Monday, January 3, 2022 is the 73rd anniversary of the tragic tornado that hit Warren in 1949. It is a time so many of who grew up in Warren in the 1950’s, 60’s and early 70’s were told about over and over. That storm was a disaster legend to several generations of young people growing…
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Pastime: McGehee’s Chief of Police, Warren Native, Jim White, 68, passes on Christmas Day
This Christmas Day, one of the shortest and saddest messages of this very unusual year, was “pinged’ into my electronic phone device in the lazy, ultra-warm afternoon of this holiday. Jim White, you see, was a friend, a real friend across the last nearly six decades, had suddenly passed away at his home in McGehee.…
Southark Spotlight: Dustin Prince
Monticello resident and actor Dustin Prince recently sat down to chat with Saline River Chronicle for the December 2021 episode of Southark Spotlight, the show which introduces Chronicle readers to community members doing positive and unique things in life. Prince, who is also an employee of Maxwell Hardwood Flooring, spoke with Saline River Chronicle about…
Pastime: The pastor and his Christmas stories
The scribbler of these Pastime memories sometimes, like all of us, get a little bit “down” as this pandemic continues; as the holiday season approaches; and we start seeing more names we know on a personal first-name basis in the obituary columns across this state. The last couple of weeks have been an emotional roller-coaster…
Pastime: Happy Birthday Bradley County
Now this Pastime is not meant to be a history lesson as much as a Happy Birthday greeting. December 18th Bradley County turns 181 years old. Happy Birthday to Bradley County! Getting the technical out of the way, on December 18, 1840, Bradley County was formed from the much larger Union County on pre-drawn, pre-territorial maps.…
The Christmas Memory Tree
This is the story behind the Christmas tree on the Martin lot, from Warren Mayor Denisa Pennington: This tree has a story to tell. After my best friend, classmate and 5th grade boyfriend, Bob Roddey passed away I took a little cedar seedling from where he was buried. I took it to my childhood home…
News Item: All SEC WR Treylon Burks Declares For NFL Draft by Gary Thomas
Hogtoons artist Gary Thomas was kind enough to allow us to publish his cartoon featuring Warren’s own Treylon Burks. Gary’s Facebook page Hogtoons features his wonderful artwork featuring all things Razorbacks. Be sure to hop on over to Gary’s Hogtoons Facebook Page and give his page a like! We really appreciate Gary allowing us to…
Pastime: Delicious cheese straws from a cookie exchange
A Pastime of my past surfaces each Christmas. It is more about an event and yet the culinary treat that came my way for simply moving a few card tables and pieces of furniture around, makes me write this after a half century of memories. Of my many duties as a Printer’s Devil at the…
Jase Dawkins wins Warren Library Book Club for Kids November giveaway
For the month of November, Warren Branch Library’s Book Club for Kids had 1 participant. Jase Dawkins read a total of 4 books! He was November’s prize winner. Any students in grades K-8th can participate in this program.No registration required. Simply keep up with the books they read for the month of December and submit…
SEARK Concert Association presents Christmas Around the World
The Southeast Arkansas Concert Association announced Wednesday that they will present a program titled Christmas Around the World by the West Edge String Quartet Sunday, December 5 at 3:00 p.m. This beautiful, award-winning Christmas album is performed live, on stage at the University Fine Arts Center. 15 Classical Christmas Carols by the West Edge String…
Pastime: When Santa had a little house in downtown Warren
Here is a Pastime when there was a Santa House in downtown Warren. The week after Thanksgiving, the Warren Chamber of Commerce, under the tutelage of James Ernest, who would later be the Bradley County Judge (1965-68 and again, 1975-76) quickly constructed a small white-frame building on the corner of Cypress and Main in Warren.…
Audrey Culwell reaches 700 books before kindergarten in Library program
Audrey Culwell has reached 700 books in Warren Branch Library’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program! For more information about how your child can participate in this program, contact the Warren Branch Library at 870-226-2536.
Lillian Culwell reaches milestone in 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program
Lillian Culwell has reached 700 books in Warren Branch Library’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program! For more information about how your child can participate in this program, contact the Warren Branch Library at 870-226-2536.
Pastime: The fruit and nut ‘peddlers’ for Christmas time
Today’s brisk weather reminds me of the scant few weeks until Christmas and the Pastimes keep rolling in. This special time right after Thanksgiving and until Christmas morning was always a magical time when all the stores along Main (and others) were brimming with goods, shoppers, and kids peering into all the decorated windows festooned…
John B. Frazer, Jr., “Man of Vision”
As has been noted in Saline River Chronicle and other media outlets, John B. Frazer, Jr. passed away Friday November 5, 2021 at age 82. His obituary has been published and a wonderful piece was written by Warren native Maylon Rice in one of his versions of “Pastimes” for Saline River Chronicle. Everything written and…
Pastime: Some holiday recipes to share for Thanksgiving 2021
This is a time of the year for good, time-tested and tasty recipes. I know this is a column about Pastime memories, but these are some recipes that will fill that bill. So read on my friends. Each really good recipe is one that is passed down from grandparent to parents and parent to children.…
Southark Spotlight: Timothy Kessler
Local writer and author Timothy Kessler recently sat down with Saline River Chronicle’s Gregg Reep to chat about his latest book as the guest and feature of our monthly episode of Southark Spotlight. Kessler has just released a new book, titled “Death of the Blue Light Rapist,” a true crime story. During the episode, Kessler…
Pastime: John B. Frazer, Jr.
A man of many talents, one intense love – for the City of Warren, Ark. This is a sad Pastime, sorrowful only in that a good man has died and left his indelible marks on the red brick streets of Warren. My mentor, the late Robert L. (Bob) Newton Jr., who could write such tributes…
Cora Baker wins Warren Library Book Club for Kids October giveaway
For the month of October, the Warren Branch Library’s Book Club for Kids had three participants who read a total of 59 books. Each book equaled one chance in the Library’s monthly Facebook Live giveaway. Cora Baker was October’s winner. Other participants were Caleb Baker and Stormy Taylor. For more information on how your child…
Pastime: The Childhood of Famous Americans books
This is a Pastime of reading pleasure and memories of pages filled by books of famous Americans. There was a small, but compact collection of little orange/red backed books found on a shelf under the east window of the children’s section in the old Warren Public Library. That collection still fills my memories – even…
What is your knowledge of Anaplasmosis?
The University of Arkansas is currently conducting a survey on cattle producer awareness of anaplasmosis risk and transmission to livestock in Arkansas. Anaplasmosis turns an animal’s immune system against itself, destroying both healthy and infected red blood cells, which can starve the animal of oxygen. In some cases, anaplasmosis can cause calves to be aborted…