SHOOTING INCIDENT INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ADDITIONAL CHARGES, ADDITIONAL ARREST A fourth person has also been taken into custody stemming from the investigation of the shooting Monday in the parking lot at Academy Sports + Outdoors in Benton. Also, a suspect arrested earlier faces additional charges. About 2:40 p.m. Feb. 20, Benton officers responded to the Academy […]
Three Men Face Charges in Parking Lot Shooting in Benton
Three men face charges in connection to the shooting incident in the parking lot of Academy Sports + Outdoors on Interstate 30. One person was struck in the incident and remains in a local hospital with serious, but not life threatening injury. About 2:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, Benton officers responded to the parking lot […]
Benton PD Reports Shooting at Academy Sports in Benton
UPDATE 7PM 02/20/2017 FROM BENTON PD Officers have recovered the black Camaro suspected in the shooting incident. Detectives have located a victim and one other party involved. The white GMC double-cab truck is still being sought. UPDATE 5:26PM 02/20/2017 FROM BENTON PD: About 2:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 20, officers with the Benton Police Department […]
School Employee Charged with Sexual Assault with 16-Year-Old
A substitute teacher and secretary for Arkansas Christian Academy in Bryant has been arrested for allegedly having an improper relationship with a 16-year-old student. Amanda Knight, 38, of Alexander, faces a charge of 1st degree Sexual Assault, class A felony. Knight reportedly turned herself in at the Benton Police Department on Sunday, August 7th, 2016 and […]
Academy Sports Has Their First Day in Business in Benton
Mayor Mattingly and Economic Director Brad Jordan welcome manager Dustin Blankenship and Academy employees to Benton on their first day in business, Thursday, May 21, 2015.