Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Opens July 8

Starting July 8, on a first-come first served basis, residential households can apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) through the network communitybased action agencies that serve the county in which they live in.

Arkansas Challenge Scholarship Application Deadline Monday

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - July 1 is the deadline for students to apply for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship enrolling in a two- or four-year college or university in the fall.

Mainline Part of Food, Health ‘Innovation’ for Better Care

MONTICELLO – Nutritious food can help address obesity, diabetes, and heart disease and pave the way for a healthy life – but one in four children in Arkansas faces food insecurity.Mainline Health Systems, Inc.

Browning Recalls Searching For Daughter

RISON - Helen Browning was at work at Belle View Estates Nursing Home in Monticello when she first learned about the mass shooting at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce through text messages from friends and relatives starting a 12:06 p.m.

FBT Bank Has Fund for Victims

FBT Bank will be paying the funeral expenses for all four victims from last Friday's mass shooting at Fordyce. In addition, the bank has set up donation funds to benefit any specific or all victims from the tragedy. Donations can be made through any FBT Bank branch.

County Line VFD Meeting is July 9

NEW EDINBURG - The County Line Fire Department near New Edinburg will be holding its annula meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at Fire Station 1, the department has announced.

New Edinburg Man Arrested For Shootings

RISON - Travis Eugene "Joey" Posey, 44, of New Edinburg, is facing four counts of capital murder after four people died and 10 others were injured in a mass shooting last Friday at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce. Posey is being held without bond in the Ouachita County jail at Camden.

Kingsland Victims Being Remembered For Heroic Efforts

RISON - Callie Weems and Roy Sturgis, both of Kingsland, are being remembered for their heroic actions during last Friday's deadly mass shooting at the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce.Weems, 23, and Sturgis, 50, were two of the four fatalities that resulted from the shooting.Col.

First Food Truck Friday Success; Organizers Planning to Add Trucks

RISON - The first Food Truck Friday event held this past Friday, June 21, has been deemed a success by organizers within Rison Shine Community Development and the Pioneer Village.The event is a joint venture between the two organizations under Kickstart Cleveland County.

People With Local Ties Recall Near Misses at Fordyce Shooting

RISON - While Cleveland County residents were among the victims of last Friday's deadly mass shooting at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce, there were also others from the county who narrowly missed being part of the tragic event.