FAYETTEVILLE – For the second time this season, a Razorback has been honored as the CBS Sports/US Basketball Writers Association National Freshman of the Week as Nick Smith Jr., as selected this week’s recipient. Smith was additionally recognized by Dick Vitale as his national “Diaper Dandy” Star of the Week. On Nov. 22, Arkansas’ Anthony Black…
FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas guard Nick Smith Jr., was named the SEC co-Freshman of the Week in leading the Razorbacks to wins over UNC Greensboro and Oklahoma, the league announced today. Smith shared the honor with Alabama’s Noah Clowney. Black averaged 21.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists in the wins while Clowney had 16 points…
Jimmy Harrell Howard, Jr. age 62 of Camden, AR went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, August 7, 2022 at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, AR. He was born January 12, 1960 in Dumas, AR. He is preceded in death by his father; Jimmy Harrell Howard, Sr., stepfather; Eustis Austin…
Derrick Avery Jr., a senior at Hermitage High School, has accepted a Shirley Jean Hicks Russell African American Family and Friends Day Endowed Scholarship to attend South Arkansas Community College this fall. The son of Latoya Jackson and Derrick Avery Sr. of Hermitage is a member of the basketball, track and field and football teams,…
CROSSETT, Ark. – Warren’s Jr. Lady Jack and Jr. Lumberjack track teams recently finished the 2022 season, the girls completing an undefeated run with yet another win to put in the trophy case as Coach Janice Reddick led them to a victory at Crossett’s meet. The Jr. Boys also won first place at the Crossett…
EL DORADO, Ark. – Coach Janice Reddick’s Jr. Lady Jack track team recently won the El Dorado Jr. High School Track Relays Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Below are the results: This River Region Sports Report is brought to you by: 1600 M. Run Azul Garcia 1st McKinleigh Meeks 4th 800 M. Run Azul Garcia 1st…
Warren, Arkansas – The 29th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Banquet was held virtually on Saturday, hosted by St. James AME Church. Dinners were prepared for take-out by church staff and the program was aired on Facebook Live and by a Zoom teleconference. The Rev. Kurbe L. Newsom, church pastor, opened the program. The…
Warren’s upcoming Jr. Jacks’ games scheduled for tonight, Monday, January 10 will now be played at Star City January 11, 2022. Games will begin at 4:30 p.m. Games scheduled include the Jr. Girls, Jr. Boys, and Senior Lumberjacks. The Senior Lady Jacks game which was originally scheduled for January 11 has been postponed.
Emmitt Hines, Jr., 71, formerly of Warren, died November 9, 2021. Born July 13, 1950, he was a son of the late Emmitt Sr. and Ruth Robinson Hines. He is survived by his children, Al-Nisa Aduwu, Emmitt Hines III, Michael Oats, Earnest Hines, Kiara Hines, Kylia Hines; siblings, Ruth Harden, Lorraine Kashmire, Fred Harden, Carolyn…
John Bernard Frazer, Jr., age 82 of Warren, Arkansas, passed away Friday, November 5, 2021, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born Thursday, February 2nd, 1939 in Little Rock. AR, a son of the late John Bernard Frazer, Sr., and Marion Meek Frazer. Educated in the Warren Public Schools and…
