Longtime family-owned fitness business, Fitness Unlimited, has decided to call it quits after over 4 decades of serving Saline County. The Pigue family released the following announcement on Thursday, April 26th, 2018. In 1975, Glenda, then a stay-at-home christian mother of 3 boys, joined a local women’s-only fitness center (Magic Mirror) that would prove to […]
Benton Business Saying Goodbye, But Blowing Out a Sale First
UPDATE 01/26/2018: The last day in business will be January 31, 2018. Come shop the sale 113 W. South Street in Benton! This shop has been around a few years, but owner Teresa Leslie says she will be closing the doors for good. But first, she’s going to stick around a little longer to […]
Locations of Dixie Cafe to Close; Benton Done on Wednesday
UPDATE Nov 22, 2021: A new restaurant is coming to this location. Sad news for lovers of home cooking… Dixie Cafe announced today that they are planning on closing all their locations. This notice comes after 3.5 decades in business. A source at the Benton location of the restaurant confirmed this with MySaline. The Benton […]
“Bryant Institution” Since 1979 Being Demolished for Its Next Purpose
It was just a small building on Reynolds Road in 1979. From that year until 2001, it was Flowers by Evans, then it was passed down to a daughter, to become Flowers by Steffanie in its final two years. For newcomers to Bryant, this might not mean much. But for those who knew the owners, […]
Bryant Restaurant Informs Public They’re Closing
According to an announcement via social media, the Bryant restaurant Desi Den will close their doors for good on Monday, May 29, 2017. See the full announcement. It was just on May 11 that the restaurant told patrons they would be closed for a short time, but they began taking to-go orders a day later. […]
Another Store to Close Soon in Alcoa Exchange
I heard a rumor over the weekend that an the rue21 store at Alcoa Exchange would be closing, because it’s too close to the location at the Outlets of Little Rock, and they are trimming the number of stores down. And it’s not a rumor – it’s fact. This rue21 store is right next to the […]
Payless Shoes Announces Plans to Close 400 Stores; Benton Store in the Balance
Payless Shoes made the announcement Tuesday morning April 4th that the company has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. As a result, the shoe retailer giant will close 400 stores. The following is the list of stores, to include 12 Arkansas stores. According to this release, Benton will NOT lose its store on Military Road. Benton […]
Longtime BBQ Restaurant Owners Calling It Quits
They started out in 1973 in southwest Little Rock. My friends and I used to walk or ride our bikes up Chicot Road to Smokey Joe’s to get a sandwich and fries and a shake (and to check out the cute boys working behind the counter). The current owners bought the restaurant in 1981 and […]
JCPenney says Benton is one of the 138 stores to close
We heard a few weeks ago that the JCPenney corporate offices had a plan to close 130-140 stores nationwide in an effort to get stronger as a company. MySaline talked to a representative at the Military Road store in Benton at that time who assured us that they would not be on the chopping block. However, […]
JC Penney Due to Close 130-140 Stores But…
UPDATE MARCH 17, 2017 JCPenney says Benton is one of the 138 stores to close ORIGINAL FEBRUARY 24, 2017 Before you pick up the phone to call our J. C. Penney (JCP) store in Benton, I did it for you, and a spokesperson there assured me that there are no plans to close that location. […]