Bradley County Pink Tomato Committee held its first general meeting Thursday to begin preparations for this year’s festival. The festival will begin June 3 with pageants at the Hermitage Community Center and continue the next week with a variety of activities. Kenna Sparks is the festival chairwoman, with Keeton Hudson as vice chairman. Top photo:…
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Superintendent Cornish says new Elementary School should be ready for 2023/24 year
Superintendent Bryan Cornish announced at the Warren School Board meeting Thursday that Warren High School Principal Tiffany Gathen was nominated for Principal of the Year through the Arkansas Association of Secondary School Principals. Honors also went to Angela Marshall, who left the board after serving for 21 years. She was presented with a plaque of…
BCMC recognized as a top 100 critical access hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health
WARREN, Ark. (2/16/23)– Bradley County Medical Center has been recognized as a 2023 Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health. This annual recognition program honors outstanding performance among the nation’s rural hospitals based on the results of the Chartis Rural Hospital Performance INDEX™. BCMC was one of just four Critical Access…
Junior Lady Jacks crowned 8-4A Junior District Tournament Championship
The Warren Junior Lady Jack basketball team won the 8-4A Junior District Tournament Wednesday, February 15, 2023 by defeating the Monticello Junior Lady Billies by the final of 52-40 in the Championship game of the tournament. This is the first trophy won by a Warren team in the new Lumberjack Arena. Photo courtesy of Warren…
Alderwoman Dorthy Henderson has served the people of South Arkansas with distinction
Editor’s note: The following article is part of a series on prominent Warren citizens in honor of Black History Month. Alderwoman Dorothy Henderson has achieved and maintained Level 1 and Level 2 Municipal Official Certification plus has 15 core educational hours of study in subject matters such as budgeting personnel management and the methods of…
Offense picks up in Lady Jacks loss to Mills
WARREN, Ark. – One of the Warren Lady Jacks best performances of the season came up short Thursday evening as they fell to the Mills Lady Comets 59-28 at Lumberjack Arena in Warren. Senior Michaela Stanley put Warren on the board at the 6:26 mark from the free-throw line. Cherish Dooley would knock down a…
Texas A&M rallies to beat Arkansas
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Arkansas led for over 31 minutes, compared to Texas A&M leading for five minutes, but the Razorback offense went cold down the stretch and the #25 Aggies claimed a 62-56 victory at Reed Arena. Texas A&M outscored the Razorbacks 38-23 in the second half, making 4-of-5 from 3-point range, while Arkansas…
Arkansas ag researchers seek climate-resilient rice as part of USDA grant
STUTTGART, Ark. — Scientists at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Rice Research and Extension Center seek to develop rice that is more resilient in the face of climate change and usable water depletion. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists Nick Bateman, associate professor and extension entomologist, and Stan De Guzman, assistant professor and…
SRC EXCLUSIVE: Local singer and songwriter Josie Hargis nominated for an Arkansas Country Music Award says spreading the good news of Jesus is her number one priority
“I give all the glory to God for everything,†said singer and songwriter Josie Hargis as she described her journey into the world of country and Gospel music. The local musician has emerged as one of the top new talents from the State of Arkansas, and it all began right here in Warren. The story…
Three Gifted and Talented students up for Discovering Excellence in Arkansas Award
Three Warren sixth grade students were nominated by their Gifted and Talented teacher for the Discovering Excellence in Arkansas Award. All three students have been notified that they have been selected for this award. The students are part of a group of only 100 students from around the state who have been selected to be…
Intermodal Authority board talk railroad crossing
Southeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority board members met Wednesday at Bradley County Economic Development Corp. and discussed continuing payments on a railroad crossing and efforts to gain highway improvements in the area. Members present were Chairman John Lipton and board members Bettye Gragg of Monticello, Michael Efird of Drew County and Bob Smalling of…
LifeShare Blood Drive scheduled for February 21 at BCMC
WARREN, Ark. (2/15/23) – There will be a LifeShare Blood Drive on Tuesday, Feb. 21 from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the LifeShare bus that will be set up in the BCMC Rural Health Clinic parking lot. The BCMC Rural Health Clinic is located at 304 East Central Street across the road from the…
BCMC CEO/CFO Leslie Huitt speaks to Warren Rotary
The Rotary Club of Warren met for its weekly meeting Tuesday, Feb. 14 at First United Methodist Church in Warren. The group of Rotarians heard from Warren High School Junior Rotarian Oscar Perez to start the program. Top photo: (from L to R) of Rotarian Denisa Pennington and BCMC CEO/CFO Leslie Huitt Rotarian Denisa Pennington…
Jacks run into Conference leaders Watson Chapel for first loss in three weeks
WARREN, Ark. – Entering the final week of the regular season Tuesday night the Warren Lumberjack basketball team ran into Conference leaders Watson Chapel and fell by the final of 73-47 at Lumberjack Arena in Warren. An outstanding first quarter of action saw Warren take a 9-6 lead over Chapel with at the 3:00 minute…
Patricia Ann Ozment, 1959-2023
Patricia Ann Ozment, 63, of Warren, passed away Friday, February 10, 2023, at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Patricia was born February 24, 1959, in Los Angeles County, California. In here younger days in California, Patricia enjoyed surfing, motorcycle riding, and music, especially Elvis Presley. Music, dancing, and singing always remained a…
Lady Jacks fall Tuesday night to Watson Chapel
WARREN, Ark. – Trouble getting going on the scoreboard saw the Warren Lady Jacks fall by the final of 55-11 to Watson Chapel in an 8-4A game at Lumberjack Arena in Warren Tuesday evening, February 14, 2023. Aniyah York led the Lady Jacks with seven points on the night. She knocked down two threes in…
BCMC chosen to participate in Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program
WARREN, Ark. (2/14/23)– On behalf of the Health Resources Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), and Delta Regional Authority (DRA), The National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) is excited to announce Bradley County Medical Center has been selected to participate in the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program. Through the DRCHSD Program, the DRA and FORHP…
FeeFee Jones’s Soup Kitchen prepares lunches for those in need over the weekend
Volunteers helped make box lunches for those in need at FeeFee Jones’s Soup Kitchen this past Saturday, February 11 in Warren. FeeFee Jones has operated the Soup Kitchen for over 29 years and has served thousands of meals.
John Robert Tolbert “Bob,” 1943-2023
John Robert Tolbert “Bob,” age 79 died on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at Baptist Medical Center in North Little Rock, AR. He was born on November 7, 1943 in El Dorado, AR to the late James Wallace Tolbert and Marquerite Furlow Tolbert. Other than his parents he is preceded in death by a sister, Sue…
WHS students taking part in Stock Market Game
WHS Accounting students are participating in the Stock Market Game this school year. The teams consist of Tayshawn Johnson and Landon Barton for “The Buyers” and Ivan Pahuamba, Olivia Davidson, Abigail Pascual-Cortez, and Vincent Davis for the “Money Chasers”. These students are researching companies, stock quotes and competing with other schools by buying stocks and…
Phsics-Fact and Fancy: How sweet is a sweet potato?
In my previous article, I discussed the equation E = mc2 and talked about how scientists used this equation, a ton of money, and a mountain of hardware to invent the “atomic bomb.” The city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was constructed solely for the purpose of enriching the uranium needed for the atomic bomb. A…