Other Days: May 3, 2023

10 YEARS AGO MAY 1, 2013 District 26 State Senator Eddie Cheatham and District 10 State Representative Mike Holcomb gave the Cleveland County Democratic Committee a rundown of the 2013 legislative session during a meeting Tuesday afternoon at the fairgrounds meeting hall in Rison.

Other Days: April 26, 2023

10 YEARS AGO APRIL 24, 2013 While no one has been formally charged for setting the fire a little more than a year ago that destroyed Rison City Hall, investigators feel that they are close to possibly making an arrest in the case if they can only get a little more evidence.

Other Days: April 19, 2023

10 YEARS AGO APRIL 17, 2013 School districts throughout the region have mixed emotions about a new School Choice bill that would essentially remove the racial component from the state's School Choice Act.

Other Days: April 12, 2023

10 YEARS AGO APRIL 10, 2013 Brig. General Roger L. Mc-Clellan, a New Edinburg native and now commander of the Arkansas National Guard, flew into Rison by helicopter Saturday to deliver the keynote address for the formal opening of the new Hall-Morgan Veterans Building across from the court square.

Other Days: April 5, 2023

(The following items were compiled by Stan Sadler from files of past issues of the Cleveland County Herald. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler, P.O. Box 325, Rison, AR 71665, phone (870) 830-2056 or 870-325-6412; or email at sadler.stan@yahoo.com) 95 YEARS AGO APRIL 5, 1928 F.W.

Other Days: March 29, 2023

95 YEARS AGO MARCH 29, 1928 Sheriff Jno. E. Smith and two special deputies captured their second large whiskey still during the past two weeks Tuesday shortly after noon. The raid was made near Mahoney's Ferry in Whiteoak township, 10 miles northwest of Rison.

Other Days: March 22, 2023

(The following items were compiled by Stan Sadler from files of past issues of the Cleveland County Herald. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler, P.O. Box 325, Rison, AR 71665, phone (870) 830-2056 or 870-325-6412; or email at sadler.stan@yahoo.com) 95 YEARS AGO MARCH 22, 1928 W.W.

Other Days: March 15, 2023

95 YEARS AGO MARCH 15, 1928 One of the largest illicit liquor manufacturing outfits ever seen in Cleveland County was captured in a raid Tuesday afternoon by sheriff Jno. E. Smith, deputy sheriff S.H. Burford and marshal Rufus Smith of Kingsland.

Other Days: March 8, 2023

95 YEARS AGO MARCH 8, 1928 For the first time in its history, Cleveland County will furnish a governor of Arkansas. When Lt. Governor Harvey Parnell goes into the governor's office within the next few days, he will be the first native son of this county to be the state's chief executive. Lt.

Other Days: March 1, 2023

95  YEARS  AGO MARCH  1,  1928 Approximately $164,000 is being spent this year on state roads in Cleveland County, with most of the work being done in the vicinity of Pansy.