Congratulations to Kiersey Hicks for reaching 700 Books in Warren Branch Library’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program! For more information about this program, please contact the Library at 870-226-2536 or come by 115 West Cypress St in Warren.
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Volunteers needed to help with Archaeological work at Lakeport Plantation in March
LAKE VILLAGE, Ark. – Join the Arkansas Archeological Survey-UAM Research Station and Arkansas State University Heritage Studies for a field survey at Lakeport Plantation in Lake Village, AR March 18 and 19, 2022 for Archeology Month. The goal of the field survey is to find material evidence of the enslaved persons’ quarters. On Friday, March…
Poetry Out Loud Arkansas Championship set for March 11
LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Arts Council, in partnership with Arkansas Heritage, is pleased to announce Arkansas Poetry Out Loud, the statewide poetry recitation competition, will be held virtually Friday, March 11 at 10:00 a.m. High school students who won poetry competitions through their schools or educational groups will compete for the state title. The…
The history of Presidents’ Day
Today, February 21, 2022 is legally designated as “Presidents Day” in the United States. Current law designates Presidents Day as the third Monday of February. The day was originally an unofficial day to celebrate George Washington’s birthday to honor the man considered the “Father of our Country.” In 1879 the day was officially made a…
Pastime: Those big Mountie calendars
As the New Year continues, I miss those big and I mean “big†wall calendars that the Potlatch Corporation once passed out around town for businesses. Potlatch was not the only firm having giant sized wall calendars with many small month-by-month pages against the backdrop of a large photograph. All the barber shops along Main…
Puterbaugh-Risner engagement announced
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Puterbaugh of New Edinburg, AR announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Dixie Mae, to David Micheal Risner of McGehee, AR. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Risner of McGehee. Dixie is a 2017 graduate of Warren High School. She is a 2021 graduate of the…
Always there to cheer the Jacks
Covering Lumberjack sports, from football to basketball, from baseball to soccer, can be a busy task. Attending game after game, taking photos and keeping stats, are usually followed by late nights typing articles. It’s a hectic lifestyle, and one that becomes all the more a struggle when winter arrives, and with it, basketball season. With…
Celebrating Black History Month: Meet five local African-American leaders making an impact in Bradley County
Editor’s note: The following are profiles of prominent African-American leaders in Warren, in honor of Black History Month in February. Jerry Daniels Jerry Daniels has spent all of his 64 years in Warren, as he was born and raised here. A total of 44 of those years were spent as a logyard coordinator for Potlatch…
Former Warren residents granddaughter scores 1,000 points
Special to the Saline River Chronicle WHITE HALL, Ark. – Lilly Hood, a 17-year-old senior at White Hall High School recently scored 1,000 points in basketball as a varsity Lady Bulldog. Hood is the daughter of Steve and Kelli Boone Hood and the Granddaughter of Dr Terry and Donna Dees Boone of Pine Bluff and…
Dawkins and Robinson announced as January Library winners, plus January memorials announced
For the month of January, Warren Branch Library’s Book Club for Kids had 1 participant, Jase Dawkins, who read a total of 8 books. He was January’s prize winner. Way to go Jase! Any books read for the month of February by students in grades K-8th can participate in this program. No registration required. Simply…
Pastime: Those ‘Singing’ Valentines
Somewhere around my junior year at Warren High School, the Singing Valentine’s craze took off. The exact year escapes me. I have tried to glance back at the Goggle of calendar pages past, but that didn’t help my recollection. It was a fundraising mechanism of a couple of the school clubs, not sure if it…
Pastime: Those old Cardui Calendars
A real treat often came between Christmas and New Year’s was when Warren businesses handed out calendars for the year ahead. Almost every drugstore in downtown Main Street gave away some sort of free calendar to be public back in the day. The most popular was the mass produced Cardui Calendar – a flimsy newspaper-like…
Southark Spotlight: DWR YMCA of Warren and Bradley County
Southark Spotlight’s January 2022 episode takes a look at the Donald W. Reynolds YMCA of Warren and Bradley County with David Richey, the YMCA Executive Director. Richey takes viewers through the structure of the Y, the programs it offers to both youth and adults, as well as gives us an insight into how the Y…
VIDEO: Terrie White of the BC Chamber of Commerce talks about the role of the Chamber and how it operates
Terrie White, current President of the Bradley County Chamber of Commerce, recently sat down with Saline River Chronicle to discuss the ins and outs of how the Chamber is structured, how it benefits local businesses County-wide, as well as what events are planned for 2022. Watch the full interview today.
Two new puppies available for adoption from the Warren Pound
Two new puppies are available for adoption at the Warren Dog Pound, both a German Shepard mix. If you are interested in adopting one or both, contact the Warren Police Department at 870-226-3703.
Pastime: Wintertime movies about summertime sizzlers
These cold, gray January days (and nights) have renewed my memories about the wintertime shows at the Pastime in downtown Warren. There was more than just availability – perhaps a little Sid Wharton smarts in offering up summertime movies to the viewing public when it was cold, gray and chilly in Warren and Bradley County.…
UAM Heavy Equipment School providing good paying jobs
Did you know the University of Arkansas at Monticello, McGehee Campus operates an accredited school for the training of heavy equipment operators right here in Warren? It’s not a secret and has been located here for a number of years, yet it seems many people are unaware of the school and what it can provide. When a…
Today marks the 73rd Anniversary of the 1949 Warren tornado
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…
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…