Primary Election Set For This Tuesday

County Treasurer, County Coroner, Three Legislative Races Top Primary Ballot RISON – The 2012 Preferential Primary Election will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 22, at polling sites across Cleveland County. Ongoing early voting for the primary election will continue in the County...

Legion Hut Finally Razed

RISON – A piece of local history came to a end last Wednesday, May 9, when a crew from the Cleveland County Road Department razed the Hall-Morgan American Legion Hut in Rison. The log cabin structure, commonly referred to as the “Legion Hut” by locals, had fallen into disrepair in recent years and...

Kingsland Council Considers Several Issues at Meeting

KINGSLAND – Construction on an extension to the Kingsland Fire Department is expected to begin this week while Mayor Tim McClellan announced that he intends to pursue developing a park for the city. Meanwhile, Councilwoman Jennifer Williams said the mayor offered getting into a confrontation with some...

Longtime Band Director Pierce Among Those Resigning at RHS

RISON – The Cleveland County School Board voted Tuesday evening to accept the resignations of five employees, as well as hire one new person. The board accepted the following resignations: Food Service Director Mary VanNess, Girls Basketball/Softball Coach Karan Stewart, Boys Basketball Coach Cody...

Rison Class of 2012 To Graduate Thursday

RISON – The Rison High School Class of 2012 will have its graduation ceremony at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 17, at Wildcat Field, high school counselor Marlin Raines has announced. In case of rain, the ceremony will be moved inside the gym. The class consists of 51 candidates for graduation. The candidates,...

Miller, Walker Lead Woodlawn High Class of 2012

WOODLAWN – Woodlawn High School’s Class of 2012 graduated Tuesday night, May 15, with 42 seniors, 10 of which were honor graduates. Dillon Miller was valedictorian  of the class while Tara Walker earned the honor of salutatorian. Here are the 2012 Woodlawn High School honor graduates: Valedictorian...