The City of Warren added a brand new garbage truck to its fleet this week. The arrival of the new vehicle is part of a lease program which the Warren City Council authorized several months ago in order to help City crews maintain the community’s sanitation services. Warren Mayor Gregg Reep says that “The City…
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Becke Williams of Rocking Horse Ranch Arkansas speaks to Warren Rotary
The Rotary Club of Warren met for its weekly program Tuesday, Feb. 28 inside the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The group heard from Hermitage Junior Rotarian Grace Smith and Warren Junior Rotarian Ashley Cortez to begin the program. Rotarian Dixon Platt then introduced his program of Becke Williams, who owns the Rocking Horse…
WFD Fireman’s Ball celebrated over the weekend
Warren Fire Department celebrated its 103rd birthday in style Saturday night at Warren Country Club with a steak dinner, awards, a fundraising auction and a dance featuring Boots Bailey and the Boys. A large crowd was on hand as Capt. Clint Horn served as master of ceremonies. He noted that improvements in the past year included…
Bradley County to hold pesticide collection event
Bradley County producers and commercial applicators will have the opportunity to dispose of their outdated and unused pesticides during a collection event on Tuesday, March 7. The event will take place at the Bradley County Fairgrounds. Inventory forms are due by March 1, and can be picked up at the Bradley County Extension Office or…
Boil order lifted for the town of Banks
Banks Waterworks announced Friday in a statement that the Department of Health has lifted the recent boil order in the town of Banks that has been in place since the freezing rain storm that caused major power outages around the region. The Department of Health has released the ‘BOIL WATER’ notice issued on 2/3/2023 by…
Contracts signed for new Banks fire station construction
A new fire station is set to be constructed in the Bradley County community of Banks after the final contracts were signed Friday according to Mayor Keeton Hudson’s office. The new fire station will be a 40′ x 60′ building with four bays located on the site of the old Banks gymnasium. According to the…
Boil order issued and state of emergency declared for the town of Banks
Around 10:30 a.m. the local government of Banks announced a boil order issued until further notice due to the power outage. Then, around 11:00 a.m., Banks Mayor Keeton Hudson announced a state of emergency declaration for the community of Banks. I have issued a state of emergency declaration in the Town of Banks, due to…
Quorum Court hears report on jail issues, road repairs, and more during Tuesday meeting
Although she is starting her fourth term in the Arkansas General Assembly, state Rep. Sonia Barker is now beginning to represent the newly created District 96, which includes half of Bradley County. Barker appeared at Tuesday’s Bradley County Quorum Court meeting along with her husband. They live in Smackover and have three adult children plus…
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Local officials sworn in to start new terms in 2023
Bradley County, Warren and Hermitage officials were sworn in on New Year’s Day at the Bradley County Courthouse. New mayors Gregg Reep of Warren and Matt Cathey of Hermitage were sworn in. Banks Mayor Keeton Hudson was not present. Bradley County Judge Klay McKinney said, “When you sign up for one of these jobs, you…
Residents on alert after theft in the Wagnon community(Story updated since original publishing)
The Bradley County Sheriff’s Department asked for the public to share that a Kawasaki KLX 140 was taken from Bradley Road 10 near the Wagnon Community in Bradley County sometime during the early morning hours of Friday, December 30, 2022. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office at 870-226-3491. Saline…
Town of Banks celebrates 2022 Appreciation Dinner
The Town of Banks held its 2022 Appreciation Dinner Thursday, December 29, 2022. Banks Mayor Keeton Hudson said “on behalf of the Town and myself, we would like to say a thank you to our City Council, City Attorney, City Recorder/Treasurer/Secretary, and our Buck Fever Committee and volunteers, as well as our Fire Department, food…
Elected officials to be sworn in January 1
Local elected officials in Bradley County are soon to be sworn in Sunday, January 1, 2023 at the Bradley County Courthouse in Warren. The ceremony, which will take place at 2:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon, will see a host of local elected officials from both the County, City of Warren, City of Hermitage, as well as…
County landfill and solid waste holiday schedule
The Bradley County Courthouse has announced the upcoming Christmas schedule for both the landfill and solid waste pickup throughout the County.
Third annual Mrs. Beverly Reep Memorial 5K Run/Walk coming up December 26, $100 prize drawing donated by Union Bank
The third annual Mrs. Beverly Reep Memorial Virtual 5K walk/run is now accepting entries for the event December 26, 2022. The virtual 5K was established in December of 2020 by Warren High School student India Young. Although Young has since moved on to her collegiate chapter of life at the University of Arkansas, the event…
Have cookies and cocoa with Santa this weekend in Banks
Family still searching for answers six months after Martha Bradford’s disappearance
The family of a missing Bradley County woman is still searching for answers in the disappearance of their mother, Martha Bradford, who was last seen Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in the Blue Springs community near Banks. Saturday, December 3, 2022, is the birthday of missing Bradley County woman Martha Bradford. Born December 3, 1969, Bradford’s…
City and County Thanksgiving schedules
The following are the schedules for the City of Warren and Bradley County: City of Warren: Bradley County
Bentley Baskins brings in biggest doe during Buck Fever Festival
Banks’s Buck Fever Festival Committee announced that the winner of the biggest doe brought in on the Saturday of the Festival was Bentley Baskins. Baskins won a $150 prize. Photo courtesy of Tanya Gardner.
36th annual Buck Fever Festival held in Banks over the weekend
The famous Buck Fever Festival, the annual event put on in the town of Banks in Bradley County, held its 36th consecutive festival this past weekend, November 11-12 during the customary start of Arkansas’s modern-gun deer season. In these parts, Buck Fever is the unofficial kickoff to the holiday season, and 2022’s festival didn’t disappoint.…
USDA reminds Drew/Bradley/Calhoun County farmers and ranchers to vote in Drew/Bradley committee election
Monticello, AR, Nov. 15 2022 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has started mailing ballots for the Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committee elections to eligible farmers and ranchers across the country. To be counted, ballots must be returned to the Drew County FSA office or postmarked by Dec. 5, 2022. “FSA county committee…