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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

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)

(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.
Courthouse Restoration Underway

Courthouse Restoration Underway

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Courthouse Restoration Underway

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
RISON - A worker with MTS Contracting of Kansas City, Mo., works on repairing mortar between the bricks of the nearly 112-year-old Cleveland County Courthouse in Rison Tuesday afternoon.

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Local Students Graduate From Camden’s SAU Tech

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
EAST CAMDEN - SAU Tech celebrated its graduates with its annual commencement ceremonies on May 6, 2023. The College awarded 384 credentials to students from Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and other states. Many students earned more than one credential in their °eld of study.