Other Days: April 22, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOAPRIL  20,  2016Following a pattern experienced by most schools in the state, four of the five schools in Cleveland County saw their "letter grades" drop this year after the Arkansas Department of Education released the 2015 Performance Report Cards late last week.

Other Days: April 15, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOAPRIL  13,  2016Teachers in the Cleveland County School District received an unexpected pay raise Monday night, when the school board decided by a 5-2 vote to double Supt. Johnnie Johnson's recommendation and give certified staff an across-the-board $1,000 pay increase.

Other Days: April 8, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOAPRIL  6,  2016Right after the county Road Department was beginning to make progress on damages from recent flooding, another round of heavy rain hit the county last Wednesday, wiping out many of those repairs and forcing Cleveland County Judge Gary Spears to consider how the county...

Other Days: April 1, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOMARCH  30,  2016The Rison City Council will decide Tuesday if it would like to move forward on a possible $350,000 loan that would provide the city with enough money to replace the city's aging mechanical water meters with new digital meters.

Other Days: March 25, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOMARCH  23,  2016While Cleveland County Judge Gary Spears says the price tag for repairs to roads damaged by heavy rains earlier this month is still expected to come in about $100,000, he said the cost is just a fraction of what it would have been just a few years ago.

Other Days: March 18, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOMARCH  16,  2016Heavy rain over a six-day period last week closed schools, flooded state highways and left the Cleveland County Road Dept. with a massive repair effort that Judge Gary Spears said could take a month to complete.

Other Days: March 11, 2026

10 YEARS  AGOMARCH  9,  2016The first-ever Historic Hwy. 35 Junk Hunt held last Thursday through Saturday was deemed a huge success. Vendors and local businesses up and down the 120-mile stretch of Hwy. 35 from Benton to Dermott through Cleveland County reported brisk sales.

Other Days: March 4, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOMARCH  3,  2016Cleveland County voters selected Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas over New York businessman Donald Trump in the Republican primary, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of New York over Sen.

Other Days: February 25, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOFEBRUARY  24,  2016Voters will be deciding on the presidential nominees for the Democratic and Republican parties as well as some Arkansas Supreme Court positions when they go to the polls next Tuesday for the Preferential Primary and Non-Partisan Judicial elections.

Other Days: February 18, 2026

10  YEARS  AGOFEBRUARY  17,  2016Early voting started Tuesday for the 2016 Preferential Primary and Non-Partisan Judicial General Elections. The elections will both be March 1.