Other Days

Glimpses from the Past

Glimpses from the Past

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: January 29, 2025

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
10  YEARS  AGOFEBRUARY  4,  2015The Cleveland County Quorum Court decided to table a request by the Cleveland County Head Start program Monday night, asking the county to apply for about a $500,000 low-interest federal loan to help build a new Head Start center at Woodlawn.
Glimpses from the Past

Glimpses from the Past

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: January 22, 2025

News Staff
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
10  YEARS  AGOJANUARY  28,  2015Local health and school officials are encouraging parents to keep their children at home from school if they begin to show symptoms of having the flu.
Glimpses from the Past

Glimpses from the Past

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: January 15, 2025

Stan Sadler
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
10 YEARS AGO JANUARY 21, 2015 Union Pacific Railroad officials are still looking into what may have caused a freight train to derail at the Oak Street crossing near the downtown area in Rison at about 5:15 Saturday evening.
Glimpses from the Past

Glimpses from the Past

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: January 8, 2025

Stan Sadler
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
10 YEARS AGO JANUARY 14, 2015 A movement by parents of public school students to have their children 'opt out' of assessment tests like the benchmark and end-of-course tests has school administrators, including those in Cleveland County, concerned that parents may not realize the consequences of...
Glimpses from the Past

Glimpses from the Past

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: December 31, 2024

News Staff
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
10 YEARS AGO JANUARY 7, 2015 After delivering several gloomy forecasts throughout the year that county general could finish 2014 with a negative balance, County Treasurer Jack Hopson told the Cleveland County Quorum Court Monday night that strong tax collections helped the county finish with more...
Glimpses from the Past

Glimpses from the Past

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: December 18, 2024

Stan Sadler
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
10 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 17, 2014 A Star City woman, Molly Mc-Cool, 42, linked to an attempt to have her estranged husband killed in Cleveland County early this year, has agreed to serve 15 years in prison as part of a plea agreement reached Monday in Cleveland County Circuit Court.
Glimpses from the Past

Glimpses from the Past

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: December 11, 2024

News Staff
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
10  YEARS  AGODECEMBER  10,  2014Supt. Dudley Hume showed the Woodlawn School Board Monday night some ideas he has picked up for a new "fitness trail" that will be built somewhere on the Woodlawn campus using a $150,000 grant.
GLIMPSES FROM THE PAST - This week's glimpse takes a look at a hardwood timber operation in the early days of the county. The work was being carried out in Moro Creek bottoms near Kingsland. This was in a time when teams of mules, horses and oxen were used to move the logs to nearby mills or tram roads. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler at sadler.stan@yahoo.com

GLIMPSES FROM THE PAST - This week's glimpse takes a look at a hardwood timber operation in the early days of the county. The work was being carried out in Moro Creek bottoms near Kingsland. This was in a time when teams of mules, horses and oxen were used to move the logs to nearby mills or tram roads. For questions or comments, contact Stan Sadler at sadler.stan@yahoo.com

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: December 4, 2024

News Staff
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
10  YEARS  AGODECEMBER  2,  2014Two representatives from Liberty Utilities Company, the company that provides water service for Pine Bluff and White Hall, told the Rison City Council Tuesday night that their company is interested in acquiring more utilities, but Mayor Vernon Dollar said selling the...
Glimpses from the Past

Glimpses from the Past

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: November 26, 2024

News Staff
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
(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.
Glimpses from the Past

Glimpses from the Past

Exclusive Subscriber Content

Other Days: November 20, 2024

News Staff
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
10  YEARS  AGONOVEMBER  19,  2014The board of the Cleveland County School District gave Supt. Johnnie Johnson permission to sign off on a settlement reached by the district's insurance company concerning a wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed by former Rison Elementary School principal Ron Sims.