Other Days: August 27, 2025

10 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 The number of students is up in every school in Cleveland County compared to last year, bucking a trend of declining enrollment that is plaguing most school districts in southeast Arkansas.The Woodlawn School board approved a bid of $36,449.

Other Days: August 20, 2025

10 YEARS AGO AUGUST 26, 2015 Schools across the Arkansas, including those in both the Cleveland County and Woodlawn school districts, will be equipped with a new smart phone program this school year that will quickly notify law enforcement and other emergency personnel anytime there is a crisis on...

Other Days: August 13, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOAUGUST  19,  2015Construction on the new Dollar General store, to be located at the corner of Hwy. 79-35 in Rison, began this week, with a projected opening this fall. It will replace the Dollar General at the north end of Main Street in the business section of town.

Other Days: August 6, 2025

10 YEARS AGO AUGUST 12, 2015 Local residents who are part of the in-home services provided through the Cleveland County Health Unit began to flood the Rison office with calls early this week in the wake of the Arkansas Department of Health's announcement that it would be turning over its in-home...

Other Days: July 30, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOAUGUST  5,  2015Sewer extensions and improvements totaling over $355,000 are being made at three separate sites in the City of Rison. The improvements are being made with a $175,000 loan and grant money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Other Days: July 23, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOJULY  29,  2015Bill Randle, president of Treated Materials, Inc., announced Monday the pending sale of the company's Rison operations to Stella-Jones, a Canadian-based corporation that specializes in making pressure treated wood products.

Other Days: July 16, 2025

10 YEARS AGO JULY 22, 2015The Kingsland City Council decided in a special called meeting last Thursday night that it will eliminate its city marshal's position effective November 1, and that the Cleveland County Sheriff's Department will be responding to calls in the town after that date.

Other Days: July 9, 2025

10 YEARS AGO JULY 15, 2015 Gateway Bank, formerly The Bank of Rison, moved into their new building over the weekend and officially opened their new location at the northeast corner of Main and Second streets in downtown Rison. Amber Offutt is manager for the bank here.

Other Days: July 2, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOJULY  8,  2015Cleveland County Judge Gary Spears said he will ask the state to declare Cleveland County a disaster area following heavy downpours of rain over the Independence Day weekend that caused heavy damage to roads in the southern part of the county.

Other Days: June 25, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOJULY  1,  2015A high-speed chase that started in Cleveland County last Friday morning resulted in the arrest of a Virginia man, accused of stabbing his father to death last Thursday. Joshua Carroll Copeland, 31, of Abingdon, Virginia, was taken into custody at 11:45 a.m. Friday on U.S.