The City of Benton Streets and Drainage Committee will hold their regular meeting on TONIGHT at 5:00 PM. It will be held in Council Chambers in the Benton Municipal Complex. The agenda follows. The meeting will be held at the new Benton City Hall in Council Chambers. The address is 410 River Street. City of Benton Streets […]
Man who trashed Southwest Trail job site is sentenced 20 years in prison
UPDATE: DEC 3, 2025 The story reads like a Scooby Doo Mystery, with the bad guy getting caught by the end of the episode. Excitement built quickly in the community after someone reported to law enforcement that the large excavation equipment on the job site to construct the Southwest Trail… was dumped in a soupy […]
Benton Streets committee to discuss Northshore & Hester June 10th
The City of Benton Streets and Drainage Committee will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, immediately following the Public Hearing at 5:00 PM. It will be held in Council Chambers in the Benton Municipal Complex. The agenda follows. The meeting will be held at the new Benton City Hall in Council Chambers. The […]
Saline County to host groundbreaking of Southwest Trail May 14th
Saline County will host a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. to celebrate the start of construction on its first segment of the Southwest Trail. This is a 65-mile multi-use trail that will connect Hot Springs to Little Rock and pass through Garland, Saline, and Pulaski counties. Read more below… The […]
Find all the local quilt block art installations and join the Saline County Quilt Trail with your own
Have you ever been traveling and seen a barn with a painted square quilt block on the side or end of the barn? How stunning the barn looked in the landscape! This is reminiscent of the barn stars and “hex” stars on barns and other structures in southeast Pennsylvania, started centuries ago by Amish […]
Benton Parks asks locals to be patient with construction of Mountain Bike Trail
We reported in April 2023 that Benton Parks and Recreation decided on a design for a Mountain Bike Trail. Construction has been going on for some time now, and some are finding it difficult to wait until it’s finished. “Progressive Trail Design is making good progress at the Mountain Bike Park in Benton,” stated Parks […]
Benton committee to consider connector street, hear engineering updates August 15th
The City of Benton Streets and Stormwater Committee will discuss a funding for a connector street, and accepting a neighborhood. They will also hear project updates from McClelland Engineering. This meeting is open to the public. It will begin on August 15, 2023 immediately following the Benton Parks Meeting. It will be held in Council […]
Bryant officials disagree over percentages on potential A&P tax – meeting Tuesday night
The Bryant City Council will meet Tuesday night to do the second reading of an ordinance that would ask voters if they want an Advertising and Promotions Commission. The council members and parks staff are at odds on how much the Parks & Recreation Department would receive if the A&P Commission is voted in by […]
Saline County Attorney’s last day at the Courthouse is July 21st
Saline County Attorney Will Gruber submitted his resignation in a letter dated June 8, 2023, according to a release from the County. His last day on the job is July 21st, 2023. Gruber accepted a position with a company in Little Rock. See his resignation letter below. Gruber stated, “With amazing quality of life and […]
ARDOT approves $250K toward cost of trail connector in Benton
Benton Parks and Recreation is among those awarded money by the State recently. The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (ARDOT) announced the award recipients for its Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). The TAP program funds eligible projects to include construction of on-road/off-road trail facilities that include the following: sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, pedestrian and bicycle signals, […]