RISON - It was an eventual start to 2023 in Cleveland County as Rison High School was having to find a head football coach for the first time in 25 years, new County Judge Jimmy Cummings was having to deal with storms on nearly a monthly basis, and the Woodlawn Bears picked up their ninth state baseball championship. Here is a look back at the first six months of the year in Cleveland County:
January
With reports of as much as eight inches of rain falling in Cleveland County between Monday night through Tuesday morning, Jan. 2-3, newly installed County Judge Jimmy Cummings was welcomed to the job with a number of washouts and flooded roadways across the county, including one that required a motorist to be rescued.
Rison Mayor Charles Roberts announced that the city has been awarded more than $7 million in federal American Rescue Plan money to make improvements to the city’s water and wastewater facilities.
Residents wanting a second trash can for their weekly trash pick up will have to pay for it on their own after the Cleveland County Quorum Court voted in a new policy during its January meeting.
Cleveland County Judge Jimmy Cummings said the county would close Woodlawn Community Park in February if a lease agreement or change of ownership of the park property is not made before then. Cummings’ remarks came after the county learned that ownership of the 38-acre facility had been turned over to the county shortly after it was formed in 1977. The county preferred the property go back to local control rather than the county be responsible for the property.
Homeowners within the service area of the Pansy Volunteer Fire Department could see a decrease in their insurance premiums after Pansy Fire Chief Jerry Pennington announced that the department was a awarded a Class 5 rating by the Insurance Services Office (ISO).
Cleveland County sees changes with its representation in the state legi...
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