Around 75 people attended a joyful evening at the Lions Club’s annual Gospel Jamboree, presented in conjunction with the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival, featuring The Lisemby Family band performing at Immanuel Baptist Church in Warren. Pictured above are members of the Lions Club with the Lisembys after the evenings Gospel Jamboree. Photos by Tim…
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WHS Class of 2001 celebrating 20-year reunion
After postponing plans due to the global pandemic, Warren High School Class of 2001 has finalized plans to celebrate their 20-year reunion. All classmates are invited to attend. See the detailed schedule outline provided for more info.
Union Bank in Warren celebrates 2022 Tomato Festival with open house
Customers were treated to cookies and snacks during the Union Bank and Trust Company’s Open House held June 10, 2022.
Hermits host youth basketball camp
Hermitage Hermit Basketball Youth Camp held its final day of training for local youngsters in Hermitage Friday morning, June 10, 2022. Head Hermit men’s coach Connor Wilkerson and coach Lisa Johnson Higgins, along with senior high Hermits and junior high Hermits helped put on the clinic. Wilkerson thanked parents from bringing their kids to the…
Todd Lee named Director Of Arkansas Basketball Scouting/Assistant to Head Coach
FAYETTEVILLE – University of Arkansas head basketball coach Eric Musselman has named former University of South Dakota head basketball coach Todd Lee the Razorbacks’ Director of Scouting and Assistant to the Head Coach. Lee and Musselman have a relationship that spans 30-plus years. Lee was on Musselman’s staff with the Rapid City Thrillers from 1992-94 after…
Warren Bank and Trust holds open house for Tomato Festival
Pictured are Bryleigh and Brynn Bickers who were busy Friday giving out punch and cupcakes to customers at Warren Bank and Trust on Main Street in Warren. The Bank was encouraging everyone to register for a $500 prize to be given away.
Maxine Bowman Yates, 1926-2022
Maxine Bowman Yates, age 95, while residing at Woodhaven Village Assisted Living facility in Conroe, Texas, passed peacefully into Heaven in the loving arms of Jesus on May 21, 2022. She was born on August 23, 1926 in Warren, Arkansas, to Casper and Hattie (Castleberry) Bowman. She was a graduate of Warren High School in…
First State Banks hosts open house for Pink Tomato Festival
First State Bank of Warren, Hermitage, and Hampton conducted an open house in conjunction with the Tomato Festival, Friday June 10, 2022. Pictured are Mary Mullins, Geneva Curry, Gale Ellis and Hugh Quimby. Customers enjoyed a variety of foods.
Weston Gavin speaks to Lions Club about his Boys State Experience
Weston Gavin of Warren was elected county judge of the fictional Hutchinson County during the recent Boys State event at the University of Central Arkansas at Conway. He described his experiences to Warren Lions Club on Wednesday. The club was a sponsor of one of the Boys State/Girls State delegates, which included three Warren boys,…
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Attention Eastside Elementary parents! The 2022 supply list is now available
I tithe because:
It is a matter of God’s ownership. I with because it demonstrates my belief that God is the owner of all things and all that I have comes from Him. He owns the cattle on a thousand hills, the gold and the silver all belong to Him (Psalm 50:10; Haggai 2:8) It is a matter…
First United Methodist Church bids farewell to pastor and wife moving to Nashville, Arkansas
Members and guest of First United Methodist Church of Warren gathered in the Fellowship Hall of the Church Sunday afternoon, June 5 to bid farewell to Pastor Gary Harrrison and his wife Lori as they depart for a new pastorate in Nashville, Arkansas. They leave Warren after a successful ministry and the creation of many…
UAM to offer State’s only online master’s degree in nursing with emphasis in public health
MONTICELLO, Ark. — The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) is set to offer the state of Arkansas’s only online Master of Science in nursing (MSN) degree with an emphasis in public health after the Institutional Actions Council of the Higher Learning Commission approved the proposed program at its meeting on May 23. The degree…
Friends of the Warren Branch Library Receives $2,000 Grant from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation to Support SUMMER Literacy
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…
Jefferson Regional announces name for new specialty hospital
Pine Bluff, AR – Jefferson Regional has announced additional details about its new rehabilitation and behavioral health hospital being built in Jefferson County through its partnership with LifePoint Health. According to Jefferson Regional President & CEO Brian Thomas, the new 76-bed facility will be named Jefferson Regional Specialty Hospital. It will be constructed on existing…
All-Tomato Luncheon tickets available at Extension Office
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…
Are you ready for some football? We’ve got the 2022 Lumberjack and Jr. Jack Football schedules
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 /…
Little Miss Pink Tomato pageant to feature 11 contestants Saturday
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…
Warren Fire Department burns dilapidated house on N. Myrtle for training and clean-up purposes
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…