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Revival May 17-20 at Kingsland MBC

Revival May 17-20 at Kingsland MBC

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Revival May 17-20 at Kingsland MBC

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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
KINGSLAND - Kingsland Missionary Baptist Church will be in Revival May 17-20, Pastor Rick Bolin has announced.Times are 6 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday-Wednesday with Evangelist Bro. Gary Copeland.

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Food Pantry May 16 at Macedonia MBC

News Staff
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
RISON - Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, located at 7370 Hwy. 35 South, will open its Food Pantry Saturday, May 16 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. The church holds its food pantry the third Saturday of each month.

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Retired Teachers Meeting May 12

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Wednesday, May 6, 2026
FORDYCE - The Cleveland/Dallas County Retired Teachers will meet at the Fordyce Civic Center (300 Hwy 167 Bypass) at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 12.Finger foods will be served and bingo will be played.

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Rison Methodist Food Pantry May 30

News Staff
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
RISON - Rison United Methodist Church will be hosting a food pantry from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m., Saturday, May 30, one week later.The church, located at 800 Main Street, typically holds its food pantry the fourth Saturday of each month.
FIBER OPTIC EXPANSION - The orange line above represent where Rally Networks is extending its fiber optic network in Cleveland County. While customers will be able to connect to fiber optic internet service through the expansion, Cleveland County Telephone is also converting its land line telephone service from copper to fiber optic to provide a more reliable phone connection with better clarity.

FIBER OPTIC EXPANSION - The orange line above represent where Rally Networks is extending its fiber optic network in Cleveland County. While customers will be able to connect to fiber optic internet service through the expansion, Cleveland County Telephone is also converting its land line telephone service from copper to fiber optic to provide a more reliable phone connection with better clarity.

Local Land Lines Being Upgraded to Fiber

News Staff
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
RISON - Rally Networks, the parent company of Cleveland County Telephone, has announced that it will be upgrading the service lines to all of its telephone customers from old copper lines to new fiber optic lines.

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Woodlawn Board Approves Bond Resolution for Projects

News Staff
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
WOODLAWN - The Woodlawn School Board approved two resolutions during a special meeting Tuesday night regarding the issuance of bonds related to the construction of the new career education center and other projects, but the exact amount of those bonds is still to be determined.

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Kingsland Approves Buying Fire Truck

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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
KINGSLAND - The Kingsland City Council approved a motion to spend up to $55,000 to buy a used fire truck that will serve as a back-up pumper for the Kingsland Volunteer Fire Department.
Pictured are Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department investigator Jakeb Croy and Deputy Stewart “Pic” Pickering with eight boxes of unused medications collected from within the county. (Photo compliments of Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department)

Pictured are Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department investigator Jakeb Croy and Deputy Stewart “Pic” Pickering with eight boxes of unused medications collected from within the county. (Photo compliments of Cleveland County Sheriff’s Department)

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Sheriff's Department Conducts Drug Take-Back

News Staff
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
RISON - The Cleveland County Sheriff's Department recently participated in the Statewide Drug Take-Back Program. The program gives citizens a secure location to dispose of unused medications. Those medications were taken to the department's dispatch center within the County Jail.

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Cleveland County Clean-Up is Saturday

News Staff
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
RISON - The annual Cleveland County Clean Up will be held Saturday, May 2 across the county from 9 a.m. to noon, sponsored by the Cleveland County Master Gardeners and County Cultivators in partnership with Keep Arkansas Beautiful.Three locations will be set up as meeting points.