Chicken Country celebrates 50 years of feeding Jacksonville community

JACKSONVILLE, Ark. — This week the Eat It Up crew visited a staple of the Jacksonville community. Chicken Country has been serving fried chicken, 20 vegetables, and delicious peach cobbler for 50 years!

Owner Bridget Burton took over for her father-in-law over 20 years ago and hasn’t looked back since.

“He started it in 1976, a small business in a small town with fried chicken,” said Bridget…

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