If you live in the city limits of Benton or Bryant, Arkansas, you can call the city to come pick up your yard waste. Choose a city below to go to the information about what they will collect, and the proper way for residents to bundle it. 🌿🚛👇 Benton Yard Waste Requests click here. Bryant […]
Take it or Leave it: Benton Girl Scout wins highest award by creating system of Lending Libraries
A young Benton resident is making it easier for the community to read, and earned “The Gold” for doing so. Benton High Junior Samantha Hartung has done something only 5.4% of Girl Scouts ever do. She earned the highest award – the Girl Scout Gold. This requires at least 80 hours of service work and […]
Benton resident to star in Discovery television show “Naked and Afraid” April 4th
A Benton, Arkansas resident is finally able to reveal that he will be on the reality television show Naked and Afraid. We have scheduled an interview with Matthew Garland for just as soon as the television show will allow him to share details. Meanwhile, you can watch for him on the show on April 4th […]
Police searching for couple in connection to missing wedding ring
Benton PD is looking for a couple in connection with a missing wedding ring. On July 19, 2020, the owner of the ring pictured here reported having lost it at the Senior Adult Center. The PD was later notified that the couple in these photos entered a local jewelry store asking about the authenticity of […]
Can you name this woman from Benton who was a hero to kids?
I knew exactly who this was when I saw her for the first time in decades in 2005. Do you? Kids saw her quite a bit during the summer. She has left us now, but I took this picture of her in 2005 after seeing her at the Denny’s that used to be in Benton. […]
Benton Man Wins Lottery Prize Worth $50 Grand
Today a Benton man claimed a Powerball® prize worth $50,000 at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center. James Barlow III purchased the ticket at Dip Food and Gas, 3821 Edison Avenue in Benton for the July 27 drawing. The winning numbers were 1, 19, 31, 48, 61, and the Powerball number was 6. Barlow had […]
Bryant PD Seeks Helpful Citizen for Return of Item
Bryant Police is looking for a helpful citizen in order to return something to him. Chief Mark Kizer reports that on Thursday evening on Springhill Road, there was an accident with injury. The Officer that worked the wreck advised that there was a very nice gentleman that assisted helping with traffic. After the wreck, it […]