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…
A Huttig man was killed Thursday in a one-vehicle accident in the small Union County community. Jackie R. Canfield, 64 of Huttig, died when his 1990 Mercury ran off the north side of Olin Avenue. The vehicle left the road, traveled about 380 feet before coming to a rest according the Arkansas State Police who…
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…
The awfully oppressive heat always reminds me of the large forest fires on record in Bradley County, especially two remembered by a few as the “Vick Burn.” This week, Bradley County is in the “moderate” category for fires, according to the Arkansas Forestry Service. The “first” forest fire in the vicinity of the Vick community…
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…
Bradley County Chamber of Commerce board members met Monday at the District Courtroom, although there weren’t enough members for a quorum. Eight of 15 members were needed to conduct business. Present were board members Terrie White, James Wells, Jane Harris, Tim Kessler, JeNelle Lipton and Susan Saunders. A discussion was held about an upcoming membership…
Eight of the nine members of the Bradley County Quorum were present Tuesday, June 21 for the monthly Court meeting. During the public comment portion of the meeting, Marilyn Johnson with the Bradley County Medical Center reported on work ongoing to make the BCMC safer, particularly on the southern end of the facility near the…
The following are results of votes cast in Bradley County for the Republican Primary runoff for the Justice of the Peace-District 9. Dana Harvey received 71 of a total 92 votes cast. She has no opponent in the general election in November later this year, so she will win the District 9 seat. Turnout for…
The 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Pageants were held Saturday evening, June 4 at the Heritage Community Center to crown a new Miss Pink Tomato, as well as a number of other titles including Petite Miss, Pre-Teen Miss, and Teen Miss Pink Tomato. Seventeen year-old Kaiden Hale of Monticello was crowned the 2022 Miss…
The first box of tomatoes for 2022 was brought in by Josh and Krystle Hays, owners of KJ Fresh Produce & More in Warren. Josh has been farming since 1999 and produces approximately 20 acres of tomatoes and other produce. Shown in the box is Red Mountain variety. Other varieties that are grown include Red…
The 2022 Little Miss Pink Tomato competition will be held on Saturday, June 11th during the 66th Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival. The popular Little Miss pageant began in 1959 and will be crowning the 62nd Little Miss Pink Tomato during the Pink Tomato Festival in June. The reigning Little Miss Pink Tomato is Mya…
The City of Warren Municipal Offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day on Monday, May 30. There will be no garbage collection on Monday in Warren. The Warren Emergency Services Center and Police and Fire services will be open and fully staffed at all times during Memorial Day. The Bradley County Courthouse will…
South Arkansas Community College has released its Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester. To be eligible, a student must have at least a 3.0 grade-point average for the semester, and be classified as full-time. The students are: From Batesville: Tex M. Cook. From Beebe: Elizabeth Michelle Nowell. From Bryant: Donald Gene Miller, Jackson Wyatt…
Penni Douglas, Acting County Executive Director of the Drew/Bradley/Calhoun County Farm Service Agency, explained that local administrative area boundaries, or LAA’s, are elective areas for Farm Service Agency committees in a county or jurisdiction and Drew/Bradley/Calhoun County has seven LAA’s. LAA-1 is the western portion of Drew County and consists of the townships of Clearcreek,…
The following are results of votes cast in Bradley County for the Republican and Democratic Primaries and the non-partisan judicial election: U. S. Senate Democratic*Jack E. Foster 100*Natalie James 121*Dan Whitfield 67 U.S. Senate Republican*Heath Loftis 11*Jake Bequette 180*Jan Morgan 130*Senator John Boozman 657 GovernorDemocratic*Jay Martin 53*Anthony “Tony” Bland 29*James “Rus” Russell III 27*Supha Xayprasith-Mays…
Tuesday, May 24, 2022 is Election Day in Arkansas. Polling places open at 7:30 a.m., with voting centers available throughout Bradley County. Vote Centers include: Warren Housing Authority Warren YMCA Banks Community Room Hermitage Community Center Eagle Lake Baptist Church Saline Baptist Church Absentee-Bradley County Courthouse Voting closes at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening. Saline River…
The Hermitage High School Class of 2022 graduated recently at a ceremony held at the football stadium in Hermitage on the campus of Hermitage High. Saline River Chronicle would like to congratulate the members of the graduating class of 2022 and wish them the best of luck in the years to come. Please enjoy a…
Jacob Smith, Section Chief for the Substance Misuse Branch at the Arkansas Department of Health conducted training Tuesday, May 17 on what Narcan is, how to recognize an opioid overdose and how to administer. This was a grant opportunity that provided Narcan kits to law enforcement and firemen in Bradley County. The Warren Police Department,…
On May 20th Kim Williams, Great River Road Director and Arkansas Delta River Travel Writer from the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism met with local leaders and organization members on Arkansas’s Great North American Eclipse forecasted to occur on April 8th, 2024. Williams discussed percentages of darkness cities would experience during the eclipse, the projected number of tourists…
