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Free Fishing Weekend June 9-11 Across State

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

ITTLE ROCK - Thanks to a proclamation by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, anyone may fish in Arkansas without a fishing license or trout stamp from noon Friday, June 9, through midnight Sunday night, June 11.

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Upcoming Reunions

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

New Edinburg Class of 1957 Gathering June 24 NEW EDINBURG - The New Edinburg Class of 1957 will hold its annual gathering Saturday, June 24 at the Bridge Creek Lodge.

Woodlawn Students Art Featured in YAA Exhibit

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Woodlawn Students Art Featured in YAA Exhibit

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Macie Marcantel (first grade), Ella Burris (fourth grade) and Aiden Womack (sixth grade), all students at Woodlawn Elementary, were featured in the annual Young Arkansas Artists Exhibition at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock. Each student won honorable mention for their grade level.

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Vacation Bible School This Week at Macedonia, Bethel #2

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

VBS June 4-9 at Macedonia MBC RISON - Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church will hold Vacation Bible School June 4-9 from 6 to 8 p.m. each night. The theme is Proclamation Safari Park. For more information, call Pastor Robert Norris at (870) 723-2967. Bethel No.

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Cummings Addresses Leaky Roofs at 4 County Buildings

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

RISON - County Judge Jimmy Cummings addressed leaky roof problems at four county buildings and also got approval for a settlement regarding a business sign that was damaged by a county road grader during the Cleveland County Quorum Court's regular monthly meeting Monday night.

DANNY JACKS MEMORIAL STATUE UNVEILING - Col. Ralph Tildon, retired U.S. Army Reserves, (left) and Mrs. Marcel Jacks (center), wife of the late Staff Sgt. Danny Lee Jacks of Rowell, unveiled a statue and plaque that were erected in Jacks' honor at the Cleveland County Veterans Park in Rison Saturday morning. Tildon served as an executive officer in the same Army company as Staff Sgt. Jacks in Vietnam. The two became close friends in annual reunions that the company held after the

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Danny Jacks' Service Recalled at Dedication

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

RISON - Col. Ralph Tildon recalled the first time he ever spoke with Staff Sgt. Danny Lee Jacks said a lot about the kind of person that Jacks was. It was in Vietnam in the fall of 1969 and Tildon was serving as an executive officer in the same Army company as Jacks.

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Increasing County's Internet Speeds Focus of Committee

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

RISON - County Judge Jimmy Cummings appointed a Cleveland County Broadband Committee Monday night that will develop a plan to utilize grant money to expand high speed internet service into the rural areas of the county.

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Act 605 Raising Rison Water Rates

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

RISON - Residents and businesses within the City of Rison will be feeling the financial impact of a new state law next month after the Rison City Council approved increases in the water and sewer rates over the next two years to put it compliance with Act 605.

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Fordyce Woman Dies in One-Car Wreck at Kingsland

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

RISON - Rae Payne, 47, of Fordyce, died early Sunday morning in a one-vehicle accident along Hwy. 79 at the Panther Creek bridge in Kingsland, Arkansas State Police reported. Payne, according the state police report, was driving a 2005 Honda Accord southbound along Hwy.

(Photo Courtesy of Kim Kaye King)

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Five From County Will Compete In Miss Arkansas, Teen Pageants

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

LITTLE ROCK - Cleveland County will have representation in both Miss Arkansas and Miss Arkansas' Teen pageant competitions held this week in Little Rock. Alli Beth King of Rison, the reigning Miss Southeast Arkansas will compete for the Miss Arkansas title during Saturday's pageant.