UPDATE OCT 13, 2025 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻AFTER THE FESTIVAL The 51st Annual Old Fashioned Day event is coming to Downtown Benton on Saturday, October 11, 2025. It’s Benton’s oldest festival with shopping, entertainment, contests, games AND a big fundraiser dedicated to supporting the Senior Adults of Saline County. It takes place outdoors in downtown Benton, around the […]
How the Ball Bounces with Bekka: We’ve Got to Talk About Travel Ball
If you’ve spent any amount of time around youth sports lately, you’ve probably noticed something…Recreation leagues used to be the norm. Now? Travel ball is everywhere. And depending on who you ask, that’s either the best thing that’s ever happened to youth sports… or the reason it’s getting harder for some kids to just play […]
Bledsoe & Kresse to entertain at Birch Tree’s annual Expressions Art Show April 9th
Birch Tree Communities will celebrate 20 years of creativity with its Expressions Art Exhibition and Sale on April 9, featuring artwork, entertainment, and a live auction. Read more below. Birch Tree Communities is inviting the public to celebrate two decades of creativity at its 20th Annual Expressions Art Exhibition and Sale, set for Thursday, April […]
How the Ball Bounces with Bekka: The Car Ride Home
If you’ve ever had a kid in sports, you already know… There are two games. There’s the one on the field. And then there’s the one that happens in the car on the way home. Now, I’ve been around sports long enough to see just about every version of that car ride. The quiet one. […]
It’s almost Prom Time…Are You Ready?? Project Prom Saline County Can Help!
Prom is expensive, but a local organization can help you ease that financial burden! Project Prom Saline County offers dresses, accessories, and shoes to help young people in our community get ready for their big day at no cost. Just follow them on Facebook and click the “Book Now” button to schedule and appointment and […]
How the Ball Bounces with Bekka: The Ump is Someone’s Person Too
If you’ve been anywhere near a baseball field in Central Arkansas lately, you already know… Baseball season is in full swing. Fields are packed. Parking lots are full. Lawn chairs are lined up like they’ve got assigned seating. And somewhere, at just about every game, there’s at least one person very confidently explaining the strike […]
Senator Bart Hester to speak a New Beginnings annual banquet April 7th in Benton
New Beginnings announced the community is invited to attend their annual banquet on Tuesday, April 7, 2026, at the Benton Event Center. The event will feature Arkansas State Senator Bart Hester, who serves as President Pro Tempore, as the special guest speaker. Organizers describe the event as an opportunity to gather, reflect, and support the […]
“Saline County Cares” connects nonprofits, resources to support local residents
Did you know you can get involved to help the community through the Saline County Cares organization? It’s a collaborative network of nonprofits and community partners that meets monthly to share resources and coordinate efforts to better serve local residents. Read more below. A growing network of nonprofits, businesses, and social service organizations is working […]
EMpact One Foundation to Host Community Donation Drive at Riverside Grocery & Catering April 2nd
The EMpact One Foundation is inviting the community to come together for a night of giving at a special Community Donation Drive benefiting both the organization’s Mobile Sports Locker and Blessings Box programs. The event will take place on Thursday, April 2, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Riverside Grocery & Catering in Benton. Community […]
How the Ball Bounces with Bekka: It’s All Madness, Baby!
If you live in Arkansas, you already know. March isn’t just a month… it’s a mood. It’s group texts blowing up about brackets. It’s someone in your office claiming they “called that upset” after picking the favorite. It’s last-minute lineup debates like we’re all suddenly assistant coaches. And right here in Arkansas, we got a […]
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