The Dollar General Literacy Foundation recently awarded Friends of the Warren Branch Library a $2,000 grant to support summer literacy. This local grant is part of the Dollar General Literacy Foundation’s recent award of $10.5 million donation to support summer, family, and adult literacy programs, representing the organization’s largest one-day grant donation in its 29-year…
The annual All-Tomato Luncheon will be held Saturday, June 11, at 12:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church Activities Center. Tickets are $12.00 and can be purchased from the Bradley County Extension Office. The Bradley County Extension Homemaker’s Clubs started the All Tomato Luncheon one year after the first Pink Tomato Festival. The All Tomato…
2022 Warren Lumberjack Football Schedule home in bold conference in italic August 26, 2022 / at Stuttgart / 7:00 p.m. September 2, 2022 / vs. White Hall / 7:00 p.m. September 9, 2022 / BYE WEEK / NA September 16, 2022 / at Star City / 7:00 p.m. September 23, 2022 / at McGehee /…
The 62nd Little Miss Pink Tomato will be selected on Saturday, June 11, during the2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival. The pageant will be held in the Family LifeCenter of the Immanuel Baptist Church located at 701 West Pine Street in Warren at2:30 p.m. Little Miss Mya Hernandez of Hermitage is the reigning Little Miss…
Last week the Warren Fire Department assisted with City efforts to clean up dilapidated property as ordered by the City Council by burning a large two-story house on the west side of N. Myrtle Street. It is the second house in that area to be burned for cleanup purposes. The Department not only provided a…
Union Bank and Trust Company of Warren recently played host to a shredding company that brought in a mobile machine to shred papers that needed to be destroyed. The shred machine was made available for the publics use as a courtesy by Union Bank. Pictured are Bank employees as they greeted folks who dropped by…
The Warren Country Club held its annual Pink Tomato 4-Ball Golf Tournament this past weekend, June 4 and 5, 2022, as Hayden Lassiter(right) and Cody Williams(left) were crowned Champions. The pair shot 21 under over the course of the two-day tournament. They were awarded a trophy each and a payout prize of $800.
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The Warren Lumberjack football team enjoyed a very successful 7-on-7 football tournament hosted by UAM Friday, June 3, 2022. There were a number of teams from around Arkansas and Louisiana competing in the tournament. The competition started at 9:00 a.m. and ended later that afternoon. Warren defeated Drew Central, Lake Village, Star City and a…
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…
A two-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of Gannaway and East Church Streets in Warren Friday, June 3, 2022 around 10:00 a.m. Warren Police Department officers as well as the Warren Fire Department Rescue vehicle arrived on the scene to assist. Paramedics from EASI were called to the site, but there were no apparent injuries…
The annual Warren Lions Club Musical Jamboree, held yearly in conjunction with the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival, will be conducted Thursday, June 9, 2022 beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the auditorium of Immanuel Baptist Church in Warren. Guest singers will be the Lisemby Family. They are a local family singing group who have performed…
The Warren School Board met in a special called meeting Thursday, June 2, 2022 to accept a number of resignations, as well as make a number of new hires. Resignation Certified Jessica Howinton – Eastside Instructor Angelique Fickle – Brunson Instructor Jasmine Bolen – Warren Middle School Instructor Daniel Williams – Warren High School Assistant…
4th Grade All A’s-2nd Semester David Alor Ava Brown Kannon Crawford Miley Daniell Antonia Davis Grayson Gorman Keegun Goudelock Addison Hoskins Trinity Jackson Gabriel Jimenez Sophie Mann Mijae Martin Evan McDougald Teague Milton Cambree Moody Ambria Newhouse Madelyn Raines Salvador Romero Callie Sanders Roy Sandoval Erin Simmons Emma Spears Lillian Strickland Kennedy Uribe Ridge Vickers…
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 Fifty-Six Lakers were crowned the 11th grade Gold division champions of The Insider Exposure Memorial Day Tournament held in Monroe, Louisiana May 28-30, 2022. The Neaux Limit Lakers took the 12th grade Silver division championship as well. This local team includes players from Warren, Hermitage, Monticello and Rison. Top photo: The Fifty -Six Lakers…
Wesley George recently competed in the finals of Southwest Arkansas High School Rodeo Association in Texarkana, AR hosted at Four States Fairgrounds. The finals rodeo is the culmination of a series of 16 rodeos hosted from August to May. He competed in several roping events, winning Champion Senior Boys Breakaway Roping, Champion Senior Ribbon Roping,…