Mrs. Ruth Clary has retired from the Warren School District after 38 years of service as a Food Service Worker. Mrs. Clary began working with the Warren School District as a Food Service Worker in 1984 at Westside Elementary School, later to be named Brunson Elementary. Throughout her 38 years of serving kids within the…
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Warren Junior Jack Tayshawn Edwards receives offer from SEC school
According to multiple sources, including 42 Sports media organization, incoming Warren eighth grader, wide receiver, and cornerback, Tayshawn Edwards of the class of 2027 received a scholarship offer from Ole Miss this past weekend following a camp with the Rebels. Edwards also confirmed the offer on his twitter account @TayshawnEdwards yesterday, June 15, 2022. The…
House of Representatives passes Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Director Austin Booth applauded the passage of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act on Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives. Booth compared HR 2773 as the modern-day equivalent of the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson Acts. These two pieces of legislation have funded the conservation efforts that fueled the…
Hermitage School Board takes personnel actions
The Hermitage School Board conducted its monthly meeting June 13, 2022. Normal business was conducted which included approval of the previous minutes and the financial reports. Board officers were reelected for the new school year. After going into executive session the board voted to approve the following personnel matters: Hired Madison Vines as a teacher…
Razorbacks draw Baylor for SEC/Big 12 Challenge
FAYETTEVILLE – In a rematch of the 2021 NCAA Elite 8 meeting, Arkansas will face Baylor as part of the 2023 SEC/Big 12 Challenge. The contest will be played on Jan. 28, 2023, in Waco, Texas. Overall, the 10th annual SEC/Big 12 Challenge will feature 10 games played on the same day (Saturday, Jan. 28,…
Chris Ogburn appointed to civic engagement organization
Little Rock, AR- State Senator Joyce Elliott announced today the appointment of three Regional Civic Engagement Coordinators to further Get Loud Arkansas’s (GLA) commitment to expanding voter registration and civic engagement statewide. Elliott launched the nonprofit organization in December 2021 after Arkansas was identified as the worst state in the country for voter registration and…
Trio of Razorbacks named Phil Steele Preseason All-Americans; 7 garner All-SEC honors
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Phil Steele Magazine released its Preseason All-American teams Wednesday afternoon, and the Razorbacks were well represented. Three Arkansas standouts have been named Phil Steele Preseason All-Americans and seven were tabbed to Preseason All-SEC recognition, headlined by defensive back Jalen Catalon’s first-team All-America distinction. Linebacker Bumper Pool and center Ricky Stromberg compiled second…
Subscribe to Arkansas Wildlife, receive 2022-23 calendar
It’s always a good time to subscribe to Arkansas Wildlife, the bimonthly magazine produced by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, although this may be the best time of year. The July-August issue of the magazine is the calendar edition, full of information about the Arkansas outdoors such as hunting dates and sunrise/sunset times, and…
WHS Class of 1965 holds reunion during Tomato Festival
Thirty one members of the Warren High School Class of 1965 were present at the home of Bryan and Dr. Sue Martin to enjoy a class reunion held in conjunction with the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival. A number of the class took part in Tomato Festival activities and several attended the All-School reunion held…
Keller Bigham named 2022 Deno Nichols Award winner
The list of Warren High School Athletic awards for the school year of 2021-2022 have recently been released by the Warren School District. Many of these awards are normally announced at the end of the school year All-Sports Reception, held in May. Due to the ongoing COVID issue, the event has not been held in…
Rotary hears program on Arkansas Girls and Boys State
The Warren Rotary Club met for its weekly meeting Tuesday, June 14 at First United Methodist Church. Rotarian Dr. Bob Smalling presented the program, which consisted of Arkansas Girls State Representative Raven Harris and Emma Mann of Warren and Arkansas Boys State Representative Weston Gavin. Dr. Smalling spoke briefly about the history of Boys State…
Turtles taking to the streets; don’t box them in
Turtles are on the move all over Arkansas, and many can be found alongside roads in rural and suburban areas thanks to a wet, relatively cool spring that created excellent foraging areas in ditches and grassy areas beside the hustle of daily traffic. Many turtles are finishing up their annual breeding and egg-laying cycles, which…
Arkansas Department of Agriculture kicks off Arkansas Farmer’s Market Week
As summer begins in the Natural State, many Arkansans will turn to farmer’s markets for fresh produce and other farm products to feed their families nutritious meals. To recognize the efforts of local growers and markets, Arkansas Secretary of Agriculture Wes Ward delivered Governor Asa Hutchinson’s proclamation of June 12-18 as Arkansas Farmer’s Market Week.…
Apply for a 2022 Arkansas alligator hunt permit
Applications for the 2022 Arkansas alligator season are available at www.agfc.com from 8 a.m., June 15 through midnight, June 30. Anyone interested in pursuing alligators on public land in Arkansas must apply for one of the six hunting locations within two of Arkansas’s three open Alligator Management Zones. The 2022 alligator permit draw will have…
Meeting the 2022 Bradley County Farm Family of the Year, Jason and Laura West of West Oak Farms
Laura West has been a member of three Bradley County Farm Families of the Year. Her grandparents, Mary and Eugene Hamilton, and her father, Terry Don Pritchard, were previous recipients of the title. She is a current recipient, along with her husband, Jason West, and daughters Landen, 19, and Paisley, 13, who operate West Oak…
City wrestles with how to handle junked-up properties around Warren(full meeting video included)
Dilapidated properties continue to be a major point of discussion for the Warren City Council, who met for their regular monthly business meeting Monday evening, June 13, 2022 at the Warren Municipal Building in downtown Warren. Although a relatively short meeting compared to most months, the bulk of June’s Council session was centered around the…
Warren School Board approves resignations and new hires
Six of the seven members of the Warren School Board were onhand Monday evening, June 13 to conduct the monthly business of the District. In addition to the regular reports from allschool administrators and the financial updates, the board came out of an executive session to make a number of personnel decisions. The following personnel…
2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Cutest Baby Contest results
The following are the results from the 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Cutest Baby Contest: 0-5 month Girls: Winner-Mae Louise Stone 1st runner-up-Rylee Mae Book 2nd runner-up-Tinsley Kate Miracle 0-5 month Boys: Winner-Liam Alexander Martinez 1st runner-up-Owen Barnett 5 month 1 day-9 months Girls: Winner-Willow Timberleigh Starr 1st runner-up-Harlyn Rhodes Clark 2nd runner-up-Halsyn Rae…
Dwain Tenner wins Bradley County Medical and Health Foundation quilt raffle
Dwain Tenner recently won the quilt raffle that was presented by the Bradley Medical and Health Foundation. Tenner’s name was drawn on Saturday, June 11 during the Pink Tomato Festival. Tenner is pictured with Bridgette Harding, President of the Bradley Medical and Health Foundation.
Jacks win two of three in SAU 7-on-7 tourney
Featuring in the June 10, 2022 Southern Arkansas University 7-on-7 tournament, the Warren Lumberjacks won two of three games, beating Natchitoches Central in game one, El Dorado B Team in game two, and falling to Caddo Parish in the final game of the day. The Jacks kick off regular season play August 26 at Stuttgart.
Children are great imitators! Listen to the echo
Several little girls were playing house one day, taking turns playing various family members, when one of them said to another, “Now you be the daddy.” The little girls thought for a minute and then said, “I don’t want to be daddy. I want to talk, and besides, what would I use for a remote…