Other Days: March 12, 2025

10 YEARS AGO MARCH 18, 2015 As construction continues on its new building in downtown Rison, The Bank of Rison will be opening its first branch bank next month in Malvern, the new branch in Hot Spring County to operate under the name of The Bank of Rison.

Other Days: March 5, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOMARCH  11,  2015Cleveland County was hit with its fourth winter storm since February 16 last Wednesday night and Thursday morning, as some areas of the county reported 3 to 4 inches of sleet and snow. The storm caused schools in the county to dismiss classes Thursday and Friday.

Other Days: February 26, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOMARCH  4,  2015Snow totals ranging from 5 to 8 inches were reported across Cleveland County last Wednesday, February 25, as the area was hit with its third round of winter precipitation within a 10-day period.

Other Days: February 19, 2025

10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 25, 2015 A second round of winter weather hit Cleveland County Monday, closing both school districts and leaving a coat of ice over all the main roadways.

Other Days: February 12, 2025

10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 18, 2015 The first significant winter storm of the season hit Cleveland County early Monday morning, leaving thousands without power and blocking several roadways with toppled trees and broken branches and forcing postponements and delays.

Other Days: February 5, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOFEBRUARY  11,  2015The board of the Cleveland County School District voted Monday night to approve a motion to refinance some existing bonds that will save the district about $140,000 in interest charges.

Other Days: January 29, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOFEBRUARY  4,  2015The Cleveland County Quorum Court decided to table a request by the Cleveland County Head Start program Monday night, asking the county to apply for about a $500,000 low-interest federal loan to help build a new Head Start center at Woodlawn.

Other Days: January 22, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOJANUARY  28,  2015Local health and school officials are encouraging parents to keep their children at home from school if they begin to show symptoms of having the flu.

Other Days: January 15, 2025

10 YEARS AGO JANUARY 21, 2015 Union Pacific Railroad officials are still looking into what may have caused a freight train to derail at the Oak Street crossing near the downtown area in Rison at about 5:15 Saturday evening.

Other Days: January 8, 2025

10 YEARS AGO JANUARY 14, 2015 A movement by parents of public school students to have their children 'opt out' of assessment tests like the benchmark and end-of-course tests has school administrators, including those in Cleveland County, concerned that parents may not realize the consequences of...