Other Days: October 30, 2024

10  YEARS  AGOOCTOBER  29,  2014Voters across Cleveland County will head to the polls this Tuesday to decide on a number of federal, state and local offices, as well as a variety of issues. The only contested legislative race involving Cleveland County this year is that for House District 10 between the incumbent, Mike Holcomb of Pine Bluff, a Democrat, and his challenger, Patricia Mays of Drew County, a Republican. Voters in Whiteville township in northeastern Cleveland County will decide if they want to ban the sale of alcoholic beverages in their township.Bruce Grubb was re-elected as president of the Cleveland County School Board. Harrell Wilson is board vice president, with Rickey Spencer as secretary.Rison Shine Downtown Development's Trunk-or-Treat and the Rison Lions Club's "House of Horrors" haunted house will be held this Saturday evening in the downtown area. The Trunk-or-Treat will feature a costume contest for three divisions. The "House of Horrors" will be held at the old Cleveland County Hospital and Nursing Home on East Magnolia Street.In a wild back-and-forth shootout that saw Rison lead six times in the game and Bearden with the advantage five times, Friday night's big 8-2A Conference battle was climaxed by a touchdown with just 27 seconds left that lifted the Wildcats to a 43-36 win over the Bears. Rison, 7-1 on the season, had fallen behind Bearden, 36-35, with 2:36 to go in the game before scoring the winning TD.20  YEARS  AGONOVEMBER  3,  2004A one-fourth cent sales tax to support the Cleveland County Ambulance Service was the only tax proposal to get voter approval in Tuesday's general election. Two other separate tax proposals, one to bolster the "tight" county general fund, and the other to develop and maintain a county water reservoir, were both soundly defeated. Cleveland County vo...