A familiar face in the Warren mayor’s office will return to that position in January as Gregg Reep will take office. Reep, now 68, first took office as mayor in January 1987. He became Warren’s longest-serving mayor when he was elected to five four-year terms. He served 18 years before resigning in 2005 to take…
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City Council discussing 2023 budget
The Warren City Council met Monday evening, November 14, 2022 to conduct the City’s regular monthly business. All but one City Council member was in attendance, that being Council Member Zack Burks not present. A few minutes after the meeting was opened, Patrick Smith addressed the Council during the public statement section of the agenda.…
Millage question answered at Monday Warren School Board meeting
Warren School Superintendent Bryan Cornish explained to School Board members Monday night that the recent failure of the millage question in the general election does not mean the millage will decrease. The ballot question for a 41.5 millage rate failed with 812 for and 1,099 against. However, the district was not asking for a millage…
Rotary presented program on Arkansas Construction Education Foundation
The Rotary Club of Warren met for its weekly meeting Tuesday inside the Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. The group heard from Junior Rotarian Rylee Bradley to begin the meeting. Rotarian Carla Wardlaw then introduced Devin McDiarmid, SEACBEC Director, who had a few words before welcoming the main program from Zach Sloan. Sloan…
Boozman, Blumenthal lead bipartisan effort to safeguard veterans filing benefit claims
WASHINGTON–– U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), senior members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, introduced legislation to hold unaccredited entities that target men and women who served in uniform accountable for their predatory practices. The Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding (GUARD) VA Benefits Act would reinstate criminal penalties for unaccredited claim representatives who charge…
Glendyl Montez Bryant, 1940-2022
Glendyl Montez Bryant, loving mother of 2 & dearly loved grandmother of 6 passed from this earth on November 14, 2022. Montez was born April 6, 1940 in Banks Arkansas. She was a devout Christian & loyal servant of God. After marrying her husband, Leland Bryant, of 45 years they joined Macedonia Baptist Church where she…
Nick Smith Jr., on Wooden Award watch list
FAYETTEVILLE – Razorback freshman Nick Smith Jr., was named to the John R. Wooden Award, presented by Wendy’s, preseason Top 50 Watch List for the men’s basketball Player of the Year. The candidates were announced on ESPN’s SportsCenter and on ESPN.com. The players were chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball experts. The list…
Leshia Hayes Sowrheaver, 1962-2022
Leshia Hayes Sowrheaver, age 59, of Rison, Arkansas passed away November 4, 2022 in Bradley County, Arkansas. She was born November 15, 1962 in Monticello, Arkansas to the late Leon Junior Hayes and Annie Lee Johnson Thomason. Other than her parents she is preceded in death by her brother, Ralph Hayes; sister, Annie Faye Hale…
36th annual Buck Fever Festival held in Banks over the weekend
The famous Buck Fever Festival, the annual event put on in the town of Banks in Bradley County, held its 36th consecutive festival this past weekend, November 11-12 during the customary start of Arkansas’s modern-gun deer season. In these parts, Buck Fever is the unofficial kickoff to the holiday season, and 2022’s festival didn’t disappoint.…
Lumberjack JROTC give back to the community by serving at Fee Fee’s Soup Kitchen
Members of the Lumberjack Battalion Army JROTC spent their Saturday working to prepare meals for the less fortunate at Fee Fee’s Soup Kitchen. The Cadets worked hard to prepare a holiday style meal and were awarded lunch provided by the local McDonald’s. The participating Cadets were: Kaitlyn Broughton, MeNiyah Childs, Felicity Crockett, Jon’Darius Hampton, Romeo…
Buy your ticket online for Warren vs. Stuttgart
The Warren Lumberjacks get set to take on the Stuttgart Ricebirds in the second round of the 4A State Playoffs this Friday night, November 18, 2022 at home at Jim Hurley, Jr. Stadium. Tickets are being exclusively sold online and digital tickets are the only tickets which will be accepted. Tickets are $7 each and…
USDA reminds Drew/Bradley/Calhoun County farmers and ranchers to vote in Drew/Bradley committee election
Monticello, AR, Nov. 15 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has started mailing ballots for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country. To be counted, ballots must be returned to the Drew County FSA office or postmarked by Dec. 5, 2022. “FSA county committee…
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Pastime: Fresh baked bread to warm the winter soul
Here is another cooking/baking Pastime to share over the coming holidays. There are some mighty well known bakers of bread in Warren – the town with the Red Brick Streets. In a recent mention of Thanksgiving foods, I have had several requests for me to contact Cliff Morgan for his Salt Rising Bread. Now the…
Gene Lavoy Veazey, 1937-2022
Gene Lavoy Veazey, age 85 of Monticello, AR passed away on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at The Woods of Monticello Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on January 1, 1937 in Warren, AR to the late Lavoisier Veazey and Willie Jeanette Martin Veazey. He was faithfully and honorably retired from the United States Air…
Arkansas youth hunters take more than 9,000 deer in two-day hunt
LITTLE ROCK — According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s online harvest totals, hunters aged 6 to 15 checked 9,153 deer during last weekend’s annual youth modern gun deer hunt. Ralph Meeker, AGFC deer program coordinator, says the first youth weekend typically results in a harvest between 8,000 and 11,000 deer statewide. “This year’s…
Warren arrest report for November 7-14, 2022
The following is a direct re-print of the Warren Arrest & Confinement Record from the Warren, Arkansas Police Department. All people listed are innocent until proven guilty. Ruperto Rodriguez / 1100 S Martin St, Lot 32, Warren, AR / DOB 9-28-78 / warrant on 11-10-22 Samuel Durden / Monticello, AR / DOB 12-22-94 / warrants,…
Celebrate ‘Troutsgiving’ with the AGFC
LITTLE ROCK — Stores and shopping centers may try to coax everyone with low prices for Black Friday the day after Thanksgiving, but the AGFC has an even better opportunity to enjoy some fast action, and it will only cost you the price of a fishing license and trout stamp. AGFC hatcheries and the Family…
Round one state playoff win sets up Warren rematch vs. Stuttgart
WARREN, Ark. – Battling an on-and-off-again-rain Friday night the Warren Lumberjacks ground out a dogged win against Blytheville in the opening round of the 4A Arkansas State High School Football Playoffs at Jim Hurley, Jr. Stadium in Warren by the final of 41-20. Welcoming the fifth seed Blytheville Chickasaws from the 3-4A in northern Arkansas,…
Veterans Day ceremony held at Warren’s Cultural Center Friday
Bradley County veterans were honored Friday in a ceremony held by Warren High School JROTC at Warren Cultural Center. Cadets posted the colors and the National Anthem was sung by Raven Harris and Kailey Henry. A moment of silence was observed. Capt. (Retired) Johnny Brown gave the welcome. Cadet 1st Lt. Cody Weatherspoon gave the…
Dr. Joe Wharton Arkansas High School Football Scoreboard for November 11
CLASS 7A Rogers 38, FS Northside 7Conway 68, Har-Ber 31North LR 28, FS Southside 14Bentonville West 42, Jonesboro 20 CLASS 6A Russellville 30, West Memphis 26Lake Hamilton 55, Searcy 21Little Rock Christian 27, El Dorado 10Mountain Home 23, Marion 6 CLASS 5A Joe T. Robinson 51, Magnolia 15Batesville 28, Prairie Grove 20LR Parkview 29, Morrilton…