The Hermitage Board of Education voted 6-0 Thursday evening, September 2, 2021 to require masks to be worn when indoors at any Hermitage Schools building where social distancing of six feet is not an option as well as on school buses. Thursday’s meeting was a special called meeting specifically for the discussion of possibly updating…
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Warren falls to White Hall to open 2021 season
The 2021 Lumberjack Football season got off to a bit of a rocky start Friday night, September 3, as Warren dropped their season opener by the score of 35-0 to a very talented White Hall High team on the road. After a pretty solid looking workout in last week’s scrimmage vs. the McGehee Owls, hopes…
Jacari Lee named AHF Products Lumberjack Player of the Game for his performance in Warren’s season opener
Senior Lumberjack wide receiver and defensive back Jacari Lee has been awarded AHF Products Lumberjack Player of the Game honors for his performance in Warren’s September 3, 2021 contest against White Hall. Lee was a bright spot within a difficult night for Warren. He led the Jacks in rushing with 29 yards on the night.…
Weevils hold off SNU for season opening victory, 30-23
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The University of Arkansas at Monticello football team held off Southern Nazarene to pick up the victory in the season opener, 30-23, at Willis “Convoy” Leslie Cotton Boll Stadium Thursday night. The Weevils’ offense flashed in the first half, before the defense ultimately sealed the deal with a fourth down stand in…
Dr. Joe Wharton September 3, 2021 Arkansas High School Football Scoreboard
CLASS 7ALR Parkview 47, LR Southwest 0North LR 58, Har-Ber 28Conway 55, Bentonville 41Cabot 47, Jonesboro 27Bryant 58, Marion 7Sylvan Hills 30, LR Central 0Owasso, Okla. 48, Fayetteville 42Bentonville West 21, Muskogee, Okla. 13Greenwood 54, FS Southside 48Choctaw, Okla. 63, Springdale 6 CLASS 6AEl Dorado 40, Camden Fairview 36Van Buren 31, Alma 20Harrison 28, Mountain…
Tigers outlast Oklahoma Baptist
In the first game at Cliff Harris Stadium since November 23, 2019, Ouachita Baptist outlasted Oklahoma Baptist by a score of 38-31. After Kendel Givens’ third touchdown run of the game put the Tigers up by seven late in the fourth quarter, the Great American Conference’s leading passing attack from 2019 took over with 3:11…
Weekly Column from the Arkansas House of Representatives 9-3-21
Rice is grown in over 40 Arkansas counties. The crop contributes billions to the state’s economy and accounts for approximately 25,000 jobs, crucial to rural communities. September is National Rice Month, a month-long celebration of all things rice. In Arkansas, we have a great deal to celebrate. Our state is home to 2,300 rice farms…
Martha Dell Ragsdale, 1933-2021
Martha Dell Ragsdale age 88, of Banks, AR died Thursday, September 2nd, 2021 at her home. She was born May 3rd, 1933 in Bradley County, AR, a daughter of the late Tom Gardner and Adell Vails Gardner. She was a graduate of the Harrell school system, where she was a leader on the basketball team,…
22nd SouthArk Outdoor Expo coming to El Dorado September 11
The 22nd SouthArk Outdoor Expo presented by Clean Harbors, a fundraising effort of the South Arkansas Community College Foundation, will feature a full day of exhibits, live music, outdoor-themed vendors, children’s activities and arts and crafts. A commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, also will be held in…
City of Warren and Bradley County post Labor Day schedules
The City of Warren Municipal Building will be closed in honor of Labor Day, Monday September 6, 2021. There will be no garbage collection that day. All other days will be as regularly scheduled for the week. The City Emergency Services Building will be open and fully staffed. Bradley County will collect county garbage as…
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AGFC adjusts water management to protect critical duck habitat
LITTLE ROCK – Duck hunters visiting Arkansas’s famous waterfowl-focused public greentree reservoirs may see some changes on three of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s wildlife management areas this year.George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto WMA, Henry Gray Hurricane Lake WMA and Earl Buss Bayou DeView WMA all will see changes in water management beginning…
Mary Elizabeth Brooks Doggett, 1941-2021
Mary Elizabeth Brooks Doggett, age 80, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family on September 2, 2021 at her home in White Hall, Arkansas. She was born in Morrilton, Arkansas on June 28, 1941 to Bernes Benjamin and Ernestine Brooks. Mary graduated from Hermitage High School in 1959. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from…
Library announces August Memorials
Billy Joe Murphy, 1953-2021
Billy Joe Murphy, 68, of Warren, Arkansas died on Sunday, August 29, 2021 in North Little Rock, AR. He was born on January 4, 1953 to the late Clarence Edward Murphy and Bernice Murphy in Livingston, TX. Bill was a log truck driver. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Edward Murphy and Arnold…
Lumberjacks set for big road test to open 2021 season play
Friday nights are back for the Warren Lumberjack faithful, as the orange and black hit the road to kickoff the 2021 season with an early test against the 5A Central White Hall Bulldogs. White Hall is picked by Hootens to finish fourth in the 5A Central, behind a band of talented programs from Pulaski Academy,…
Fire Department publishes call list for August
The Warren Fire Department responded to 17 emergency calls during the month of August 2021. The two highest need calls went out between August 12 and August 14. A grass fire at Ball St. and Ainsworth St. was called in August 12. 14 firemen were needed at the scene. Then, August 14, 13 firemen responded…
Bags of marijuana and cocaine discovered during warrant search of Bellaire Street home
On August 30, 2021 at approximately 11:10 a.m., the Warren Police Department executed a search warrant at 1416 Bellaire Street in Warren at the home of Christopher Strong. The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office and their K-9 assisted in the search warrant. According to Sgt. Thomas Freeman Miller, several large plastic bags containing marijuana were seized…
Northeast Arkansas squirrel revival
JONESBORO — Small game hunting interest may have dwindled as Arkansas’s deer herd has climbed, but many basic hunting lessons can be gained from a day in the squirrel woods. Squirrel hunting opportunities abound across the state, with public hunting within reach of most hunters. Seven wildlife management areas within an hour or so of…
Arkansas Foodbank joins Hunger Action Month campaign, encouraging Arkansans to get involved, raise awareness of local hunger
Little Rock, Ark . [September 1, 2021] – For Hunger Action Month this September, Arkansas Foodbank is joining other Feeding America food banks across the nation to inspire people to take action and raise awareness of people facing the impossible choice of hunger. Food banks around the country are working to make a real and…
Drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic at BCMC Rural Health Clinic set for September 9
There will be a free drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Thursday, Sept. 9 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the BCMC Rural Health Clinic parking lot, located at 304 East Central Street in Warren. This event is being sponsored by the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership (ARHP), Bradley County Medical Center, and Gannaway Drug Store.…