The Art League is holding its Annual Shoppach House general meeting Tuesday, January 21st at 6:00 p.m. at the Benton branch of the Saline County Library at 1800 Smithers. The Shoppach house, built in 1852, is the oldest structure in Benton. The Art League is in charge of the care of this historic house. There […]
Locals Painted This Dirty Benton Wall White, But a Bold Mural Comes Next
UPDATE JULY 18, 2019 Thanks so much to all of you who are volunteering to help paint the mural on the highway wall. There has been a scheduling issue and we will only be painting the rail above the mural on Saturday July 20th at 8am. I will update as soon as we have a firm […]
Palace Developer Brings Restaurant Favorite Back to Benton
Benton will soon welcome back to town a self-described “Fine Mexi-Cali” restaurant made popular seven years ago, that moved to Little Rock. Baja Grill began in a food truck at Military Road and Trickey Road around May of 2012. The truck did business there for two years with such success that they moved to Little […]
Sales of Haskell Cookbook of Family Recipes to Fund Museum
There’s a new book for sale that can bring the taste of Haskell’s past into your home. Haskell resident Lee Carman – and wife of Mayor Roy Carman – wanted to preserve favorite recipes from the community’s ancestors and decided a cookbook would be a great way to do it. She gathered recipes from locals […]
Video: Tollett Tells the History and Artifacts He Found While Restoring Sevier Street Home
Joe Tollett spoke before a crowd at the Saline County History and Heritage Society on June 20th, 2019. He has been restoring the historic home at 510 W. Sevier Street in downtown Benton for many months. The home was built by the Smith family, James and Mary, in 1885. Tollett spoke before a crowd of members […]
Haskell Club to Host Presentation jUne 18th on Becoming a Town
The Haskell Historical Society will host a presentation called “Forefathers Petition to Become a Town,” by the club president, Emaline Stroud. The public is welcome to attend at the Haskell Community Center on Tuesday, June 18th at 3:30 p.m. For more info call 501-303-0384.
Benton Developer Signs Closing Contracts for Palace Theater, City Hands Over Keys
In Disney movies, there is about to be a reboot of the tale of Aladdin setting his sights on royalty, but in historic downtown Benton, Shawn Hipskind just got the keys to the Palace. MySaline originally reported that Hipskind – a real estate developer who has been building and improving residential properties downtown – made […]
Historic Shoppach House Open in Benton for Public Tours Saturday
Come tour the Shoppach House this Saturday, May 18th from 10 a.m. – 2. p.m. It’s free and open to the public, hosted by the Saline County Art League. The Shoppach House is Benton’s only surviving pre-civil war home, built approximately 1853. It sits at 503 N. Main Street, across from Ashby Funeral Home.
Benton Developer Approved by City to Purchase 100-Year-Old Palace Theater
Benton City Council passed a resolution on Thursday night in a Special Meeting at City Hall to allow a local developer to purchase the historic Palace Theater at 224 W. South Street. Benton Mayor Tom Farmer called the meeting of the Council immediately after Hipskind Excavating, LLC – owned by Shawn and Denise Hipskind – […]
Palace Theater Gets Purchase Offer; Benton City Council to Hold Special Meeting May 2nd to Discuss
Benton Mayor Tom Farmer has called a special meeting of the Benton City Council to be held at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Council Chambers at the Benton Municipal Complex. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss an offer the city received to purchase the Palace Theater. City Attorney Brent Houston is […]
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