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Arkansas Heritage Council

Local Artist Featured by Arkansas Heritage Council

News Staff

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Belinda Lawson, a local artist from Pine Bluff and former art teacher for Rison High School, has been profiled by the Arkansas Heritage Arts Council for the Juried Artist Directory. Lawson’s profile can be viewed online at ArkansasHeritage.com

Photo courtesy Cleveland County Extension Service

Frey Represents County at 4-H Day

News Staff

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

RISON - Braydon Frey represented Cleveland County at 4-H Day, March 4 at the Arkansas State Capitol. Hundreds of 4-H adults and youth members attend 4-H Day at the Capitol in Little Rock.

Bottom row, left to right: Kenzie Power, Braylie Socia, Ry’Lee Davis, Jayden Salvador, Demorse McCloud, Reece Varnell; Top row, left to right: Jackson Neal, Niomi Brooks, Alaina Gurnsey, Jacqueline Gazaway, Serenity Wright and Zayleigh Webb. Not pictured: Bailey Spears and Ryann Morrison.

Rison Elementary Artists of the Month: February

News Staff

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

These Woodlawn Elemenetary students were nominated by their homeroom teachers for exhibiting good behavior and kindness throughout the month. Pictured left to right: Rylei Quail (5th grade), Eden Dively (2nd grade), Jace Gavin (4th grade), Grayson Sipes (1st grade), Isabelle Lowe (5th grade), Braelynn Blackwell (Kindergarten), Lydia Stone (3rd grade).

Woodlawn Elementary Students of the Month: February

News Staff

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Bottom row, left to right: Samuel Mang, Amelia Peterson, Savannah Adams, Titus Johnson, Amelia Miller; Top row, left to right: Emma Brown, Piper Phillips, Luella McKnight, Easton Gambill, Awnrey Bennett, Myleigh Dixon; Not pictured: Lyhann Belmares and Brittan Lucas.

Rison Elementary Artists of the Month: January 2025

News Staff

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Charles Cantwell Turns 100

News Staff

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

RISON - Charles Cantwell of Rison had his 100th birthday on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. ---I want to thank my loving wife, Brenda Rogers Cantwell, for 33 happy years.

(Photo compliments of Stan Sadler)

Photo: Deep Freeze Across County

News Staff

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

DEEP FREEZE - A couple of days of sub-freezing temperatures in Cleveland County resulted in what could be described as a frozen waterfall over the side of a stack of logs at the Wilson Brothers Saw Mill on Hwy. 79 south of Rison Tuesday.

Home of Brenna Staton

Yard of the Month: December 2024

News Staff

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

YARDS NAMED FOR DECEMBER 2024 - The Cleveland County Cultivators and Master Gardeners have shared the December 2024 Yards of the Month. Selected are the home of Brenna Staton, located at 16920 Hwy 79 in Kingsland, and the home of George and Karen Fox, located at 5120 Hwy 212 in Rison.

WES December Students of the Month

News Staff

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

WOODLAWN - These students were nominated by their Woodlawn Elementary hometown teachers for exhibiting good behavior and kindness throughout the month of December 2024.

"Y" Extension Club

Photo: Wilson Honored for 71 Years of Service to EHC

News Staff

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

RISON - Betty Wilson was honored Dec. 17, 2024, during the "Y" Extension Club Christmas party, with a beautiful handmade plaque for her 71 years of service in the "Y" Extension Homemakers Club. “Mrs. Betty has a wealth of knowledge about the extension club.