A Benton first-grader earned first place in his category for storywriting in the statewide 2021 Arkansas PBS KIDS Writers Contest. Students in grades K-3 across Arkansas submitted 155 entries for this year’s contest, and 14 winning stories will be published at myarpbs.org/writerscontest beginning Friday, June 4. Winners include: Kindergarten – First place, Korbin Houston of Little Rock […]
Carl Frank named to seat on National Career & Technical Education Advisory Council
A Saline County resident now occupies a seat on a national council for computing. One of the industry’s top IT trade associations, CompTIA, recently announced the formation of a council to focused on accelerating career paths in technology. Carl Frank, of Traskwood, now occupies a seat on the National Career and Technical Education Advisory Council, […]
Saline County Deputy Traylor published nationally by FBI
Congratulations to a local Sheriff’s deputy who wrote an article that was published by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). Lieutenant Joseph Traylor wrote an article about motivating and retaining today’s officers. It was published as a featured article by the FBI and can be seen at this link: https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/motivating-and-retaining-todays-officers. Lt. Traylor is currently the commander […]
Saline County residents nominated for Arkansas Country Music Awards; Ceremony June 7th
The 4th Annual Arkansas Country Music Awards (ACMAs) has announced their 2021 nominees, including two from Saline County. Casey Penn and Buddy Case are collectively a duo called Lee Street Lyrical and were nominated for Acoustic Act of the Year. They were also nominated for that award in 2019. Buddy Case is also nominated for […]
Picture of the Day: Snow prediction brought rain instead
See MySaline’s “Picture of the Day” and browse the archive at mysaline.com/picture. To submit a picture, email it to [email protected]! Today’s picture comes after a forecast a few days ago that was supposed to include snow – at least a little bit of snow – in Saline County. As the days grew closer, the forecast […]
Picture of the Day: Even Sasquatch Votes!
See MySaline’s “Picture of the Day” and browse the archive at mysaline.com/picture. To submit a picture, email it to [email protected]! I personally took today’s picture, because even Sasquatch votes! I saw this well-dressed fellow at the Vote Here building on Main Street in historic Downtown Benton on Friday morning, October 23rd, 2020, waving at cars […]
Picture of the Day: War veteran runs with flag in Benton and across the state during pandemic
See MySaline’s “Picture of the Day” and browse the archive at mysaline.com/picture. To submit a picture, email it to [email protected]! Today’s picture is from Kerrie Woods. She saw Nathaniel Thomas running on Military Road in Benton this Saturday morning, October 3rd, 2020, with a large American flag, waving and saluting. Mr. Thomas is a veteran […]
Picture of the Day: Farm on Highway 67
MySaline started posting a “Picture of the Day” on our social media, but we thought it would be a good idea to put it on the website too, so followers can search the archive. If you want to submit a picture, email it to [email protected]! You can also browse the Picture of the Day archives […]
Picture of the Day: Jack Skellington in Downtown Benton’s Spook City
MySaline started posting a “Picture of the Day” on our social media, but we thought it would be a good idea to put it on the website too, so followers can search the archive. If you want to submit a picture, email it to [email protected]! You can also browse the Picture of the Day archives […]
Video: Chillest pizza guy stops in Benton to save cutest owl in the road
A Saline County man with the most laid back attitude encountered a young owl who obviously had not yet learned to stay out of the street. Mike McGrath of Benton said he was driving near the Saline River on Highway 229 when he spotted the bird. “I was out delivering pizza last night and coming […]