Summer EBT is launching this year. The State announced Tuesday that Arkansas has joined Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT). This is a new program. If a child qualifies for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), their family will get assistance to purchase food during the summer months. The program will provide $120 in federal food […]
ARDOT to highway drivers: Left lane is for passing only
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) and law enforcement officials are reminding drivers to use the left lane for passing only. In 2021, Act 1090 was passed into Arkansas State Law which outlines the conditions drivers must meet while traveling on multilane highways in the same direction. Act 1090 was designed to prevent backups on […]
ARDOT to shift traffic, close a ramp, on Dec 18 & 19
Watch for ARDOT to make changes and close a highway ramp overnights this week due to construction to widen Interstate 30 to six lanes. Workers will close the eastbound on-ramp at Exit 116. Crews will be working to shift ramp traffic south onto new pavement adjacent to I-30. This means you’ll have to skip merging […]
Saline County man arrested on 30 counts of possession of child pornography
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued a statement on the arrest of John Moseley, 41, of Benton on 30 counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing of matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child. “Special agents in my office’s Special Investigations Division arrested this man after executing a search warrant at his home on December 11, […]
ARDOT to close an Interstate 30 ramp this week in Saline County
Watch for ARDOT to close a highway ramp this week. Construction to widen Interstate 30 to six lanes requires closing the Highway 67 ramp to Interstate 30 east in Benton. The reason for closing the ramp, according to ARDOT, is for bridge work. This will begin 9 p.m., Tuesday night, December 12th and end by […]
Conservative organization presents award to Sen Kim Hammer of Benton
Family Council Action Committee presented Senator Kim Hammer (R-Benton) with the group’s 2023 Statesman Award. Senator Hammer received the award for earning an A on the 2023 Family Council Action Committee legislative report card. Recipients of this award are recognized for their votes during the 94th General Assembly on the 25 bills scored in the […]
ARDOT closing lanes on Hwy 229 in November
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will send crews for nightly work on Arkansas Highway 229 in Benton. Page closures will be necessary there for asphalt paving. Several Days: Scroll down for the when, where and what to look for… Where will it be? Alternating overnight lane closures are scheduled on Highway 229 […]
ARDOT gives us a small break from I-30 construction in November
Arkansas Department of Transportation will continue construction on I-30 through November. I’m sensing a theme – but we will catch a break. I have lost track of when the project started, for the widening of Interstate 30 to six lanes in Saline County. Here’s the good news – ARDOT must have known my birthday is […]
ARDOT to have snowplows on Arkansas roads on Halloween
Yes, we will see snowplows in October. But The Arkansas Department of Transportation’s (ARDOT) Winter Weather Strike Team will conduct training drills in the central Arkansas area from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, October 31. Read more below… The drills will consist of training drivers, performing equipment checks and maintenance. They will also do […]
ARDOT closing the east end of Hwy 229 Oct 24-28
Y’all are going to kill me, but if there was no news, you’d have find me a new job. I know, I know… I just wrote an article about ARDOT closing a section of Highway 229 for 3 days. Well to continue the theme, here we are again with closures on the other end […]
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