The Benton Board School Board will meet Monday night, June 8th at 05:30 p.m. in the Professional Development Center at 211 North Border St. The agenda outline follows. Due to attendance restrictions, the meeting will be streamed live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pg/bentonschools/. The agenda outline is below. To see the full agenda, along with supporting […]
Benton Parks Committee to Meet Virtually June 9th to discuss Sunset Lake Trails, etc
The City of Benton Parks Committee will meet virtually on Tuesday, June 9th. Committee Members: Chairman Judd Hart, Jocelyn Cash, Jeff Hamm, James Herzfeld, Steve Lee, Steve Brown, Evelyn Reed, Stephanie Jones – Staff Call to Order Recognition of Attendees Approval of Minutes Sunset Lake Trail Repairs UV Preventative Maintenance Agreement TAP Grant – School to […]
Benton Street and Drainage Committee Meeting June 9th via Zoom
The Benton Street & Drainage Committee will be meeting on Tuesday, June 9th via Zoom video conferencing to discuss the following agenda items: Moving the Sevier Street Sidewalk Trail Grant from Parks to Streets, Jameson emergency drainage issue and other drainage updates
Benton Planning Commission to Meet Tuesday Night – Rezoning of Salt Creek on the Agenda
The Benton Planning Commission will meet Tuesday, June 9th at 6pm to discuss the following agenda items: Rezone-2805 Salt Creek Road R2 to C1, Final Plat-Partnership Village Phase 6 and the Comprehensive Development Plan. The meeting will be held at the Benton Municipal Complex. Commissioners will have the option to meet electronically.
Benton Finance Committee to Meet June 8th
The Benton Finance Committee is scheduled to meet at 6:00 p.m., Monday, June 8, 2019, in the Council Chambers at the Benton Municipal Complex. Chair – Jocelyn Cash Jeff Morrow Bill Donner Judd Hart Steve Lee Staff Liaison – Mandy Spicer Establish a Quorum / Call to Order Recognition of Attendees Police Department request to […]
Editorial: Rumors hurt the community; Research before you repeat
It’s time for a letter from the editor. I don’t do this often, but maybe I should. Yesterday I got many messages from people thinking there were “busloads” of bad folks coming to Benton and Bryant to do damage. One threat even mentioned a specific neighborhood. Not one person knew the source of the information, […]
Benton Mayor Issues Citywide Curfew for a Week, Due to Civil Unrest
Benton Mayor Tom Farmer issued a proclamation on Tuesday afternoon calling a citywide curfew, in relation to violence and property damage that has occurred in other cities. The death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd has sparked many peaceful protests, but some individuals have resorted to crime. The proclamation states that the Mayor has received information […]
Saline County man gets a 20-year sentence for several counts of possession of child pornography
Roughly two years after a Benton man turned himself in, he pleaded guilty to child pornography charges and was sentenced in court, according to the Attorney General’s Office. David Jefferson Brown, age 46, of Benton was convicted of 4 counts of distributing, possessing or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child, a class […]
Benton Mayor to Reopen City Hall Tuesday
Benton City Hall will open the upper floor of the municipal complex to the public beginning Tuesday. The Arkansas Department of Health approved the reopening effective June 2nd at 8:00 a.m. The guidelines to open the facility are: All employees dealing with the public will wear a face mask There will be one entrance and […]
Tree knocks out power in downtown area of Benton
Benton Utilities is working on an outage affecting the areas of and around First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Columbia, Walnut, South, and Main Streets. A tree fell and took the circuit down to the ground. They are in the processing of rebuilding the line, and the current estimated time is 3-4 hours (about 4 p.m. […]
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