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October 28, 2015 By Shelli Poole

Pie Five Pizza in Benton Opens Friday but Here’s Your Sneak Preview

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I got a sneak preview of  Pie Five Pizza today, but their first official day in business is Friday, October 30th, 2015. MySaline told you in August about Pie Five and that it was coming soon to Benton’s new shopping center Hurricane Creek Village (also TCBY is coming). Not long after, we saw a sign go up in the […]

October 19, 2015 By Shelli Poole

First Liquor Store in Saline County in 79+ Years

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I don’t know if there was a race, but Chris Howlett, owner of Alcoa Wine & Spirits seems to have won. The first liquor store in Saline County opened Saturday at 6948 Alcoa Road in Benton. Well, it’s not actually the first – but the first since February 1936, when the county was voted dry! […]

September 23, 2015 By Shelli Poole

New Kroger Marketplace Opens September 23, 2015

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ORIGINAL BLOG: 09/23/15/ 7:20 AM The new Kroger Marketplace held their Grand Opening and ribbon cutting on September 23rd, 2015. I drove through their parking lot the night before and they already had something going on – possibly a friends and family preview event. There were free hotdogs out front and I met one of the […]

September 21, 2015 By Shelli Poole

Here’s Who Bought the Old Harvest Foods Store in Downtown Benton

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UPDATE OCT 25, 2017 Click to see the grand opening day! Tech Company ACDI Opens in Downtown Benton with 70 Employees https://www.mysaline.com/tech-company-acdi-opens-in-downtown-benton-with-70-employees/ UPDATE SEPT 21, 2015 We heard last week that someone had just bought the old Harvest Foods building in downtown Benton. But who? Speculation ran wild as people chatted up the possibilities. However, […]

August 31, 2015 By Shelli Poole

Elementary School PTO Treasurer Charged with Theft of $9,000 from Fund

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On Monday, August 3rd, 2015, officers with the Benton Police Department took a report of a theft from the Angie Grant Elementary Parent Teacher Organization (PTO).  Officers were informed that during an audit of the PTO account it was found that numerous unapproved charges had been made. Detectives were then assigned to the case and […]

July 27, 2015 By Shelli Poole

Three in custody as suspects for stolen truck & meth charges

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With close coordination between the Saline County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division, Criminal Investigation Division (CID), Benton Police Department, Hot Springs County Sheriff’s Office and Neighborhood Watch members, several pieces of stolen property were recovered, three arrests were made, narcotics were seized and a vehicle was confiscated. One week ago, a GMC truck was stolen in […]