The new officers and staff of the SEARK Concert Association met at an event held Tuesday, May 10, 2022. They include: Front Row (L to R): Felicia Doster, Michele Roberts, Rebecca Copico (Grant Writer), Reathel Privett (Treasurer). Back Row: Cyndee VanWinkle (Circle Communications-Advisor), Susan Akin (President), Anne O’Neill (Vice President), LaReina Grundy (Secretary), Lauren Burns…
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Free Farmer’s Market coming to Hermitage Thursday
Don’t miss out on the Free Farmer’s Market and More coming to Hermitage Thursday, May 19, 2022 at the Hermitage Community Center. Produce is available until all is gone. Visit vendor booths. Stop by the Cooking Matters booth and taste freshly prepared snacks you can also make at home. This week we will be distributing…
Congratulations to the WHS Class of 2022 from Saline River Chronicle(Graduation Picture Special)
The Warren High School Class of 2022 graduated last Thursday, May 12, 2022 at a ceremony held at Jim Hurley, Jr. Stadium in Warren on the campus of Warren High. Saline River Chronicle would like to congratulate the members of the graduating class of 2022 and wish them the best of luck in the years…
Adopted
In 2021 there were more than four hundred thousand children in the United States foster care. Many of those kids were unable to return to their families and were waiting to be adopted. These children spend about three years in foster care before they become eligible for adoption, but they can wait up to ten…
UAM inducts five students into National History Honor Society
MONTICELLO, Ark.—The University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Alpha-Nu-Zeta Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society inducted five new members on May 2. New members include Brittney Bostian, history major; Dakota Boysen, history major; Diego Cendejas, exercise science major; Matthew Outlaw, history major and political science major; and Katherine Vermilyea, history major. Phi Alpha…
Webb named to SEC Community Service Team
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansas’ Braydon Webb has been named to the 2022 SEC Baseball Community Service Team in recognition of his accomplishments beyond the field of competition. Webb has been actively involved in the Fayetteville community during his time as a Razorback. For the second year in a row, he has worked with Team Impact…
Arkansas turkey harvest inches up
LITTLE ROCK — Natural State turkey hunters saw an uptick in checked birds during this spring’s three-week turkey hunting season, which ran from April 18 to May 8. Hunters checked 7,578 turkeys, an 8 percent increase from last year’s 7,013-bird total. That number also includes harvest totals from the state’s youth hunters who enjoyed a…
County Judge updates Quorum Court on bell tower repairs
Bradley County Judge Klay McKinney told the Quorum Court Monday evening, May 16, that work is at somewhat of a standstill on completing the repairs and renovations to the Courthouse Bell Tower. Some unexpected issues have arisen and decisions on how to finish the work are under consideration by the contractor and the State of…
2022-2023 WHS Cheerleading Squad announced
The 2022-2023 Warren Lumberjack Cheerleading squad was announced Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Above is the team pictured. Back Row: Kamari Triplett, Anna Grace Mitchell, Emarie Davis, Victoria ONeill, Taylor Hasley. Middle Row: Sarah Forrest, Aaliyah Walton, Anna Marie Harrod, Ashlyn Crawford. Front Row:Co-Captain Bryleigh Bickers, Co-Captain Tabitha White. Not Pictured: Murphie Wilkinson and Paige Byrd.
63rd All-Tomato Luncheon set for June 11
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…
Make Warren Shine reports new improvements to downtown storefronts
Make Warren Shine plans to do some window dressing and other renovations to local businesses within the next few months. Members Sharon Balentine, Terrie White, Leah St. John, Tamara Johnson and Tim Kessler met Tuesday at the Donald W. Reynolds YMCA. Three crepe myrtle trees have been ordered to be placed around the courthouse. Volunteers…
Pastime: That old 6th grade field trip over to visit Arkansas A&M
This is the wonderful time of the year when once upon a time a tradition of the Sixth Grade at Eastside Elementary School loaded up on two to three school buses for a day-long excursion to Arkansas A&M College. What a day trip that was. It was talked up for weeks. I mean weeks ahead…
SEACAC Executive Director speaks to Rotary
The Rotary Club of Warren met Tuesday, May 17 for their weekly meeting inside the Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. The club’s program was introduced by Warren Mayor and Rotarian Denisa Pennington. She welcomed Michael Jones, Executive Director of the Southeast Arkansas Community Action Corporation (SEACAC) to the club to make a brief…
SRC sales manager takes part in Extension Service training program for students
The U of A Division of Agriculture Extension Office of Bradley County recently conducted their program “Get Real, Here’s the Deal” that teaches high school students about real life. The event was put on for students at Hermitage High School. In charge of the program is Michelle Carter, County Ext. Agent-Family and Consumer Sciences. The…
Warren High School announces Renaissance Award recipients(Click the headline to see the Class of 2024 and 2025)
UAM-CTM student passes National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Paramedic Exam
MCGEHEE, Ark.—Alex D. Kimbrell, a spring 2022 graduate of the Paramedic program at the University of Arkansas at Monticello College of Technology-McGehee (UAM-CTM), passed the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) paramedic exam on May 11. Kimbrell began his journey at UAM-CTM in the Emergency Medical Services program as a fall 2020 Emergency Medical…
Frances Beatrice Holloway Kelley, 1924-2022
Frances Beatrice Holloway Kelley, age 97 of Warren, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at Chapel Woods Health and Rehabilitation. She was born September 9, 1924 in Bradley County to the late Melvin John Holloway and Annie Mae Forester Holloway. She married J. W. Kelley, Jr., on March 25, 1944, and he passed away…
Favorable Arkansas weather boosts cotton planting; December contracts trade at 11-year high as drought intensifies in western U.S.
JONESBORO, Ark. — A much-needed stretch of sunny days has enabled Arkansas’ cotton farmers to get more than half of their planting done as December futures prices hit highest their highest level in 11 years. For the week ending May 15, Arkansas cotton was 53 percent planted, up from 32 percent the previous week and…
2022 Anthony, Gathen, Rainey, Tolbert Scholarship recipients named
The 2022 Anthony, Gathen, Rainey and Tolbert Scholarships in the amount of $1,000 have been awarded to each of the following high school seniors: Mya Tolbert – Dollarway High School, will be attending the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Jaquenton Harris – Dumas High School, will be attending the University of Arkansas at Monticello…
Sunday storm brings down large limb on Chestnut Street
Strong winds during a thunderstorm Sunday evening brought down some large tree branches on North Chestnut Street in Warren. Other parts of the state had large hail and power outages. Photo by Tim Kessler.
Ambrosia Bradley receives SouthArk Scholarship
Ambrosia Bradley of Warren, a nursing major at South Arkansas Community College, has accepted a Mabel and Emon Mahony Endowed Scholarship to attend the school this fall. The scholarship is funded through the SouthArk Foundation.