UPDATE, 4 P.M. MON FEB 12, 2024 The Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) released a statement with more details about a multiple homicide incident on Saturday, February 10, 2024. At approximately 4:00 p.m. that day, Saline County 911 received a call for a structure fire on Pryor Drive. First responders arrived and found a deceased […]
Saline County man in prison for murder found dead in cell
A Saline County man is deceased in prison in a presumed suicide. The Arkansas Department of Corrections released a statement that Jason Lee Taylor, age 38, of Benton, was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Tucker maximum security prison in Jefferson County. Staff said he was taken from his single-man cell […]
Benton Police suspect foul play while investigating body found in neighborhood
Benton Police Department responded to a residence on Valley Street just prior to 6 p.m. Thursday in reference to a deceased male being discovered. The victim is believed to be a missing person out of Little Rock. Positive identification is pending. Detectives with the Benton Police Department Criminal Investigations Division responded to the scene and […]
Video of the Meeting and Decisions About the Removal of the Sardis “Shoe Tree”
UPDATE, JUNE 8, 2017: Sardis Shoe Tree to Come Down June 14th; Committee Formed to Plan Comemmoration UPDATE, JUNE 2, 2017: About 25 local residents were present for a meeting about the Sardis Shoe Tree, held the evening of June 1st, 2017, by County Judge Jeff Arey. The summary of the meeting provided by active […]
Body in Benton Identified; Husband Charged
UPDATE MARCH 5, 2017 830PM: The Saline County Coroner’s Office is confirm the identity of the deceased suspect found in Benton is Stephanie Turntine, a woman the Pine Bluff Police Department has been looking for. Authorities have charged her husband, Molten Ogelsby, with her murder. Benton Police Department detectives have been assisting detectives from […]
Sheriff’s Office Seeks Dangerous Subject on the Loose
Over the past several months, both the Patrol Division and Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Saline County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) have had numerous contacts with Roy Franklin Duncan. He is described as a white male, age 47, 6’1″ tall, weighing 200 pounds, with black hair & brown eyes. Recent known addresses are 18000 BLOCK […]
Bye-bye Big Tree at Ringgold Elementary
The word is that the big pretty tree in front of Ringgold Elementary in Benton was hit by lightning a while back and has died as a result. Tuesday morning, July 5th, 2016, workers began removing the tree from the property. We’re sad to see it go. Hopefully, there are plans for more shade trees […]