Photo Courtesy of Marybeth Byrd

LAST CALL TO PERFORM AT FALL FESTIVAL - Matt Wilkerson and his band Last Call perform at one of their recent shows in Arkansas. The band will be one of the acts to play at this year’s Rison in the Fall Festival, Saturday, Oct. 12. Wilkerson is a guest on this week’s Free Range Conversations podcast episode streaming now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and on clevelandcountyherald.com (Photo courtesy of Samantha Plumlee)

RISON WATER TANK IMPROVEMENTS - A giant curtain covers the "Tin Man" water tank located next to the courthouse in Rison as work begins on more than $7 million in grants to improve the city's water and wastewater infrastructure. (Photo by Rison High School EAST Lab)

FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY BRINGS PEOPLE TO PIONEER VILLAGE - Angelica Glass performs during the Aug. 16 Food Truck Friday event at the Pioneer Village at Rison. The next Food Truck Friday is Sept. 20. During this week's Free Range Conversations podcast, Pioneer Village President Marty Bowlin shares the impact the food truck partnership with Rison Shine Community Development has made on the Village. Bowlin also touches on reviving the Pioneer Crafts Festival, and the paranormal activity recently discovered.

LOW DOSE CT ADVOCATE - This is a screen shot take of Malinda Mc Knight of the Staves community in her video testimonial for CART. McKnight has become an advocate Low-Dose CTs after the simple scan helped her find her cancer in the early stages.

(Photo courtesy of Herschel S. Garner)

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RISON'S OWN SPARTAN CATCHES THE FEVER - Rison's Les Walz, pictured here competing in a Spartan Race in 2021, sits down for this week's episode of the Herald's Free Range Conversations podcast. He shares stories of his time as Cleveland County's extension agent, growing up in Germany, and how he caught the competitive exercise fever.

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NASHVILLE CONNECTIONS - Rison in the Fall organizer Douglas Boultinghouse (right) with this year's festival headliner, Charles Esten (left), during a visit to Nashville in 2014.