A woman was arrested in Saline County after multiple stabbings, according to the Arkansas State Police (ASP). A MySaline reader alerted us Wednesday night about a disturbance around 5:00 p.m. at the Big Red Valero location at Highway 70 in the Lonsdale community. ASP reported later that a woman in a blue vehicle came […]
Update with more details on Tuesday’s Benton kidnapper arrest
There is an update to the article yesterday of a Little Rock man who is in jail on 50,000 bond after being arrested for the alleged armed kidnapping of a woman in Benton. Benton Police Department (BNPD) responded to Rivendell Behavioral Health Services around 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, for a reported disturbance […]
Ethics Committee Recommends Stripping Chairships & Expenses from Two Senators
Two Arkansas Senators – one with Saline County in his district – could be stripped of committee leadership and more, after a legislative investigation. Senator Alan Clark of Lonsdale (Dist. 13) and Senator Mark Johnson of Ferndale (Dist. 17), both Republicans, admit that Clark didn’t go to a Boys State meeting on June 3, 2022. […]
Sheriff’s Deputies looking for suspect who attempted ATM break-in at HSV
Look carefully at this picture to see if you can help the Saline County Sheriff’s Office identify the suspect. On Wednesday, 06/22/2022 at approximately 4:00 am, an unknown subject attempted to break into an automatic teller machine (ATM). This happened at the Lonsdale/Hot Springs Village location of bank OZK on Highway 5 South St the […]
Saline County man charged for the sexual assault of 2 minors
A Saline County man was recently arrested and charged with sexual assault of minors. Donald Covert, age 52 of Lonsdale, Arkansas was booked into the Saline County jail on October 28, 2021. according to the Saline County Sheriff’s Office. This report was initially called in to the Arkansas State Police Child Abuse Hotline regarding a […]
City and County officials to meet Oct 19 to vote on Act 833 funds
The Saline County Intergovernmental Council will hold its fourth quarter meeting on October 19, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. The location is the conference room at the Saline County Office of Emergency Management. The meeting agenda includes a vote on distribution of the Act 833 funds. Those set to attend the meeting are: Bryant Mayor Allen […]
ARDOT will make overnight frontage road closures at Exit 116 this weekend for work on South St bridge
Construction to widen Interstate 30 to six lanes in Saline County requires temporary, overnight stoppages of traffic on the frontage roads near the South Street bridge in Benton, according to Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) officials. Weather permitting, crews will lift and place steel girders at the South Street overpass. This will require periodic stoppages […]
ARDOT needs to close I-30 and 67/229 all night starting Friday to fix the bridge
Construction to widen Interstate 30 to six lanes in Saline County requires a significant overnight closure of I-30 westbound at Exit 114, including the closure of Highway 67/229 below the overpass, according to Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) officials. Weather permitting, crews will close all I-30 westbound lanes between the exit and entrance ramps at […]
See Meal Schedules for Saline County Schools
So far, we have Benton and Bryant Schools listed here. If you have an update, email it to [email protected]. Benton Schools will resume grab and go meals on Monday, March 23rd through Friday, March 27th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. There will be a sack lunch and also a breakfast meal to be used […]
VIDEO: Several Make Passionate, Informative, Entertaining Statements; County Judge Rejects Petition
UPDATE 05/30/2019: Previously, MySaline explained that certain landowners near the Saline River sent a document to Saline County Judge Jeff Arey to ask that the County abandon maintenance of two roads – Tony Kelly Road and Mountain View Road (map below). The documents are called a “Petition to Vacate.” These roads dead-end across from each […]