Jerry "Chazly" Davidson, son of Reuah and Wayne DePriest and Pam and David L. Davidson II, completed Army Basic Training on Thursday, Oct. 25, at Ft. Benning, Ga. Davidson, a 2007 graduate of Bauxite High School, is training at Ft. Rucker, Ala., to be an aviation operation specialist. His wife, H... More...

Former Gov. Mike Huckabee is having more success than a lot of people dreamed in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination. He's a long way from getting it, but with success comes criticism. More...

The smell of marijuana smoke led Benton police to a car in Tyndall Park, and charges on a Benton man. Sidney Bradbury, 18, who lives on Market St., was charged with driving while intoxicated-drugs after failing a sobriety test and admitting he'd smoked marijuana a half hour earlier. He said he'd ... More...

The following couples applied for a marriage license: Michael Kenneth Richards, 27, of Malvern and Susan Elizabeth Held, 24, of Malvern John Louis Brown, 47, of Little Rock and Stephanie N. More...

John McClendon of Monticello has had a thing about alligators for 3 1/2 decades - since he was 5 years old. He's seen them up close and personal, starting with the early days of gator restoration in Arkansas. More...

Back in the 1990s Benton Panthers baseball fans had an idea that Cliff Lee would be a Major League great. Turns out they were right. "Growing up, he was a special athlete," said Panthers baseball coach Mark Balisterri. "He was a typical kid in school and he pitched in six or seven games. More...

Mr. Kelley Richards Chandler, age 28, of Benton, died on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1979, in Little Rock. Kelley was the former owner and operator of the Higdon Ferry UPS Store in Hot Springs, a graduate of Benton High School Class of 1998, and a member of the First ... More...