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Food Truck Friday - June 21

Food Truck Friday - June 21

Pioneer Village, Rison Shine to Host Food Truck Friday

RISON - The Pioneer Village and Rison Shine will hold the summer's first Food Truck Friday this week, Friday, June 21.Food trucks will be available from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Village, located at 200 Yaney Drive.
CRUISIN' CLEVELAND COUNTY

CRUISIN' CLEVELAND COUNTY

Bike Ride Deemed Success; Roberts Sees Potential Growth

RISON - Rison Mayor Charles Roberts called the Second Annual Cruisin' Cleveland County Bike Ride held this past Saturday a success, and believes the event has the potential become even larger in the future.
Mallory Stuckey

Mallory Stuckey

Rison's Stuckey Among Top 5 in Miss Arkansas Teen

LITTLE ROCK - Miss Dogwood Peyton Bolling was crowned Miss Arkansas' Teen 2024 on Friday night at Robinson Center in Little Rock.Rison's own Mallory Stuckey placed as the third runner up in the contest.
POWER RESTORATION - A crew from Southern Electric Corporation removed a fence post in order to get to beginning digging up three underground power lines that feed electricity the Cleveland County Courthouse and the Cleveland County Sheriff's Department.

POWER RESTORATION - A crew from Southern Electric Corporation removed a fence post in order to get to beginning digging up three underground power lines that feed electricity the Cleveland County Courthouse and the Cleveland County Sheriff's Department.

Courthouse Looses Power on Monday

RISON - A power failure at the Cleveland County Courthouse Monday forced the complex to go to its generators for back-up power for most of the day Monday and the work day on Tuesday.County Judge Jimmy Cummings said the lights inside the courthouse began to blink at about 1 p.m.

First-Degree Murder Trial Scheduled To Begin Tuesday

RISON - A woman accused of shooting a Greenwood man to death in August 2022 outside a residence in Cleveland County is scheduled to go on trial next week, according to court records.Emily Brown, who was listed as a resident of Broken Arrow, Okla.

Petitions Will Be Available Friday, Saturday in Rison

RISON - Registered voters interested in supporting one of several proposed amendments can sign one of the petition forms during the Food Truck Friday this Friday evening at the Pioneer Village, organizers have announced.

CCSD Projects Financial 'Turnaround'

RISON - Superintendent Jerrod Williams informed the Cleveland County School Board in his final regular monthly meeting Monday night that the district is projected to carry over a net gain of about $300,000 in the general fund balance as the current fiscal year comes to an end June 30.

Woodlawn Board Approves Using New ALE School

RISON - On the same night that the Woodlawn School Board approved policies for students to attend the new alternative school at Kingsland, the board also supported a request by the administration to allow a student to attend the school.Superintendent Dr.