I tried really hard to think of a joke about former Alabama football coach Bear Bryant, but it’s late as I write this. Anyway, there was a wild bear that somehow made its way into the city limits of Bryant on Saturday. The following are posts from the Director of Bryant Animal Control, Tricia Power; […]
Popeye’s Chicken Coming to Bryant
I heard some time ago that Popeye’s was moving into the location where Backyard Burgers is now. I was told it would happen in November of last year. But nothing happened. Then I read in the *April 30th minutes of the Bryant Development Review Committee* that Popeye’s wants to add onto the rear of the building. I […]
Ask Shelli: Is there a secret goat society meeting in Bauxite?
Question from Preston Andrew Noland: There is a mystery in Bauxite I would like for you to investigate… Every once in a while this sign appears on poles. I refer to it as the secret society of the almighty goat (it could be a ram too)… S SAG for short. This sign points into the […]
New Market in Bryant Is Stocked and Has Live Music on Saturdays
Much to our delight, our first family trip to Painted Tree Vintage Market was some pretty good fun! I had heard they have live music on Saturdays and they sure do. That just added to the experience to have local musician Clayton Nichols doing an acoustic set while we traipsed about, digging for treasures. I’ll […]
Benton Restaurant Expanding for More Customers and Comfort
Posted by Shelli Poole on April 13, 2015 at 12:18pm It looks like people in Saline County like catfish. Who’da thunk it? Maybe you noticed that Eat My Catfish in Benton, has been doing some work on their restaurant. Well, they’re adding 60 seats to the dining room and biggifying the kitchen, freezer space and (ahem) restrooms. […]
Video: I Explain Bubble Tea, Chat with the “Koffee” Dude and Give to CASA in the Process
Well, I missed the big event this morning where the actual people from Saline County CASA were at Koffee with a Kause, however, I did make it by after lunch and grabbed a Boba Tea (bubble tea) in support ofSaline County CASA as the charity that Koffee with a Kause is giving to this month. (phew, long sentence!) […]
All Your Questions About Kroger & Academy Answered
Alright, I can’t really answer ALL your questions, but this blog should help a lot. We started talking about the Hurricane Village project in 2011, before we knew what to call it yet. Kroger to Alcoa Road? Posted Apr 2011 Kroger to Alcoa Road?Posted by Jeffrey Hughey on April 3, 2011 at 10:26am Word is that Kroger […]
Oh Hail! It Came Down in Bryant Today
Our weather report said to watch for hail and we sure got it. I hope all your fabulous automobiles where parked underneath something. Here are pictures of golf-ball-sized hail in Bryant, thanks to Terry Pfeiffer, and below that is video in Bryant from Roger Poole. Christine Ault of Bryant sends these from Midtown Bryant on […]
A Flat Tire, Protesters, Waffling House, Early Voting, Self-Serving Assessor & That New Italian Place
I posted what I could of my morning news before I had to tend to some pressing errands “in town.” You may recall that I used to live “in town,” but now I live on what I’ll call the “outskirts.” The “sticks.” The “country.” This means if I have to do anything that involves me […]
Italian Restaurant Opens in Benton Where Ed & Kay’s Used to Be
You’ve been waiting around (and asking around) for months, and now there’s finally a new restaurant open where Ed & Kays used to be in Benton. MySaline learned in December that Chef Bruno Baqiri – of Bruno’s Italian Bistro in Little Rock – leased the building at Exit 116 from Kay Diemer to start a new restaurant here. […]