• Hogs’ Butler new Shockers’ coach
• Joe Lee Richards, Benton
• Stanek gets ‘Perfect Game’ All-American honors
• Traffic stop leads to bigger arrests
• Mesker named to Coleman’s staff
• Suspicious person call nets arrest
• Technology keeps residents safer
• KEWI back to full power after lightning hits studio
• Long answers Gee’s statements

Local News

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  Traffic stop leads to bigger arrests

  A routine traffic stop just past midnight Monday night on the I-30 service road near Sevier St. turned into a felony arrest by the Benton police.

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  Mesker named to Coleman’s staff

  Josh Mesker has been named to the executive staff for Arkansas businessman and Republican gubernatorial candidate Curtis Coleman's campaign.

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  Casady announces results from busy week in court

  Saline County prosecuting attorney Ken Casady announced on Thursday the results of a busy week at the Saline County courthouse.

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  Suspicious person call nets arrest

  Benton police officers respond to call about a suspicious person and end up placing 19-year-old Jared Vidrine under arrest on various charges, including possession of meth.

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  Technology keeps residents safer

  New software technology will give Saline County residents faster, more complete weather information during storms.

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  Prattsville man killed during storm

    Funeral services are set for Monday for thirty-four year old Daniel Wayne Earnest, who was killed during a tornado warned storm that moved through Saline and Grant Counties on Thursday...

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  KEWI back to full power after lightning hits studio

  Radio station KEWI is back on the air after an outage of nearly twenty hours following a Thursday night lightning strike that impaired the station's downtown Benton studios.

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  Second Arrest Made In April Shooting

    Detectives with the Benton Police Department have made a second arrest in connection to a shooting incident that took place on 4/26/13 on Millbrook Cove.  The suspect, Timothy Gauldin (W/M,...

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  Benton Police Plan Prescription Drug Take Back

  BENTON - The Benton Police Department reminds citizens about the annual Prescription Drug Take Back event planned for this Saturday. Saline County residents will have the opportunity to surrender unused prescription drugs...

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  AUDIO: Severe Storms Likely Thursday, Meteorologist Dan Holiday Reviews Forecast

      BENTON - As warm, muggy weather continues to invade Saline County this week, Thursday is the day that parts of Arkansas may go under the gun for severe thunderstorms and...