Other Days: May 31, 2023

10 YEARS AGO MAY 29, 2013 New Woodlawn School Superintendent Dudley Hume and family visited with staff members and others during a 'meet-and-greet' session at the school last Thursday. Hume, currently superintendent of the Webbers Falls (Okla.

Other Days: May 24, 2023

10 YEARS AGO MAY 22, 2013 Sigma Holdings, Inc., of Little Rock announced last Friday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of The Bank of Rison. Sigma consists of a group of investors led by Troy Duke of Little Rock and Lewis Ray 'LR' Gardner of Royal.

Other Days: May 17, 2023

10 YEARS AGO MAY 15, 2013 Dudley Hume, superintendent at Webbers Falls School in Oklahoma, was chosen as the new superintendent at Woodlawn School to succeed Billy Williams, who is leaving to take the head job at Drew Central School.

Other Days: May 10, 2023

10 YEARS AGO MAY 8, 2013 Cleveland County continues to make headway on collecting delinquent taxes, but county officials are also keeping a eye on revenue for county general.

Other Days: May 3, 2023

10 YEARS AGO MAY 1, 2013 District 26 State Senator Eddie Cheatham and District 10 State Representative Mike Holcomb gave the Cleveland County Democratic Committee a rundown of the 2013 legislative session during a meeting Tuesday afternoon at the fairgrounds meeting hall in Rison.

Other Days: April 26, 2023

10 YEARS AGO APRIL 24, 2013 While no one has been formally charged for setting the fire a little more than a year ago that destroyed Rison City Hall, investigators feel that they are close to possibly making an arrest in the case if they can only get a little more evidence.

Other Days: April 19, 2023

10 YEARS AGO APRIL 17, 2013 School districts throughout the region have mixed emotions about a new School Choice bill that would essentially remove the racial component from the state's School Choice Act.

Other Days: April 12, 2023

10 YEARS AGO APRIL 10, 2013 Brig. General Roger L. Mc-Clellan, a New Edinburg native and now commander of the Arkansas National Guard, flew into Rison by helicopter Saturday to deliver the keynote address for the formal opening of the new Hall-Morgan Veterans Building across from the court square.

Other Days: April 5, 2023

(The following items were compiled by Stan Sadler from files of past issues of the Cleveland County Herald. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler, P.O. Box 325, Rison, AR 71665, phone (870) 830-2056 or 870-325-6412; or email at sadler.stan@yahoo.com) 95 YEARS AGO APRIL 5, 1928 F.W.

Other Days: March 29, 2023

95 YEARS AGO MARCH 29, 1928 Sheriff Jno. E. Smith and two special deputies captured their second large whiskey still during the past two weeks Tuesday shortly after noon. The raid was made near Mahoney's Ferry in Whiteoak township, 10 miles northwest of Rison.