Clay County
Fake cop pulling people over in Clay County
Be on the look out for a white charger with a detachable blue light in Clay County. It may be a fake police officer. [read more…]
Piggott
Clay County
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum’s Papa’s Upland Bird Hunt Set for Feb. 17
Hemingway, a 1953 Pulitzer and 1954 Nobel prize winner, was a regular visitor of his in-laws, the Pfieffer family of Piggott, where he wrote portions of one of his most famous novels, “A Farewell to Arms” and several short stories. [read more…]
Clay County
Military Veterans Participate in Hemingway-Pfeiffer Writers’ Retreat
PIGGOTT – Nine talented writers recently came together to hone their skills and form a bond at the annual writing retreat for military veterans. The event took place at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) at the site where author Ernest Hemingway penned much of his iconic war novel, [read more…]
Clay County
Sheriff: Sleeping man arrested with meth in Piggott
PIGGOTT, Ark. – A man was asleep behind the wheel but woke up to find deputies on his case int he parking lot of Casey’s General Store in Piggott early Sunday morning. At 5:30 a.m., Sheriff Terry Miller of Clay County said deputies made contact with the vehicle and the [read more…]
Clay County
HPMEC Receives Highest National Recognition
PIGGOTT, Ark. – The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, has achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and to the museum-going public. [read more…]
Clay County
Writers Complete HPMEC Summer Retreat
PIGGOTT – Fourteen talented writers recently participated in the summer writers’ retreat at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC). Throughout the week, the writers came together to hone their skills and to form a community in Northeast Arkansas at the site where Ernest Hemingway penned much of his iconic [read more…]
Regional
Several NEA airports get upgrade money
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton, along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman on Tuesday (June 6) announced that 15 Arkansas airports will receive $2.7 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support facility upgrades and expansions. Several of those are located in NEA.
Clay County
Hemingway Museum announces details for August trip to Cuba
PIGGOTT, Ark. – The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center has announced new details for its August 2017 trip to Cuba.According to the museum, changes in travel policies to Cuba have allowed for a new, reduced price for the same itinerary. The current price is $3,650 for double occupancy. Details are [read more…]
Clay County
Two arrested for making school shooting threat in graffiti
PIGGOTT, Ark. – School shooting threats are taken especially serious in NEA and several suspects just learned this the hard way in Clay County. The Clay County Sheriff’s Department informed NEA Report two juvenile suspects, both boys, were arrested following graffiti found on April 15 at Chalk Bluff. In a [read more…]
Clay County
Hunters Enjoy Papa’s Upland Bird Hunt
PIGGOTT – Twenty hunters from around the country participated in the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum’s Papa’s Upland Bird Hunt and Dinner at Liberty Hill Outfitters in Rector last weekend. The hunt celebrated author Ernest Hemingway’s hunting legacy in Northeast Arkansas. Hemingway was a regular visitor at his in-laws, the Pfieffer family of [read more…]
