The Benton Board of Education will hold a special meeting Thursday, October 1st at 11:30 a.m. at the Benton Professional Development Center, 211 N. Border St. The agenda outline is below. To see the full agenda with supporting documents, visit this link. Watch for updates at https://www.facebook.com/bentonschools/. AGENDA I. Call to Order II. Establishment of […]
Here’s how to watch local high school football games live online or on TV
Thanks to M&M Productions, we can watch the football games through live streaming. There were some technical difficulties last week but they have fixed it so we can enjoy watching from home. On Friday, September 25th, watch games at the following link: Benton at Russellville Free this week since it’s a road game. The broadcast […]
Group donates over $6,700 of goods for developmentally disabled to Bryant Schools
An organization for Down’s Syndrome achievement donated over $6,700 worth of supplies to Bryant’s Special Education Department. Partnering with Ferncliff Camps and Good360, GiGi’s Playhouse Little Rock purchased the goods to be used by Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Therapists, and teachers to help facilitate education in a post-COVID-19 world. There are students with […]
Health Dept reports 21 total Covid deaths in Saline County; 1,197 statewide
The Arkansas Department of Health gave the following numbers for the Covid-19 update on Monday, September 21, 2020: 616 new cases 6,706 active cases 447 hospitalized, which is up 35 from Sunday 97 on ventilators, which is up 12 from Sunday deaths added today, 15, for a total of 1,197 a total of 76,364 cases […]
Governor Hutchinson encouraged by antigen testing; 883 COVID-19 cases added today
Governor Asa Hutchinson released the following statement on today’s COVID-19 numbers: “The increased use of antigen point-of-care testing is encouraging. This shows our investment in point-of-care testing is helping address the new demand for rapid tests on our K-12 and college campuses. Today’s report includes almost 10,000 tests between the PCR tests and the antigen […]
Saline County reveals what communities will benefit from broadband internet grant
Some remote areas of the county will be getting broadband internet soon. We heard about Saline County’s nearly $3 million grant last week, and now we know where it will be applied. The Arkansas Department of Commerce awarded Saline county $2,950,000 from its Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) broadband grant program to serve several communities in […]
Saline County to get a share of $100M in additional grant funding for high speed internet in rural areas
The Arkansas Department of Commerce recently announced that companies capable of deploying broadband to rural Arkansas are now eligible to apply for an Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) grant. The Arkansas Legislative Council executive subcommittee approved the change outlined in a supplemental emergency ARC rule this week. The approved rule also gives further flexibility to the […]
Anna’s Avenue – 5 ways to give back in Saline County
With school back in, fall quickly approaching, and the holiday season knocking at the door, some of us might be looking for either resources or opportunities to give back. In this article, I wanted to take a minute to look at the places in our county that are always giving back and see what opportunities […]
Common Man – If you do this, you might be a modern-day Gladys Kravitz
From 1964 through 1972, one of the most memorable and popular television shows of the time was Bewitched, the story of witch who marries an ordinary mortal man who works in the advertising industry. Samantha, the witch, was played by one of my earliest boyhood crushes, Elizabeth Montgomery. By the way, my other television crush […]
Bryant School Bus Driver Arrested Thursday for DWI After Crash
A school bus driver was arrested after a crash Thursday in Bryant. The Bryant Police released a statement saying received a call of a school bus that had driven off the road and into a ditch on Mills Park Road just before 2 p.m. According to the statement, the driver was noticeably impaired while speaking […]
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