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EVENTS A Spring Cleaning Parking Lot Sale will be Saturday at Benton Senior Activity Centera, 210 Jefferson St., Benton. Smokey Joe's Cafe will be presented Thursday though Sunday and May 22-25 by the Royal Players at the Royal Theater in downtown Benton. For information call 315-LIVE. More ... Early voting continues through Monday in Saline County By DIANE UPCHURCH Voice News Bureau Absentee and early voting for Republican, Democrat and non-partisan judicial primaries continues through Monday. Party primaries and the non-partisan judicial primary election will be Tuesday, May 20 to select county leaders for two-year term. More ... Federal grant to fund lights for Saline County Airport By LEWIS DELAVAN Editor New taxiway lighting is one more step toward an Instrument Landing System at Saline County Airport. A $411,240 federal Department of Transportation grant will fund the improvement, congressional offices jointly announced recently. More ...
Benton Mayor Rick Holland and Bryant Mayor Larry Mitchell recently met with members of the Saline County Relay for Life committee to sign proclamations for both cities declaring May 12-17 "Relay for Life Week." Both proclamations urge "all citizens to participate in the event recognizing the importa... More ...
Amy and Matt Berg fill out the registration paperwork for son Joseph, 5, at Pine Haven Elementary School recently. The Bergs were one of about 100 families who preregistered their children for kindergarten that day. More ...
Members of the Benton Education Association, the Benton Association of Support Staff and the Arkansas Education Association pose with Barbara Nix, candidate for state representative, District 28. The associations recently endorsed Nix's candidacy. More ... Benton Public Utilities panel considers sewer fee options By ROBERT SHEARON Staff writer People developing Benton businesses in the Alcoa Exchange area may be in for an unpleasant surprise when they go to get sewer services, according to the Benton Public Utitlies Commission. The commission met last week to discuss a resolution that was approved Dec. 9, 2002, by the Benton City Counc... More ...
Cal Kellogg of Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield presents Susan Hapner with a certificate for completing the training course required for the Governors' Quality Award Board of Examiners. Kellogg taught the comprehensive training course, which covered the Criteria for Performance Excellence and t... More ... SMH executive selected to serve on Governor's Award Board of Examiners Susan Hapner, Saline Memorial Hospital executive director of quality and risk management, has completed the Governor's Quality Award (GQA) Program Examiner Training in Little Rock and has been selected to serve on the program's board of examiners. More ... Voter turnout better than expected Turnout for early voting has been higher than expected, said County Clerk Freddy Burton in an interview on Monday. Burton said the first day of early voting, Monday, May 5, saw 360 people cast ballots, compared to 89 voters in the 2006 election, an increase of roughly 250 percent. More ...
PHOTOS COURTESY STATE REP. DAWN CREEKMORE UPSIDE DOWN This manufactured home was flipped over by the tornado that hit Hensley on May 2. SEE RELATED STORY ON PAGE 1 More ...
Benton Alderman Bill Donnor presents the Employee of the Month award recently to Linda Krueser, a fire department employee. More ...
Knuckles the Caring Clown visited the Civitan Center preschool recently. Knuckles used her magic to create cupcakes for a couple of birthday children and made suckers appear for all the children. Benton SCAT employee Connie Hipps performs as Knuckles the Caring Clown. More ...
Christi Finn Bowen's physician was not supportive of her desire to breastfeed. Where this could have discouraged some new mothers, she was visited and encouraged by a lactation specialist Saline Memorial Hospital. Bowen was referred to the Department of Health where she got a pump and friendly sup... More ...
Laura Snyder My husband and I had an unusual experience at a fast food restaurant the other day. While our children ate outside and watched other children climb on the plastic jungle, we ate in relative peace inside and enjoyed a conversation that did not include one potty word. More ... Old Rock Island bridge will be re-dedicated The long-awaited completion of the renovation of the Junction Railroad Bridge converting it to a pedestrian and bicycle bridge will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, says Billie Ann Myers, chair of the Pulaski County Facilities Board responsible for the construction project. More ...
LEADERSHIP Surgery Team Leader - Jenny Hillman R.N. (center) won the award for Leadership. More ...
WILLIAMS BOOKEEPING Benton Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated the opening of Williams Bookeeping with a recent ribbon cutting attended by members of the Benton Area Chamber. More ... |
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