MAYFLOWER — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will partner with the Arkansas chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers to help people get into gear for this year’s upcoming deer hunting season. The two organizations will host a special field day from 9 a.m.-noon August 21 at the Multipurpose Building of Camp Robinson Special Use…
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Learn bear-hunting basics with AGFC’s lead bear biologist
FORT SMITH — Myron Means, large carnivore program coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, will host a series of seminars at AGFC nature centers throughout the state during August and September to teach people about one of Arkansas’s most prized hunts and the state’s former namesake. “Arkansas was once known as the bear…
Governor Asa Hutchinson announces intent to grant executive clemency
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced his intent to grant 9 pardons. An additional 55 clemency requests were denied and zero had no action taken upon them. These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates. The applicants intended for pardons have completed all jail time, fulfilled all parole and probationary requirements and paid…
Five Hogs garner preseason All-SEC Honors; Burks headlines with First-Team recognition
By Oliver Grigg FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Five Arkansas standouts, led by wide receiver Treylon Burks, have picked up preseason All-SEC recognition. Burks was the Hogs’ lone first-team representative, while Ricky Stromberg, Grant Morgan and Jalen Catalon earned second-team honors at center, linebacker and defensive back, respectively. Offensive lineman Myron Cunningham, meanwhile, grabbed third-team recognition. The…
Georgia Mae Hampton
Georgia Mae Hampton was born March 21, 1928 in Vicks, to the late Arthur & Emma Hampton. She was married to the late George Ed Hampton for 48 yrs. Who preceded her in death. To this union 11 children were born. She made her transition Sunday, July 25, 2021 at the Bradley County Medical Hospital.…
Poultry Testing For Fair
All poultry to be entered into the Bradley County Fair must comply with the poultry health regulations by being tested for Pullorum-Typhoid. The Bradley County Agent, John Gavin, will test chickens at the Bradley County Fairgrounds on Tuesday, August 31st, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. No Pullorum-Typhoid testing will be conducted during the Fair. Contact the Bradley…
Man charged for 2020 Banks murder
The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that Dilan Ujene Estes was arrested Monday on a capital murder charge in connection with the September 13, 2020 murder of Crissy Hayes Jacks in Banks. Estes is a white male with his residence listed at 117 Fox Run Lane in Monticello. He is charged with capital murder,…
Warren Ways & Means Committee discusses topics from American Rescue Plan Funds to Water and Sewer
Members of the Warren City Council Ways & Means Committee met Tuesday, July 27 to discuss the recently approved sewer bond issue and to start discussing the use of funding the city has received through the American Rescue Plan. Present were Committee Chairperson Dorothy Henderson, Council Member Emily Moseley and Council Member Memory Burks Frazer,…
Governor calls extraordinary session to request legislative action on COVID and unemployment
LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson has called members of the 93rd General Assembly into Extraordinary Session to begin at 10 a.m. on August 4 to create an exception to Act 1002 that will give public school boards flexibility to protect those school children who are 11 and younger and not eligible for a vaccine.…
Boost the wildlife potential of your hunting property
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and its partners in conservation are hosting special workshops throughout the state to help landowners improve the wildlife habitat on their property, Whether your focus is deer, turkey, quail or the many non-game species that depend upon healthy habitat, AGFC biologists want to help. Clint Johnson,…
Fifty-Six Lakers champions of 8th grade division in HoopPlay USA Nationals
The Fifty-Six Lakers were crowned champions of the 8th grade division in the HoopPlay USA Nationals held in Russellville, AR July 16th-19th. The tournament featured teams from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas. The Lakers went undefeated on their way to becoming the 2021HoopPlay USA Champions. The team includes players from Warren, Wilmar, Monticello…
SEACAC seeking board members for Ashley and Drew County
Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation is seeking Board Members for Ashley County and Drew County. The board position for Ashley County would represent as an Elected Official. The board position for Drew County would represent the Low-Income Sector. The purpose of Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation is to plan, implement andcoordinate programs which will tend…
Pastime: Pocket knives I have known
By MAYLON T. RICE Special to the Saline River Chronicle It is August. The longest month of the year which is a prequel to the shortest part of the year. The tomatoes are all picked. Most of the hay is out of the field and on the farm. Football and band practices have yet to…
UAM hires Conservation Social Science Instructor
MONTICELLO, Ark.- The needs of people and wildlife aren’t always a good fit. Animals need habitat, and humans need space. It’s a conflict of nature. In the end, something has to give. But for Dr. Elena Rubino finding a solution is her challenge. “We need to understand how to balance ecological and social objectives to…
SRC writer wins three Arkansas Press Awards
LITTLE ROCK – A Warren native who contributes feature stories to the Saline River Chronicle, this past weekend, won three separate awards in the Arkansas Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. Maylon Rice, a native of Warren, former newspaperman at McGehee, Wynne, Bentonville, Little Rock and Fayetteville, who is now retired, won three awards in the…
Warren Lion’s Club member Gregg Reep named President of the Club for the next year
Outgoing Warren Lion’s Club President Tim Kessler hands the gavel over to incoming President Gregg Reep during the July 2021 meeting of the Club.
The Flying Ace Farm Visits the Library
Children’s author, Nancy Pruitt, and her husband, Farmer Doug, from The Flying Ace Farm in Bryant, Arkansas joined us for today’s program! Mrs. Nancy read her books, “Winston the Pony Goes To A Party” & “Milly the Filly!”, and shared the real-life stories of several of the characters featured in her books!Heart bar horse shoes…
Rotary District Governor speaks to Warren Rotary Club
Kathy Carter, the District Governor for Rotary District 6170 that spans over most of western, southwestern, south central, and southeastern Arkansas, was the speaker for the Warren Rotary Club on Tuesday, July 20 in the Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. Carter’s home club is the Arkadelphia Sunrise Rotary Club and she was recently…
Quorum Court votes to eliminate commercial garbage collection in the County/Reconsiders Callum Hospital appointment
During the July 2021 Bradley County Quorum Court meeting conducted July 19, 2021, eight of the nine JP’s were present to conduct business. Several items of routine and new business were acted upon. All reports were reviewed and approved. In a major change in solid waste policy, the court voted to stop collecting class I…
Beverly Ann Holloway Reep, 1956-2020
Beverly Ann Holloway Reep, age 63 of Warren, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020 at CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born, November 28, 1956 in Warren, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Arthur LaVerne Holloway and Bobbye Dean Nichols Burgland. Beverly is preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, William…