. One also received an honorable mention for All-State...

Memorable moments (01/07/10)
Another year has whizzed by. That's kind of scary. Seems like only yesterday it was 2009. All day I've tried to think of memorable moments in the past year. The first memory was the un-forgettable ice storm that paralyzed our region. ...

It happened here, years ago (01/07/10)
1970 The first baby of the year, and the new decade, born at Piggott Hospital was little Tanya Ann Speer. She was the daughter of Garry and Mary Ann Speer of Route 2, Piggott, and was delivered Jan. ...

Dorothy Murray (01/07/10)
Dorothy Murray, 66, of Piggott, passed away Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009, at the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born July 2, 1943, in Hornersville, Mo., and was the daughter of the late Buster and Christine Poe. Dorothy was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church of Piggott...

Mary Agnes McLeskey (01/07/10)
Mary Agnes McLeskey, 84, of Piggott, passed away Friday, Jan. 1, 2010, in the Piggott Community Hospital. She was born Jan. 2, 1925, in St. Francis, and was the daughter of the late James Lowell and Barbara (Pittman) Russell...