LITTLE ROCK – The Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) awarded its annual safety awards during its 54th annual conference, held Aug. 10-12, 2022, in Hot Springs/Garland County.The Safety Award Program was established by the AAC to recognize those counties that have made outstanding efforts to provide a safe working environment for employees. Each county is…
Maria Gonzalez, a 2022 graduate of Hermitage High School, has accepted a Freshman Recognition Scholarship to attend South Arkansas Community College this fall. She is the daughter of Domingo and Ana Gonzalez of Hermitage.
The Class of 2023 at both Warren High School and Hermitage High School gathered together Monday morning in their respective communities to celebrate their final first day of school. The Warren group gathered at the Warren Baseball/Softball Complex, while the Hermitage seniors took a photo in front of Hermitage High. Monday, August 15, 2022 was…
An online bake sale and auction is scheduled for Friday, August 19, 2022 to help support baby Charlotte Wilkerson and her parents Elise and Conner Wilkerson of Hermitage. Baby Charlotte was born at 30 weeks with one kidney and was flown to the NICU in Birmingham, Alabama. The proceeds of this bake sale & auction…
The new Jersey Rural Fire Department (JRFD) will have an orgizational meeting at Shady Grove Baptist Church, August 27, at 9:00 a.m. Jersey Rural includes Moro Bay, Hilo, Lanark and Gravelridge. Once fully established, they hope to support currently established Fire departments in both Bradley and Calhoun Counties. They need volunteers for the following positions:…
Although Bradley County and South Arkansas have received some rainfall over the past few days, the northern third of the County remains in what the National Weather Services considers abnormally dry conditions. Less than a tenth of an inch of precipitation has fallen across the upper half of Bradley County. An isolated area near Hermitage…
Local area banks, including Union Bank, First State Bank, and Warren Bank, partnered with SATCO to provide a luncheon Friday, August 12 at the Hermitage Baptist Church Fellowship Hall for Hermitage School District teachers and staff. A good crowd of teachers attended ahead of the start of students arriving on campus Monday.
Due to limited space in the barn, all livestock exhibitors must contact the Bradley County Extension Service at 870-226-8410 to reserve space for your livestock exhibitions. Cage and pen allotments will be made on a first come first serve basis. The following health requirements must be shown to the Livestock Barn Superintendent prior to unloading…
The ballot is set in local Bradley County races for the November 8, 2022 election, with both City of Warren, Warren School Board, and City of Hermitage candidates officially filed as of the deadline, August 10 at noon. The following is the final ballot for those local races(Please note that we have listed the names…
A noticeable change is taking place this school year throughout the Hermitage School District, as every Wednesday school will be dismissed one hour earlier than the typical day. In the official calendar released Sunday, the school district says that they are implementing “a designated Professional Learning Community(PLC) time” on Wednesday afternoons. This hour without students…
Bradley County Chamber of Commerce board members discussed a variety of subjects during their monthly board meeting Monday at Bradley County Economic Development Corp. Attending the meeting were Executive Director Terrie White and directors James Wells, Ron St. John, JeNelle Lipton, Kim Forrest and Tim Kessler, Treasurer Jane Harris and ex-officio member Warren Mayor Denisa…
Hermitage Schools will host an open house this coming Thursday, August 11, 2022. The High School’s event will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., while Hermitage Elementary will have a kindergarten open house at 5:00 p.m. that same day. 1st-4th grade will be anytime from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., and the 5th and…
Members of the Bradley County Retired Teachers and Employees Association met Monday, August 1, in the First United Methodist Church in Warren with 36 present from Warren and Hermitage. ENJOY YOUR “RETIRE-MINT” was the theme of the meeting and was carried out throughout the meeting. Jonalyn Reep serves we president of the group. Retirees in the last…
Saline River Chronicle would like to pass on this message to the community for a couple who just welcomed a newborn daughter into the world recently, but is having to go through special medical attention: A special account has been set up at First State Bank for baby girl Charlotte Ruthe Wilkerson and her parents,…
Frazer’s Funeral Home recently welcomed a Bradley County native, Natalie Greenwood, to the staff. Natalie is a daughter of the Joe Don Greenwood and Becky Greenwood, and a graduate of Hermitage High School, class of 2008. She went on to receive her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Arkansas and holds a degree…
LITTLE ROCK – The recent auction of tax-delinquent properties in Bradley County raised over $50,000, the Commissioner of State Lands announced. The auction drew 22 bidders, who purchased 12 of the 46 available parcels for a total of $50,464.53 for county and state government. The Land Commissioner’s office holds one auction in each county each…
The Hermitage High School and Hermitage Junior High Cheerleaders recently took part in cheer camp at the University of Louisiana Monroe, taking home multiple prizes. The High School Cheerleading squad won first place in camp routine. The Junior High team took home first place in cheer. Hermitage Football season kicks-off September 3, 2022 at Cutter-Morning…
As Saline River Chronicle first reported last week, a two-vehicle accident occurred Wednesday, July 13, 2022 at the intersection of Arkansas 8 East and U.S. 63. Since our original report, the Arkansas State Police have released the official accident report which concluded that a vehicle traveling south on U.S. 63 tried to turn left onto…
While conducting the July 2022 monthly meeting of the Bradley County Quorum Court, Judge Klay McKinney provided an update on efforts to complete the work on the Courthouse Bell Tower and the issues the County has run into trying to finish the job. The project began with a grant from the Arkansas Preservation Commission, followed…
Multiple days of temperatures over 100, a heat index expected to rise to near 110 across South Arkansas over the next several days, and only a small chance of rain coming Thursday, Bradley and Cleveland Counties have both issued burn bans as of today, July 19, 2022. As of Tuesday morning, most of the State…