Members of an organization working to save the Palace Theater got another look at the inside of the building on July 24, 2015. After taking hundreds of photos today, I came out with a lot of evidence of what the inside and outside of the building looks like. There were a lot of photos of […]
Would you believe a place like this ever existed in Saline County? It can again.
UPDATE: AS OF 2019, someone bought the palace to renovate and open two restaurants, axe throwing and b&b lofts. See the new articles by visiting www.mysaline.com/?s=PALACE. Look at this stage. Would you believe a place like this ever existed in Saline County? It did and it’s still here at 224 West South Street in historic […]
Public Invited to “Save the Palace” meeting Tues July 28
Palace Theater c. 1919 from Saline County History and Heritage Time: July 28, 2015 from 7pm to 8pm Location: Saline Courier, upstairs in conference room Website or Map: https://www.facebook.com/pala… Organized By: Friends of the Palace Theatre, Inc. Event Description This is a public meeting, so please invite your friends and share, share this event! We need as many people as […]
The Saline County Chicken Restaurant Update
We love our chicken around these parts, so it’s just necessary to update folks when there is any change in the chicken landscape! I’ve known since last week and I just have been covered up with other news, but the latest is that Slim Chickens will be opening on July 13th, and yes, they have applied […]
“Save the Palace” Group Meeting to Prevent Demolition of Historic Building
The “Save the Palace” group has been having weekly meetings to organize efforts to keep the Palace Theater in Benton from being demolished. The following is a recap of the first two meetings. The next meeting will be held June 25th at 7:00 p.m. at Gospel Light Baptist Church in Benton (corner of River and Hazel […]
Save the Palace Meeting June 25th
Time: June 25, 2015 from 7pm to 8:30pm Location: Gospel Light Baptist Church Event Description The “Save the Palace” group has been having weekly meetings to organize efforts to keep the Palace Theater in Benton from being demolished. The next meeting will be held June 25th at 7:00 p.m. at Gospel Light Baptist Church in Benton (corner of […]
The Palace in Downtown Benton Could Be Demolished Soon
The future of a beautiful old historic building in downtown Benton called “The Palace,” is in question, due to it being deemed unsafe. THV did a good story on it a couple of days ago, interviewing Mayor David Mattingly and also longtime Benton resident Cristy Clark. According to the story, we have about 90 days to come up […]
Benton Man Sentenced for Crimes Involving Children
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Tuesday that a Saline County man has been sentenced to 15 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction on child exploitation charges. Lance Smith, 26, of Benton, pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing, possessing or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving children. In addition to his prison sentence, […]
Academy Sports Has Their First Day in Business in Benton
Mayor Mattingly and Economic Director Brad Jordan welcome manager Dustin Blankenship and Academy employees to Benton on their first day in business, Thursday, May 21, 2015.
That Yogurt Shop Is Coming to Hurricane Creek Village in Benton
Zippity zip, tra-la-la… Just surfing the TCBY website for no reason except that local resident Krista Petty said she saw something interesting on there. Well, what do you know? TCBY (The Country’s Best Yogurt) is planning a location at the new Hurricane Creek Shopping Center in Benton! That’s the one with Kroger Marketplace and Academy […]