December Yard of the Month

Pioneer Village at Rison

Cleveland County Courthouse at Christmas

Ashleigh Ellis, Kytelynn Haynes, TaNiya Miller, Jasmine Slaughter, Allie Crutchfield, Steven Puckett, Kinley Bush

GINGERBREAD HOUSE CONTEST AGES 5 AND UNDER - The top three finishers in the The Call of Cleveland County’s Gingerbread House Contest sponsored by the Cleveland County Herald were (left to right) first place, Kye Grubb, age 3; second place, Lorelai Webb, age 3; and third place, Jett Grubb, age 4.

Woodlawn Elementary November Students of the Month - These students exhibited “gratitude,” which was the November ‘Paw’sitive Word of the Month at Woodlawn Elementary. Pictured are Front Row: Ellarae Zorneck (1st grade), Landree Sullivan (2nd grade), Grace McDaniel (Kindergarten); Back Row: Ryler Shell (3rd grade), Shelby Nooner (5th grade), Easton Franks (6th grade), Jennifer Botello (4th grade).

Alli Beth King & Kaylea Chastain

Woodlawn Students Compete for Top Spots in School Spelling Bee

Austin Howard (center), a third baseman/right-handed pitcher for the Woodlawn Bears baseball team, has signed a letter of intent to play baseball for the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain Community College at Mena. Austin is listed as a 6-2, 185-pound senior on the 2022-23 Woodlawn baseball roster. His parents, John and Stacy Howard, joined him at the signing ceremony held Tuesday afternoon at Woodlawn School.

Two from Cleveland County earned titles at the Buck Fever Festival held Nov. 12 in Banks. Gracen White, 15, (right) is the daughter of Derek and Hayley White, and is in the 10th grade at Rison High School. She was crowned Junior Miss Buck Fever. Josie Miller, 9, (left) is the daughter of Justin and Joye Miller, and a member of the Classical Conversations Homeschool Program. She was crowned Miss Petite Buck Fever.