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Today, we’re diving into a delicious and nutritious dish that combines the creamy comfort of macaroni and cheese with the natural sweetness of butternut squash.

Point Chicot, a boat landing on the Mississippi River in what is now Chicot County was named either by men going up and down the river or by eighteenth-century French colonists in the area. Chicot means stumpy or knobby, and the area was given the name due to the many Cypress trees growing there.

Pep Rally Fun!

The Calhoun County Farm Bureau held its annual meeting on Thursday, September 21. With over 25 in attendance, the organization reviewed activities for the previous year, appointed board members and officers for the next year, and Austin Lester from the State Office explained ’What Farm Bureau is’ to the group. Hampton FFA officers attended the meeting as guest speakers. Chapter President Sara Avant spoke to the group about all the activities that they have been involved in and upcoming events and contests. The September Student of the Month was announced: Claire Beaver.

Blessings were showered upon our little community last Saturday at the Hampton High School gym. A large variety of items were given away to those who needed or wanted them. There were clothing for men, women, boys, girls, and infants.

While many high school graduates spent the summer prepping for college or looking for a job, Brooke Ricker started a business venture in downtown Hampton – Second Chances Clothing Resale and Miss Glitz Pageant Rentals.

2023 HHS Homecoming Court

Thank you to the Calhoun County Extension Service staff, fair superintendents, Extension Homemakers, supporters and exhibitors who made the 2023 fair a success.

Qualified for State

These pumpkins weigh in at 311 and 435 Pounds and can be seen on 6th Street thanks to Greg Hearnsberger.

Calhoun County Assessor, Teresa Carter, announced that Kinley Shankles of Fordyce is the 2022-23 recipient of the seventeenth annual Borden-McClendon Scholarship.

Calhoun County became recognized as StormReady on September 14, 2023, by working with the National Weather Service Office in Little Rock. Calhoun County completed the necessary requirements, which were created to help community leaders and emergency managers better prepare and respond to hazardous weather impacting the citizens of Calhoun County by ensuring that they have multiple ways to receive and disseminate hazardous weather information. The hard work that Donna Steelman, Calhoun County’s OEM Director, put into getting Calhoun County StormReady has the county certified through 2027.