Other Days: May 21, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOMAY  27,  2015The Kickstart Cleveland County Community Development Initiative is nearing the deadline of collecting responses to a community survey that will serve as a framework for future development projects and prove vital in the recruitment of businesses to the county.A...

Other Days: May 14, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOMAY  20,  2015The City of Kingsland is owed more than $70,000 in unpaid fines, and city marshal Ronnie Smith asked the Kingsland City Council Monday night if it wanted him to begin making arrests to force people to begin making those payments.

Other Days: May 7, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOMAY  13,  2015At Monday night's meeting of the Cleveland County School Board, Stan Sadler asked his fellow board members to consider some possible long-range construction projects for the district, including a new gym and technology center, and enlarging the cafeteria.The Woodlawn...

Other Days: April 30, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOMAY  6,  2015Alderman Jimmy Bowlin, who represents Ward B, Position 2, on the Rison City Council, resigned from his position during the regular monthly meeting of the council Tuesday night.

Other Days: April 23, 2025

10 YEARS AGO APRIL 29, 2015 Partners working with the Breakthrough Solutions community development program are expected to present some of their ideas for local development programs tomorrow night, when Kickstart Cleveland County meets here.

Other Days: April 16, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOAPRIL  22,  2015The Arkansas Department of Education handed out its "report cards" for local schools for the first time last week, and all of the schools in Cleveland County earned at least a "C" or better to compare favorably with other schools in this region of the state.

Other Days: April 9, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOAPRIL  15,  2015The old Woodlawn Elementary School building will be on campus for at least another year after the Woodlawn School Board rejected a construction bid that would have allowed the old building to be razed this summer.At a meeting last Thursday, held by the new Kickstart...

Other Days: April 2, 2025

10  YEARS  AGOAPRIL  8,  2015Get Rid of It, Inc., the county's solid waste contractor, canceled a scheduled appearance before the Cleveland County Quorum Court Monday night to contest the county's adjusted number of households it is serving under the county's contract.

Other Days: March 26, 2025

10 YEARS AGO APRIL 1, 2015 Cleveland County ranks as the 25th healthiest county among 75 counties in Arkansas, according to a survey released last week by the County Health Rankings group.

Other Days: March 19, 2025

10 YEARS AGO MARCH 25, 2015 Data from survey information will be important in recruiting businesses and adding tax revenue for Cleveland County. According to the total amount of local sales tax revenue distributed to each county in Arkansas in 2014, Cleveland County ranked among the lowest.