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The Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses (AAAB) announces a call for nominations for the 2026 Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses Business of the Year Award The award recognizes an Arkansas-based business that demonstrates exceptional success, while celebrating and weaving Asian heritage into the economic and cultural fabric of the state. According to AAAB Executive Director Jayesh […]
A Mountain Home man with a lengthy criminal record was arrested in Saline County after leading a deputy on a foot chase while carrying a machete. The incident occurred on Oct. 23 in the Hensley area, where Saline County Sheriff’s Deputy James Driver encountered James Andrew Caple, age 43, during a patrol stop. According to […]
A Benton man is suspected of killing his roommate. Deputies from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) arrested a naked Floyd Smith on September 30, 2025, as he lay on the asphalt, stopping traffic. The SCSO released a statement that deputies answered an emergency call regarding “reports of a nude male firing a gun.” The […]
Saline County Circuit Judge Josh Farmer sentenced an East End man to 40 years for the fatal road rage shooting of another driver. Read the details below. Prosecuting Attorney Chris Walton announced that Jayeson Lee Ashley, age 21, entered guilty pleas to two counts of Terroristic Act, and was sentenced to 40 years in prison […]
A Benton woman is dead and a man she knew is facing several charges, including murder. On February 27, 2025, deputies and detectives from the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) responded to a death investigation on Smith Ford Road in Benton, Arkansas. Upon arrival, they discovered April Ann Jez, age 41, of Benton, unresponsive inside […]
Three individuals were arrested and charged in relation to an alleged kidnapping incident in Bauxite, Arkansas. READ MORE BELOW On January 24, 2024, the Saline County Sheriff’s Office received a report of domestic violence on Lauren Lane, in Bauxite. During the investigation, it was determined that the offenders, Michael Weser, age 51 and Kaylee Reeves, […]
A woman wrecked her truck right into the the Sheriff’s Office, according to a statement on their social media. READ MORE & SEE CRASH PHOTOS BELOW The Saline County Sheriff’s Office published photos and an explanation on their Facebook page. The statement says that around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, August 27, 2024, a red pickup […]
A Saline County man faces several charges after an alleged crime spree and a foot chase through the woods. George Schoolcraft, age 29, of Alexander, was wanted for residential burglary and theft of property in Saline County. READ MORE BELOW On Thursday evening June 20, 2024, neighbors in the community on Vimy Ridge Road began reporting […]
Two Saline County committees will meet on Monday, March 4, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. Items on the agenda for discussion include certificate pay for deputies, and policy for who can use county vehicles. The meeting will be in Courtroom #3 upstairs. Attendees should enter on the Market Street side of the Courthouse, and/or Market St. […]
A Saline County man is going to prison for a long time for child pornography, according to Saline County Prosecuting Attorney Chris Walton. Richard Jason Wilson, 56, of Bryant was convicted of possessing multiple images of child pornography, and he was sentenced on February 20, 2024. The images in his possession included prepubescent children engaged […]
