Other Days: January 31, 2024

10 YEARS AGO JANUARY 29, 2014 A man and a woman are facing charges involving the attempted murder of a man living in northern Cleveland County, Chief Deputy Gary Young of the Cleveland County Sheriff's Department reported. Young said that Joe Lunsford, 63, of Star City, and Molly McCool, 42, of Lincoln County, were arrested for their alleged connection with the attempted shooting of Sam McCool, 38, at a residence along Rodgers Road West Wednesday morning of last week. Young stated that Lunsford allegedly fired a shot from a long gun, narrowly missing McCool. Lunsford was arrested on Thursday, and Molly McCool on Friday. Officers indicated Lunsford was an associate of McCool's estranged wife, Molly McCool. Young said he could not comment on the motive for the shooting. An extended period of dry weather has made conditions ripe for wildfires throughout Arkansas, and Cleveland County is no exception. On the same day that Cleveland County Judge Gary Spears issued a burn ban, there were three wildfires that broke out across the county Monday, one north of Woodlawn, one at Rison, and another near New Edinburg. Mayor Charles Crain of Kingsland reported that city hall will soon be getting a new tile floor along with a new security system, both projects being funded with grants recently awarded to the city. Wesley Hogan, a junior at Rison High School, was elected state president at the 2014 Arkansas State Beta Convention held this past weekend in Hot Springs. Hogan was one of 13 candidates running for state president. This was the sixth consecutive year for Rison High School to have a student elected to a statewide office at the Arkansas Beta Convention. The states' new voter ID law begins this year, requiring a photo ID at the polls or sending in an absentee ballot. 20 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 4, 2004 The courtroom at the Cleveland County Courthouse will soon be carpeted after the Quorum Court approved the work Monday night. Application is being made for $500,000 in…