Other Days: Sept. 30, 2026

10 YEARS AGOOCTOBER 5, 2016Sheriff Jack Rodgers asked the Cleveland County Quorum Court if it could keep the county jail open, at least on a temporary basis, by reducing the number of prisoners until a more long-term solution is found.

Other Days: September 23, 2026

10 YEARS AGOSEPTEMBER 28, 2016Sheriff Jack Rodgers says he will ask the Cleveland County Quorum Court how it wants to proceed with handling prisoners to keep the county jail in compliance with state regulations.

Other Days: September 16, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOSEPTEMBER  14,  2016Cleveland County Sheriff Jack Rodgers has announced the first of a series of public meetings to inform the public about the proposed sales taxes supporting construction and maintenance/operations of a new county jail.

Other Days: September 9, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOSEPTEMBER  7,  2016School board races will be held in the county next Tuesday. In Zone 3 of the Cleveland County School District, sitting board member Charlene Freeman is being challenged by Amber Offutt. Willie Rainey is unopposed for a position on the Cleveland County School Board.

Other Days: September 2, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOAUGUST  31,  2016Cleveland County Sheriff Jack Rodgers told the Kingsland City Council that the state police may get involved in a matter regarding the return of a handgun that former Kingsland city marshal Ronnie Smith has yet to turn back in.

Other Days: August 26, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOAUGUST  24,  2016The Cleveland County Quorum Court approved a set of modified ordinances during a special meeting Tuesday night that will put two separate sales tax questions on the November 8 election ballot to support building and maintaining a new 47-bed county jail facility at...

Other Days: August 19, 2026

10 YEARS  AGOAUGUST  17,  2016Student enrollment is reported up at Rison High School and down at Rison Elementary, while both Woodlawn High School and Woodlawn Elementary reported gains in a survey of schools in the county. Enrollment is also slightly up at Kingsland Elementary School.

Other Days: August 12, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOAUGUST  10,  2016When the Cleveland County Quorum Court was debating how much of a sales tax to ask for in building and maintaining a proposed new 47-bed jail, there was a concerted effort by some members of the court to shave that total to 2 cents or less.

Other Days: August 5, 2026

10 YEARS AGO AUGUST 3, 2016 The Cleveland County Quorum Court voted 8-1 - Justice of the Peace Don Triplett of New Edinburg casting a no vote - Monday night to put two sales tax questions before voters this November, asking for a total of 2.5 cents to pay for building, maintaining and operating a...

Other Days: July 29, 2026

10 YEARS AGO JULY 27, 2016 Three boring crews are currently at work along Hwy. 79 between Kingsland and Fordyce, as ARK-O, the new local telephone company begins the first major phase of making infrastructure improvements to bring faster broadband internet speeds to its customers in Cleveland...