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January 23, 2008
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SOUNDS OF OEM
The Sounds of OEM performed its brand of harmony during a musical presentation Sunday at a memorial celebration at Pleasant Hill AME Church in Benton commemorating the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. They were accompanied by Pastor Joseph Hollis of the Outreach Evangelistic Ministry. Shirley Bur... More...
Family members still seek answers to man's disappearance
MIKE DOUGHERTY / Editor

Family members and friends of Hec Grant gathered at his home to remember him the weekend before, marking the Monday anniversary of the disappearance of the Bauxite man who was 28 when he went missing Jan. 14, 2007. “It was nice,” said Debbie Grant, the man's mother. “We just wanted to together and ... More...

Early presidential primary voting starts Tuesday, Jan. 29

Early Presidential Preferential Primary Election voting in Saline County starts Tuesday, Jan. 29 and continues through Monday, Feb. 4 in the Voting Center building on North Main Street in Benton during regular courthouse business hours. Regular voting will be held at the courthouse from 7:30 a.m.-... More...

 News
•Giving soldiers a piece of home
Rebecca Jones, Saline Memorial Hospital community relations manager, presents a box of cell phones to Marcus Tarkington, AT&T retail sales consultant at the AT&T store in Bryant. Members of the hospital staff collected old cells phones, and then donated them to AT&T for the Cell Phones for Soldiers ... More...
•Bryant High School Jazz Band will perform at Grace Church Friday
•Aging Healthily Not a Mystery
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 Opinion
•Racing at old airport deserves a fair look
A request to use a portion of the old Saline County Airport for street racing deserves thoughtful review. Many possibilities exist for Benton's portion of the land, which is dedicated to economic development. More...
•Political Cartoon
•What's said and what's heard
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 Police Beat
•FIRE REPORTS
Benton Fire Department Thursday Jan. 3 At 2:59 a.m. units were dispatched and canceled en route to 6720 Grayson. At 4:31 a.m. the department responded to the 800 block of Military Road, where firefighters found excessive heat and scorch burns with an ignition. At 7:07 a.m. units were dispatched... More...
•POLICE BEAT
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 Courthouse News
•COURTHOUSE NEWS
The following couples have applied for a marriage license: Matthew Wade Hickman, 28, of Alexander and Kelly Joann Wheat, 29, of Alexander William Kenneth Holiman, 63, of Benton and Roxie Ann Vigus, 52, of Broomfield Joshua Thomas Brothers, 26, of North Little Rock and Elania Cooper, 20, More...
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 Saline Outdoors
•Birds don't care if house has bit of whimsy
Arkansans have been encouraged for years to build bird boxes, and many have done this. Some have built scads of them. Plans are readily available from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and the construction is easy for someone who has at least a nodding acquaintance with a saw, a hammer and a... More...
•JOYS OF FISHING
•Hunting seasons abound
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 Sports
•Cardinals get back in 5AAA chase
The Harmony Grove Cardinals beat Magnet Cove and Mayflower to improve to 6-4 in the 5AAA Conference. The two wins, which are part of a four-game winning streak for the team, put them back in the conference contention for a possible second- or thirdplace seed for the district tournament. More...
•Hornets fall twice in league
•Panthers deflate Wildcats 62-40
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 Obituaries
•Mary Evelyn Brown Louallen
Mary Evelyn Brown Louallen, 63, of Benton, died Jan. 22, 2008. She was born Dec. 17, 1944 in Bauxite, Ark. Mrs. Brown was a member of Spring Creek Missionary Baptist Church. Mary Evelyn was retired from Ringgold Elementary School, where she was secretary for 31 years. She was currently employe... More...
•Willie E. Tarkington
•Nancy Jane Duncan
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