Other Days: October 8, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOOCTOBER  14,  2015Sheriff Jack Rodgers and Treasurer Jack Hopson announced their intentions to seek re-election in the upcoming 2016 primaries.Members of the Woodlawn School Board expressed their concerns to two state legislators - Rep. Mike Holcomb and Sen. Eddie Cheatham - Monday night about the impact state laws have on small school districts. The Detective Division of the Pine Bluff Police Department is asking for help in locating a young woman who has been missing since last Thursday, October 8. Maranda Goldman was last heard from after leaving the Goodwill Store in Pine Bluff at about 4:30 p.m. last Thursday. Cleveland County Sheriff Jack Rodgers confirmed that Goldman has been living in the Woodlawn community.The Rison in The Fall Festival will be held this Saturday at Pioneer Village here.Rison Mayor Vernon Dollar and others will be hosting 12 British veterans - nine men and three women - during a Veterans Worldwide Assistance Program, Inc., retreat this week in Rison.20  YEARS  AGOOCTOBER  5,  2005The Cleveland County Quorum Court voted 6-3 Monday night to give the county's ambulance service manager an additional $67 per week for a 90-day trial period. The ambulance department has been operating without a designated manager since its inception.The Rison in The Fall Festival will be held Saturday for its 16th year.Mrs. Toni Bradford of Pine Bluff, formerly of Cleveland County and a graduate of Rison High School, has announced her candidacy for the Democratic nominee for state representative, District 18, which includes northern Cleveland County and portions of Jefferson and Pulaski counties. The seat is currently held by Rep. Jay Bradford of White Hall, who is term limited.A bid of $483,914 was awarded for paving portions of two county roads - Ryburn Road, ...