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Pictured (left to right) are the Under 10 Division winners Porter and Leann Belmares (first place), Sadie Montgomery (second place), Chance Poteet (third place); the Over 10 Division winners were Luke Roberts (second place) and Cassie Roberts (third place)

Pictured (left to right) are the Under 10 Division winners Porter and Leann Belmares (first place), Sadie Montgomery (second place), Chance Poteet (third place); the Over 10 Division winners were Luke Roberts (second place) and Cassie Roberts (third place)

Gingerbread House Contest Winners

News Staff
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
RISON - The CALL in Cleveland County, a Christian-based organization that supports local foster and adoptive families, and the Cleveland County Herald co-sponsored the Christmas in the Village Gingerbread House Workshop and Contest held this past Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Pioneer Village in Rison.

Quorum Court Approves Pay Increases

To Replace Bridges
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
RISON - County workers received a couple of early Christmas presents Monday night when the Cleveland County Quorum Court voted to give employees a one-time payment of 5 percent of their salary this month plus a 3 to 5 percent pay increase starting in January.
PARK PHOTO OPS - Pictured are Connie Roberts as Rudolph, Joe Freyer as Santa Claus and Mayor Charles Roberts as Santa's Elf.

PARK PHOTO OPS - Pictured are Connie Roberts as Rudolph, Joe Freyer as Santa Claus and Mayor Charles Roberts as Santa's Elf.

Christmas Festivities Kick Into Gear This Week

News Staff
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
RISON - For anyone needing to get into the holiday spirit, there will be plenty of opportunities to do so in Cleveland County this week.

Rison Takes Its First Step For Water, Sewer Projects

News Staff
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
RISON - The City of Rison took its first step toward using more than $7 million in grant money to improve the city's water and wastewater systems when the city began advertising "request for qualifications" this week for a construction manager to oversee the projects.

Herald Will Not Publish Paper Week of Dec. 25-29

News Staff
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
RISON - The Cleveland County Herald will not be publishing a newspaper during the week of Dec. 25-29 due to the newspaper taking its annual Christmas break, editor/publisher Britt Talent has announced. The Herald office will be closed from noon Friday, Dec. 22, through Monday, Jan. 1, 2024.
Beard House Progressing at Pioneer Village

Beard House Progressing at Pioneer Village

Beard House Progressing at Pioneer Village

News Staff
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
RISON - The John Samuel Be ard house, an authentic dogtrot style house originally built in the 1870's, is starting to take shape at the Pioneer Village in Rison as contractor Phillip Grantham and crew were busy installing the front porch on Tuesday.
PRUETT FAMILY AT QUILT UNVEILING - Pamela Ryburn Pruett and her family gather by the Service Men's Quilt that Pruett's grandmother helped make in 1944. From left to right back row: Luke Pruett, Tim Scholes, Kim Ryburn Ferguson, Thomas Pruett, Pam Ryburn Pruett, Lauren Mitchell, Penny Ryburn Scholes, Liam Pruett, Ken Pruett, Alicia Baldwin, Sara Mitchell, Pat Ryburn. Front: April Pruett and Elliot Pruett (University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Photo)

PRUETT FAMILY AT QUILT UNVEILING - Pamela Ryburn Pruett and her family gather by the Service Men's Quilt that Pruett's grandmother helped make in 1944. From left to right back row: Luke Pruett, Tim Scholes, Kim Ryburn Ferguson, Thomas Pruett, Pam Ryburn Pruett, Lauren Mitchell, Penny Ryburn Scholes, Liam Pruett, Ken Pruett, Alicia Baldwin, Sara Mitchell, Pat Ryburn. Front: April Pruett and Elliot Pruett (University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Photo)

Pruett Family Gifts Quilt Commemorating WWII

Tracy Courage Ua Division Of Agriculture
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
RISON, Ark. - A 1940s quilt embroidered with the names of more than 900 Cleveland County World War II veterans has quietly been passed down through generations of Artie Ryburn's family - and now it has once again changed ownership.
King, Shopher To Wed Dec. 30 at Wilson's Ridge

King, Shopher To Wed Dec. 30 at Wilson's Ridge

King, Shopher To Wed Dec. 30 at Wilson's Ridge

News Staff
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
David and Aundi Shopher, and Davy and Kim Kaye King, are delighted to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their children Christina Cheyenne Shopher and Grant Russell King.

School Lunches for Dec. 4-8

News Staff
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Rison Elementary Monday - rotini with meat sauce or crispy chicken sandwich. Tuesday - Tacos or hamburger. Wednesday - chicken nuggets or beef fingers. Thursday - breakfast or mini corndogs. Friday - pizza, pizza and sidekicks, Nachos for 4-6th grade.
(Courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture)

(Courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Plant Hardiness Zones Shift Across State

News Staff
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
LITTLE ROCK - Plant hardiness zones have shifted in Arkansas, but there's no cause for alarm in the Natural State according to Anthony Bowden, extension ornamental horticulture specialist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. The U.S.