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HERRING RECEIVES NATIONAL CERTIFICATION - Arkansas State Supreme Court Chief Justice John Dan Kemp (left) recently presented Cleveland County Deputy Circuit Brandy Herring (right) with her Certified Court Management certification after completing the three-year training course. The presentation was made last month in the chambers of the Arkansas Supreme Court in Little Rock. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Cummings)

HERRING RECEIVES NATIONAL CERTIFICATION - Arkansas State Supreme Court Chief Justice John Dan Kemp (left) recently presented Cleveland County Deputy Circuit Brandy Herring (right) with her Certified Court Management certification after completing the three-year training course. The presentation was made last month in the chambers of the Arkansas Supreme Court in Little Rock. (Photo courtesy of Jimmy Cummings)

Deputy Clerk Herring Becomes County’s First Certified Manager

News Staff
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
RISON - Deputy County/Circuit Court Clerk Brandy Herring has become Cleveland County’s first Arkansas Certified Court Manager after completing a three-year training course administered by the Arkansas Administrative Office of the Courts.
Christmas Auditions

Christmas Auditions

Theater Group Holding Auditions This Sunday

News Staff
Wednesday, September 7, 2022
RISON - The Cleveland County Community Theater is taking auditions for “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” from 2 to 4 p.m. this Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds in Rison. The show will be held Dec. 3 at the fairgrounds.
BALLOT DRAW

BALLOT DRAW

BALLOT DRAW

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
BALLOT DRAW - Woodlawn High School Student Council President Isabelle Vinson (right), a senior, pulls a name from a bowl held by John Appleget (center) of the Cleveland County Election Commission during the general election ballot draw Monday afternoon in the county courthouse.
Richard O’Neill

Richard O’Neill

Rison Man Praises Care at East Point Rehab in Star City

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Dear Editor, I caught Covid around Thanksgiving of 2021, didn’t go to the doctor right then, I should’ve because I’m a transplant, having had a kidney transplant back in 2010. On Dec. 3, my brother took me and my mother to JRMC and that’s when I was diagnosed with Covid.

Hwy 79-63 Junk Hunt Set For This October

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
RISON - The seventh annual Hwy. 79-63 Junk Hunt begins Thursday, Oct. 6, and runs through Saturday, Oct. 8 with miles of yard sales throughout Cleveland County and beyond county lines.

Correction

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
In last week’s Aug. 24, 2022, issue of the Herald, the story regarding school enrollment that began on page 1A and jumped to page 8A had a typographical error.

Kingsland To Take Action On Unsightly Properties

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
KINGSLAND - Owners of six properties within the Kingsland city limits that the city council considers to be the biggest viola‐tors of city ordinances regarding unkempt properties will be re‐ceiving certified letters this week letting them know the property needs to clean up.
Crosby Is New Mayor of Kingsland

Crosby Is New Mayor of Kingsland

Crosby Is New Mayor of Kingsland

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
KINGSLAND - Kingsland City Council member Sharon Crosby is now mayor of the city after the council formally accepted the resignation of former mayor Luke Neal during its regular monthly meeting last Thursday night at Kingsland City Hall.

Injury to Judge Spears Prompts Meeting Move

News Staff
Wednesday, August 31, 2022
RISON - Cleveland County Judge Melody Spears said she intends to chair the September meeting of the Cleveland County Quorum Court next Tuesday, though she will likely be doing it from a wheelchair af‐ter breaking several bones in an accident on Aug. 20.