Kaiden Hale crowned 2022 Miss Pink Tomato, +full pageant results

The 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Pageants were held Saturday evening, June 4 at the Heritage Community Center to crown a new Miss Pink Tomato, as well as a number of other titles including Petite Miss, Pre-Teen Miss, and Teen Miss Pink Tomato. Seventeen year-old Kaiden Hale of Monticello was crowned the 2022 Miss…

Get a tomato on the square

Each year around the first of June, the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival is celebrated by placing Tomatoes on the Courthouse lawn. They remain there through the month of June. These Tomatoes represent donations from businesses and individuals that help finance the time honored event that began back in June of 1956. This year we…

Final stages of planning underway for the 2022 Tomato Festival

Planning continued Thursday with the Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival committee at the Warren Municipal Building. “We’re trying to get back to normal,” said Chairwoman Brooke Pennington Hatch. Other committee members present included Vicky Tapia, Terrie White, James Wells, Denisa Pennington, Steve Mahanes, Lynn Hearnsberger, Gwen Sledge, Leslie Adams and Keeton Hudson. Political office-holders have…

2022 Tomato Festival t-shirt logo design released

The Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Committee is pleased to reveal the official 2022 66th logo, which is based on the design that Cathy Richardson and Carol Lee Little submitted for the annual t-shirt design contest as a mother/daughter collaboration. Official Festival Tshirts using this design will available for sale in May. Be sure to…

Tomato Festival Chairwoman Brooke Hatch previews event for Rotary

The Rotary Club of Warren met for its weekly meeting Tuesday, April 26 inside the Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church. The group heard from Junior Rotarians from Hermitage (Elizabeth Warren) and Warren (Colton Satterlee, Klayton Dunaway, and Aidan Weaver) before Rotarian Marnette George presented her program. George’s program was Pink Tomato Festival Chairwoman…

Tomato Festival plans progressing for 2022 event

Planning continued for the 66th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival by committee members Thursday. Attending the meeting at the District Courtroom were Chairwoman Brooke Hatch, 1st Vice Chairwoman Kenna Sparks, 2nd Vice Chairman Keeton Hudson, Past President James Wells and committee members Steve Mahanes, Denisa Pennington, Jimmy Sledge, Vicky Tapia and JeNelle Lipton. The…

Boots Bailey & the Boys to perform Friday, June 10 at the Tomato Festival

WARREN, Ark. – Boots Bailey & the Boys will headline the Friday night, June 10, 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival entertainment according to an announcement by the Festival’s Executive Committee. Boots Bailey & the Boys is a country/classic rock group made up of Suzanne “Boots” Bailey, Don Pennington, Robert Dyer, Justin Payne, and Jess…

And the 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Headliner Musician is…

WARREN, Ark. – Locals from Bradley County and visitors from around the United States will soon arrive in Warren, Arkansas for the 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival. The highlight of the each year’s festivities is a live concert on the Bradley County Courthouse square. After two years of scaled back activities due to COVID,…

Planning underway for 66th Pink Tomato Festival

WARREN, Ark. – Planning for the 66th annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival started Thursday with a meeting at Bradley County Economic Development Corp. Brooke Hatch will be this year’s chairwoman. Other officers are 1st Vice Chairwoman Kenna Sparks, 2nd Vice Chairman Keeton Hudson, Treasurer Leslie Adams, Past Chairman James Wells and committee members Gwen…

January 28 deadline for submitting Pink Tomato Festival T-Shirt Contest artwork

Time is running out! The Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Committee is accepting submissions for the 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival T-shirt design contest. The winning entry will be used as the official design to be printed on the 2022 T-shirt, and/or on souvenirs, posters, brochures, and other media used to publicize the 2022…

Tomato Festival now taking 2022 t-shirt design contest submissions

The Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival Committee is accepting submissions for the 2022 Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival T-shirt design contest. The winning entry will be used as the official design to be printed on the 2022 t-shirt, and/or on souvenirs, posters, brochures, and other media used to publicize the 2022 festival.  All sales will…

35th Annual Buck Fever Festival this Weekend

35th Annual Buck Fever Festival this Weekend

Banks, Ark — As the leaves change, hunters descend upon Banks for our favorite time of the year. On Saturday, November 13th, our vendor market will open at 10:00 am selling a variety of items including wooden artwork, welcome signs, home decor, antiques, custom t-shirts, flannel shirts, jewelry, epoxy cups, and sublimation cups. Sweet and…

Candy to be dished out and fun to be had at New Edinburg’s drive-through fall festival

A drive-through Fall Festival is scheduled for Saturday, October 30, at the New Edinburg Community Center from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event, which was a big success in 2020, is being held in partnership with local area churches. There will be several fall-festive places along the route, and cars driving through will be…