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Other Days: July 31, 2024

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Wednesday, July 31, 2024
10 YEARS AGO, JULY 30, 2014The Bob and Brenda Young family of the Rye community has been named Cleveland County's "Farm Family of the Year" for 2014.The old Phoenix Hotel and adjoining buildings on Main Street in downtown Rison received yet another reprieve this week, when equipment problems and a...
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Other Days: July 24, 2024

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
10  YEARS  AGOJULY  23,  2014County Judge Gary Spears says that new regulations to protect the rabbitsfoot mussel that lives in the Saline River are coming to Cleveland County, but the scope of those regulations and how they will impact the way landowners can use their property is still to be...
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Other Days: July 17, 2024

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
10  YEARS  AGOJULY  16,  2014Demolition of the old two-story Phoenix Hotel on Main Street in Rison could begin within the next week, Troy Duke, president of The Bank of Rison, announced.
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Other Days: July 10, 2024

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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
10 YEARS AGO JULY 9, 2014 At Monday night's meeting of the Cleveland County Quorum Court, treasurer Jack Hopson told justices of the peace that county general will likely finish 2014 with a negative balance, partly due to the sales tax, as a whole, being down in the county for most of the year.
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Other Days: July 3, 2024

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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
10 YEARS AGO JULY 2, 2014 An effort is currently underway in Whiteville township of northeastern Cleveland County to collect enough signatures of registered voters to put an initiative on the November general election ballot that would make Whiteville a 'dry' township, prohibiting the sale of...
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Other Days: June 26, 2024

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024
10 YEARS AGO JUNE 25, 2014 The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights at Dallas, Texas, is investigating a Title IX complaint filed against the Cleveland County School District, alleging that female athletics are not given the same opportunities as their male counterparts at Rison...
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Other Days: June 19, 2024

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024
10 YEARS AGO JUNE 11, 2014 With local schools now dismissed for the summer break, several programs are gearing up around Cleveland County to make sure those students who rely on free and reduced lunches are not going hungry while they are out of school.
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Other Days: June 12, 2024

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024
10 YEARS AGO JUNE 11, 2014 After seeing a slow decline in enrollment numbers in recent years, the Woodlawn School District may finally see some benefits from the new School Choice Act, as the board approved 48 transfer requests during its regular monthly meeting Monday night.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2024
10 YEARS AGO JUNE 4, 2014 The Rison City Council discussed Tuesday night when the city would stop collecting its monthly trash bills, but decided to let the final decision come down to what Mayor Vernon Dollar and County Judge Gary Spears can work out.
GLIMPSES FROM THE PAST - The people seen in this glimpse fro m the past are not identified, but this is the old Mosley home and a couple of cars in front of the residence on East Magnolia Street (Hwy. 133) in Rison in 1927. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler at sadler.stan@yahoo.com

GLIMPSES FROM THE PAST - The people seen in this glimpse fro m the past are not identified, but this is the old Mosley home and a couple of cars in front of the residence on East Magnolia Street (Hwy. 133) in Rison in 1927. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler at sadler.stan@yahoo.com

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Other Days: May 29, 2024

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Wednesday, May 29, 2024
10 YEARS AGO MAY 28, 2014 Despite having fewer contested races, voter turnout in Cleveland County for last week's primary election ranked among the top third in Arkansas, according to data released by the Secretary of State's office.