Market On Main will return to the former Martin’s lot this Saturday, it was announced at Monday’s monthly Bradley County Chamber of Commerce board meeting. Board member Estephany Roman said 21 vendors are expected from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. including four food trucks with coffee, Mexican food and fried items. The vendors are only limited by…
Planning for the 67th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival continued Thursday with committee members and a large crowd in attendance at the District Courtroom. Chairwoman Kenna Sparks announced Kailey Henry had won the annual logo contest. On May 20, the festival will kick off with the Tour D’Tomato bicycle event throughout the county, including…
Bradley County Pink Tomato Committee held its first general meeting Thursday to begin preparations for this year’s festival. The festival will begin June 3 with pageants at the Hermitage Community Center and continue the next week with a variety of activities. Kenna Sparks is the festival chairwoman, with Keeton Hudson as vice chairman. Top photo:…
Here is your chance to use your artistic ability for the greater good! Contest is now open to design the official logo for the 2023 67th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival. See www.pinktomatofestival.com/contest-rules/ for more information. Deadline for submissions has been extended to 4 pm February 10th, 2023.
The General Committee of the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival will meet on Thursday, January 26 at 5:15pm in the Municipal Building courtroom. All Events Chairs, volunteers, and the general public are invited to attend.
Tomato season is a special time of year for all of us here in Bradley County. Not only do we celebrate by eating those juicy pink tomatoes, whether with fried okra, or just by themselves, but we also enjoy surrounding ourselves with decorations proudly displaying our homegrown from the vine goodness! The Home of Shelby…
On Saturday, the annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Tomato Eating Contest was held, with three divisions, a celebrity division, a 12 and under division, and a professional division. Celebrities included Bryan Sanders for his wife, gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was also present; state Land Commissioner Tommy Land; District 94 state Rep. Jeff…
As is an annual tradition, the first box of Bradley County tomatoes were auctioned off during Saturday’s historic All-Tomato Luncheon at First Baptist Church in Warren. The proceeds go to a scholarship fund. Thomas Frazer, Chairman of Warren Bank and Trust and owner of Frazer Funeral Home, submitted the winning bid of $2,600. Tony Cathey…
There is simply no greater salsa competition than right here in the home of the South Arkansas Vine Ripened Bradley County Pink Tomato! The Great Bowls of Fire Salsa Contest, sponsored by Warren Bank and Trust, was held this weekend during the annual Festival in Warren. Winners were: Lauren Bryant, best looking; Holley McVay, best…
Next up was the Little Miss Pink Tomato Pageant held at Immanuel Baptist Church. JeNelle Lipton and Glenda Cross have chaired this event for more than 50 years. Payton Sledge was the mistress of ceremonies. Maisyn Elle Milton was crowned the winner; Londyn Rose Wiggins, first runner-up; and Zoamori Farmer, second runner-up. Photos by Tim…
Customers were treated to cookies and snacks during the Union Bank and Trust Company’s Open House held June 10, 2022.
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…
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…
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…
Saline River Chronicle is your home for Tomato Festival coverage. Now, we are making it even easier to have your guide to the 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival with you on the go at all times. You’ll see a new link in our top menu that includes the complete 2022 Festival schedule of events.…
It’s Pink Tomato Festival time once again in Warren, Arkansas! As part of the Pink Tomato Festival, 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…
The Pink Tomato Festival Steak Cook-off is ready to accept registrations. This is an SCA-sanctioned event. The Cook-off will be held on Main Street downtown Warren June 11, 2022. Follow this link to register online: https://steakcookoffs.com/event-4819306
66th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival™ t-shirts have arrived and will go on sale Monday, May 9 at the Chamber of Commerce office located in the Warren Municipal Building at 104 North Myrtle. Sizes 2T, 3T, 4T, YouthXS, YouthS, YouthM, YouthL, and Adult S, M, L and XL will be available for $20 each.…
Each year around the first of June, the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival is celebrated by placing Tomatoes on the Courthouse lawn. They remain there through the month of June. These Tomatoes represent donations from businesses and individuals that help finance the time honored event that began back in June of 1956. This year we…
Planning continued Thursday with the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival committee at the Warren Municipal Building. “We’re trying to get back to normal,” said Chairwoman Brooke Pennington Hatch. Other committee members present included Vicky Tapia, Terrie White, James Wells, Denisa Pennington, Steve Mahanes, Lynn Hearnsberger, Gwen Sledge, Leslie Adams and Keeton Hudson. Political office-holders have…
The Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Committee is pleased to reveal the official 2022 66th logo, which is based on the design that Cathy Richardson and Carol Lee Little submitted for the annual t-shirt design contest as a mother/daughter collaboration. Official Festival Tshirts using this design will available for sale in May. Be sure to…
