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10/15/2025

It’s Parade Day! 🎡🎢🎟️

10/12/2025

🎡 FAIR SCHEDULE

Enter Home Ec., Field Crops &
Horticulture Exhibits
Monday, October 13
8am - 12pm & 1pm - 5pm
No Exhibits will be accepted after 5pm.

Set Up Educational Booths
Sunday, October 12
1pm - 3pm
Monday, October 13
8am - 12pm & 1pm - 5pm

Large Show Animal Check-in
Monday, October 13
(no scheduled time)

Large Animal Livestock Show
Tuesday, October 14 @ 9am

Set Up Commercial Booths
Wednesday, October 15
1pm - 4pm

All Other Livestock Move in
Wednesday, October 15
1pm – 4pm & 6pm – 9pm

Parade
Wednesday, October 15 @ 5pm

Johnson’s Rides & Concessions
Open Wednesday after the Parade

Armband Nights:
Thursday and Saturday
6 - 10PM • Cost: $25
Opens Oct 15 after the Parade
and each night after at 6pm

Poultry and Rabbit Show
Thursday, October 16 @ 4pm

Bingo
Friday, October 17 - 1:00 p.m.

Jackpot Barrel Race
Friday, October 17 - 7:30 p.m.

Junior Livestock Premium Auction
Saturday, October 18 - 6pm

Livestock Check Out
Sunday, October 19
7am

Building Exhibit Check Out
Sunday, October 19
1pm – 3pm
Pick up Premium checks

Exhibit Building Hours for Viewing Exhibits
Wednesday, Oct 15 - after Parade - 9pm
Thursday, October 16 - 1pm - 9pm
Friday, October 17 - 1pm - 9pm
Saturday, October 18 - 12pm to 5pm - 9pm

10/08/2025

10/08/2025

📰🗞️

10/08/2025

Hope to see you in Helena at the 2025 King Biscuit Blues Festival! We play the Main Stage on Saturday, October 11th at 6 PM. What an amazing lineup of events from Wednesday through Sunday between the towns of Helena and Clarksdale this week. Visit https://kingbiscuitfestival.com/ and https://www.livefromclarksdale.org/biscuit for more information.

Main Stage Lineup:

FRIDAY: 1p Heavy Suga & the SweeTones | 2p Sterling Billingsley | 3p The Wampus Cats | 4p Reba Russell Band | 5p Gregg Martinez | 6p Paul Thorn | 7:30p Mr. Sipp

SATURDAY 1p-until: 1p Eden Brent | 2p Ghost Town Blues Band | 3p Chris O'Leary | 4p Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets | 5p 2 Blues for You | 6p Port City Blues Players | 7:30p John Nemeth | 8:40p The B.B. King Museum Blues Band

Also in Helena, check out the Front Porch Stage on Friday and Saturday were our friends Sean McDonald, Charlotte Taylor and Detroit Johnny and others are playing.

Be sure to check out the Quicksand Stage on Thursday, Friday and Saturday where our friends BBQ Bob & KK, Fonky Donkey, The Arkadelics, Big Papa Binns and many others are being featured.

Also, our Arkansas friends, Batterton & Edwards are playing at Delta Dirt Distillery (Helena), Ground Zero and at the Pinetop Homecoming (Clarksdale)....and Charlotte Taylor also plays at Levons (Clarksdale).

All event times available at the links above.

10/08/2025

🎉 The Lincoln County Fair Parade is Coming! 🎡

Mark your calendars — the parade rolls out Wednesday, October 15, at 5 p.m. and it’s bringing that small-town spirit back to the streets of Star City! 🇺🇸

📍 Parade Route:
• Begins on South Jefferson Street
• Floats line up on Washington Street before 4:15 p.m.
• Bicycle judging at First Assembly of God Church at 4:30 p.m.
• Judging will take place both while entries are stationary and as they pass the Town Square Clock Tower
• Parade ends at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds

🌾 This Year’s Theme: “Harvest Time Fun”
Businesses, churches, youth groups and neighbors are invited to join the fun with creative floats, bicycles and plenty of small-town pride!

🏆 Awards Given In:
• Commercial Division
• Church Division
• Non-profit Division
• Youth Division
• Sweepstakes Award for Best of Parade
🚲 Bicycles also earn prizes!

📞 To Enter:
Contact Alicia Hawkins at 870-628-4166
or Weldon Wynn at 870-510-1058

Let’s fill the streets with hometown cheer, smiles and community pride! 💙🤍

10/06/2025

10/05/2025

📸✨ We need YOUR Homecoming photos! ✨📸

We’re gathering shots from yesterday’s Homecoming celebrations — and we’d love to see your favorite memories. Bonus points if you have vintage Homecoming photos tucked away in an album!

👉 Your photo may even land on next week’s cover of The Lincoln Ledger.

📩 Drop your pics in the comments or email them to [email protected]

💭 Question: What’s your favorite Homecoming memory? (Share the year + the memory!)

(Stay tuned: we’ll make a separate post for 2025 Homecoming photos soon!)

10/04/2025

TODAY IS THE DAY! EVERYTHING IN STORE IS ONLY $1! YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS HUGE SALE!

10/04/2025

Contest time

🎨✨ COLOR THE FAIR, WIN BIG PRIZES! ✨🎨

It’s time to break out the crayons, markers, and colored pencils — the Lincoln County Fair Coloring Contest is here! 🥳

👉 Prizes Up for Grabs:

Children’s Division
🏆 Winner – Free Armband + Large Dessert Pizza from Simple Simon’s
2nd & 3rd Place – Free Ice Cream Cone from Rocky Road Café & Creamery

Adult Division
🏆 Winner – Bowling for Two at Timber Lodge in Monticello 🎳🍕

🔥 Now let’s talk rules so you can get your entry in:

👉 How to Enter:

Color the Fair coloring page (found in this week’s Lincoln Ledger, available at the usual pick-up spots — see pinned list on our page).
Send your finished page to us by Messenger or email: [email protected].
Mark your entry clearly for Children’s Division or Adult Division.
Deadline to submit: October 9.

👉 Voting:

All entries will be uploaded on October 10.
Winners chosen by likes and reactions on the original contest post.
Voting closes October 14 at midnight.
Winners announced October 15 — just in time for the Fair! 🎡🎉

👉 Other Important Info:

One entry per person.
Entries must be colored by the participant
Include your name and age (for children’s entries) when submitting.

✨ Let’s see that creativity shine, Lincoln County — we can’t wait to share your colorful Fair spirit with everyone! 🌟