WARREN, Ark. (10/8/21) – There will be a LifeShare Blood Drive on Wednesday, October 13 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the LifeShare bus that will be parked in the BCMC Rural Health Clinic parking lot. The BCMC Rural Health Clinic is located at 304 East Central Street across the street from the Emergency…
The City of Warren will be closed Monday October 11 in observance of Columbus Day. There will be no garbage pickup within the City and the Municipal Building will be closed. The City Emergency Services Center will be open and fully staffed for all police, fire and emergency services. The October City Council meeting will…
Lumberjack t-shirts sponsored by the Warren Lumberjack Booster Club memorializing the late Beverly Reep, former Warren history teacher, are now available for purchase at Rob Reep Studio at 225 S Main in Warren. The t-shirts are white and feature the well known “Home of the Fighting’ Lumberjacks” design on the front, and on the back,…
Warren Branch Library’s Book Club for Kids started back September 1, 2021. For the month of September, they had four participants who read a total of 66 books! Each book equaled one chance in our monthly Facebook Live giveaway. Peyton Garrison was September’s winner! He also read the most books (38) last month! Way to…
Over 1,000 Warren homes and businesses are currently without power after an eighteen-wheeler truck damaged a light pole at Woodlawn and Pecan Streets in Warren Thursday afternoon, October 7, 2021. According to the Warren Police Department, it appears the truck driver was on his way to Ouachita Hardwood Flooring, but his GPS unit carried him…
The “Tour de Tomato” is a bicycle ride through Bradley County that happens the week before the Pink Tomato Festival. This past year was the 3rd installment of this fast-growing event. They had 180 riders and look to be over 200 for next year! The purpose of the event is to raise money for Type…
The Bradley County Medical Center Auxiliary recently donated $500.00 to the Bradley County Chamber of Commerce Special Events Committee. Chamber Special Events Chairwoman Debbie Spencer accepted the funding. The Chamber uses such funding for public events to promote Warren businesses. Members of the Hospital Auxiliary include:Phyllis Loomis, PresidentLida GardnerFreddie LiptonPauline WolfeSusie ClementGingy Cuthbertson Also present…
A public meeting was conducted Tuesday evening, September 28, 2021 at Banks Missionary Baptist Church in Banks, Arkansas to provide information about the possible consolidation of the City of Banks Water System users and Southeast Bradley County Water. Present to provide information were Steve Parnell, Chairman of the Southeast Water organization, State Representative Jeff Wardlaw,…
Two classes of Kindergarteners at Hermitage Elementary joined together with their teachers and Principal to hear a program concerning making good choices, including how to take care of their teeth and receiving regular and good dental care. They were given a package of educational materials and a new toothbrush. Kindergarten teachers Tiffany Curtis and Katrina…
The Warren Rotary Club met on Tuesday, Oct. 5 inside the Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church as the program was presented by Alleyssa Horn of New Outlook Counseling, which is a counseling center located here in Warren. She was the program for Rotarian Andrew Tolbert. Horn is a graduate of Warren High School…
Thursday, September 30, 2021, the Warren Fire Department responded to a fire located at 515 Sturgis Street in Warren. Firefighters arrived to battle a structural fire that broke out in several out buildings located at both the 515 Sturgis St address as well as at 513 Sturgis St. Fourteen firemen were on the scene to…
Warren High School will celebrate Homecoming on Oct. 15 with a football game against the DeWitt Dragons. Members of the Homecoming court are, from front, clockwise, Queen Keller Bigham, senior maids Mylesha Yao, Leah Wolfe, Annie Figueroa, Tyairean Bass, Jacey Ashcraft, Ashlyn Broughton, Jayden Grider and Luci Woodard. For a full list of homecoming week…
Holy Deliverance Church of God in Christ, located at 1109 South Myrtle Street in Warren is set to host a fall revival service Monday, October 11 through Wednesday, October 13, 2021 with services beginning at 7:00 p.m. each evening. The fall revival will also have a 6:30 p.m. prayer time each night. The revival features…
Darrien Watson is a second-year Ph.D. candidate in the Recreation, Sports, and Tourism Department (RST) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). During his time at UIUC, he has been awarded a coveted fellowship award from the Graduate College. His research interest is leisure among race and ethnic groups in society. His research interest…
Bradley County Medical Center CEO Steve Henson sat down with Saline River Chronicle’s Gregg Reep for another episode of Southark Spotlight brought to you by Maxwell Hardwood Flooring. During the episode Mr. Henson discusses the structure of the Bradley County Medical Center business, how the local medical industry has changed, as well as the staffing…
Make Warren Shine was awarded $5,000 through a Shelter Insurance contest. The funds were presented Wednesday at the Donald W. Reynolds YMCA. The money will be used for renovations at Nancy’s Boutique, Ederington Building and Hankins Building. Shown, from left, are Leah St. John, Julie Hamilton, local Shelter agent Greg Harton, Shelter marketing agent Dawn…
A group of board members, staff, and the public gathered in the lobby of the Donald W. Reynolds YMCA of Warren and Bradley County, Tuesday, September 28 to celebrate and mark the 101 anniversary of the Y, located on Main Street in Warren. There were pictures and various paraphernalia denoting the history of the Y…
Warren School Board passed the 2021-22 school budget during a special meeting Tuesday. The budget year actually goes from June 1, 2021-July 31, 2022. Included in the budget this year is about $20 million for construction of the new elementary school and sports arena. The budget includes: Total district teacher salary, operating, debt service: $2,090,450.10,…
Warren City Council met in special session Tuesday to amend the 2020 budget. Mayor Denisa Pennington explained that an auditor felt the amendments were needed to match her figures. CARES funding, plus two grants, were received and expenditures from those items needed to be added to the budget.Out of a total budget of about $7.2…
The Warren Rotary Club’s program for Tuesday, Sept. 28 was Morgan Richardson Meeks, Vice President Transportation Operations at Army and Air Force Exchange Service. Mrs. Meeks was the program of Rotarian Dr. Bob Smalling. A native of Warren, Meeks went over her background and how she got her job at the Army and Air Force…
Eleven JROTC Cadets from Warren High School traveled to White Hall High School Saturday, September 25 to participate in an air rifle marksmanship contest. The contest was sponsored by White Hall but assisted by the Warren High Cadets. Warren no longer has air rifles but has since added archery, becoming the initial Army JROTC program…