Other Days: August 28, 2024

10 YEARS AGO AUGUST 27, 2014 Construction on a new outdoor recreation area at the Cleveland County jail is underway this week, as Sheriff Jack Rodgers begins to make improvements to keep the jail in compliance with state regulations.

Other Days: August 21, 2024

10  YEARS  AGOAUGUST  20,  2014Anyone who has an unpaid balance on their solid waste bills should not expect those charges to disappear once the new 2-cent solid waste tax for trash pickup goes into effect on October 1, according to Jack Hopson, Cleveland County treasurer.

Other Days: August 14, 2024

10 YEARS AGO AUGUST 13, 2014 The board of the Cleveland County School District unanimously approved a new policy Monday night that outlines the fees and requirements for public use of school facilities for both athletic and non-athletic events.

Other Days: August 7, 2024

 10 YEARS AGO AUGUST 6, 2014 Trash bills for all residents of Cleveland County, including those living in Rison, will end when the new 2-cent sales tax goes into effect on October 1.

Other Days: July 31, 2024

10 YEARS AGO, JULY 30, 2014The Bob and Brenda Young family of the Rye community has been named Cleveland County's "Farm Family of the Year" for 2014.

Other Days: July 24, 2024

10  YEARS  AGOJULY  23,  2014County Judge Gary Spears says that new regulations to protect the rabbitsfoot mussel that lives in the Saline River are coming to Cleveland County, but the scope of those regulations and how they will impact the way landowners can use their property is still to be...

Other Days: July 17, 2024

10  YEARS  AGOJULY  16,  2014Demolition of the old two-story Phoenix Hotel on Main Street in Rison could begin within the next week, Troy Duke, president of The Bank of Rison, announced.

Other Days: July 10, 2024

 10 YEARS AGO JULY 9, 2014 At Monday night's meeting of the Cleveland County Quorum Court, treasurer Jack Hopson told justices of the peace that county general will likely finish 2014 with a negative balance, partly due to the sales tax, as a whole, being down in the county for most of the year.

Other Days: July 3, 2024

 10 YEARS AGO JULY 2, 2014 An effort is currently underway in Whiteville township of northeastern Cleveland County to collect enough signatures of registered voters to put an initiative on the November general election ballot that would make Whiteville a 'dry' township, prohibiting the sale of...

Other Days: June 26, 2024

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