WARREN, Ark. – On Friday morning of March 31, 2023, Thomas Frazer, Chairman of the Board of Warren Bank, and Kelly Ashcraft, President of Warren Bank, stood alongside Bradley County Judge Klay McKinney and Sheriff Hershel Tillman on the south lawn of the Bradley County Courthouse. They posed for a photo as they presented a…
WARREN, Ark. – The Bradley County Courthouse grounds have begun a process of resodding following damage caused by the raising of the courthouse clocktower. The new grass was delivered on Wednesday, with a portion of the south side completed the same day. The project has been expedited with the help of an Arkansas Department of…
Cleanup work on the Bradley County Courthouse grounds continued this week as the large beams used to support the cranes that hoisted the tower into place some months ago were removed. Pictured above is the south side of the courthouse lawn Wednesday afternoon, March 15, 2023. The project has continued since the tower was placed…
Take a drive around the court square sometime soon one evening and take a gander at the new tower basking in a beautiful nightlight recently installed. The lighting on the tower is a really nice addition to the project. It can be seen from some distance away and adds a unique ambiance to the downtown…
The bell tower is back up at the Bradley County Courthouse but much work remains to be done, according to Bradley County Judge Klay McKinney and Administrative Assistant Robin Scott. CP&P Construction of El Dorado took a slow, methodical approach to using a giant crane to lift the 12-ton bell tower into place Sunday. The…
As promised, we’re sharing quite a few photos from the bell tower lift which occurred Sunday, December 18, 2022. The photos are in chronological order starting around 8:00 a.m. Sunday morning until around midday. The following photos were taken by a combination of three photographers, Rob Reep, Gregg Reep, and Tim Kessler.
Sunday was an historic day for Bradley County. A small crowd of people began gathering during the early daylight hours as construction crews started the process of lifting the Courthouse’s cupola and dome to the top of the history-filled building. This phase of the project to help renovate the clock tower began January 10 of…
According to the official Bradley County Courthouse facebook page, the raising of the renovated top of the Courthouse tower is nearing. “The tower will be installed back on the courthouse either next Friday, Saturday or Sunday depending on the weather.” The released stated that the public is “welcome to watch from across the street.” The…
According to the Bradley County Courthouse communications, the bell tower is finished. “They have ordered a 300 ton crane to be brought in and the plans are to put it back in place around the first week in November.” Saline River Chronicle will continue to follow the construction of the renovated tower. Photo by the…
According to the Bradley County Courthouse communications the cupola is back on the bell tower and the wood work has been started. The restoration project is getting closer to completion. Photo by Bradley County Courthouse communications.
Under the blue-sky-dome covering South Arkansas Sunday morning, important upkeep was being done on Bradley County’s historic Courthouse as South Ark Soft Wash gave the nearly 120-year-old building a needed cleaning. The local company meticulously washed the exterior of the structure from top to bottom, as well as all the windows from the inside. In…
Progress on the Bradley County Courthouse tower continued Wednesday morning, July 27 as painters began applying an initial priming layer on the new bell tower exterior. As Saline River Chronicle reported July 19, crews have run into some issues in regards to the completion of the tower renovations. The contractor and architect discovered some problems…
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…
Work crews from Diversified Construction and Design of El Dorado continue to work tirelessly on the clock tower of the Bradley County Courthouse in Warren. Picture here, members of the construction crew work during the morning of Thursday, April 21, 2022. The rainy conditions earlier this week stalled the progress, but things are back underway.…
Work crews from Diversified Construction and Design of El Dorado are continuing work on the clock tower of the Bradley County Courthouse in Warren. These photos, taken Wednesday, April 6, 2022 show that crews are actively working around the clock portion of the building, as well as finishing construction of the renovated bell portion of…
Tuesday, March 1, 2022, construction crew members took on the delicate process of assembling the roof and bell housing sections of Bradley County’s newly renovated Courthouse tower. Crews maneuvered the roof section off the ground and onto the bell housing portion using a crane. In the near future the completed tower will be lifted and…
As work continues on the historic Bradley County Courthouse tower, Saline River Chronicle is happy to share more wonderful imagery from Dale Wheeler taken recently of the construction and repair work. For those who either haven’t visited the court square within the last week, or for those who live out of town, the top of…
As work continues on the restoration of the Bradley County Courthouse Clock Tower, Mr. Dale Wheeler was kind enough to share some drone photos taken of this week’s work. The pictures are really something to behold. Mr. Wheeler is also putting together a video of the work progressing that he says will be posted to…
Mrs. Wilma Adair has retired after some 30 years of service to Bradley County as an employee of the Collector’s office. She began in 1991 and retired this year. A reception was held in her honor November 12, 2021 in the lobby of the Bradley County Courthouse. During Mrs. Adair’s tenure she served as Chief…
