By Ethan C. Nobles [email protected] The owners of an apartment complex in Benton have filed suit in federal court against the cities of Benton and Bryant, Saline County and 10 unknown defendants over alleged flooding problems, but tort immunity may disallow some of their claims. READ MORE BELOW Click here to see a copy of […]
AG Tim Griffin says President must follow the law; Private weapon sales in question
Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after co-leading with Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach on behalf of 19 other state attorneys general in filing suit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) over the Biden Administration’s new rule attacking […]
Benton Police Chief adds statement to video after verdict reversal in teen death suit
Update April 10, 2024: The video below was made before the more recent verdict on April 9, 2024. In light of the Judge overturning the previous $32 million judgement against the City of Benton and former Police Chief Kirk Lane, current Chief Scotty Hodges issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: I know there […]
Judge reverses $32 million order from February concerning deceased teen at officer’s hands
A U.S. judge reversed a February ruling against the City of Benton and former Police Chief – in favor of the family of a deceased teen. That teen, Keagan Schweikle, age 17, was from Benton, and a Harmony Grove student. United States District Judge Brian S. Miller on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, vacated the previous […]
Candidate for Bryant Mayor files defamation lawsuit against woman in video
As early voting in the 2024 Primary Election has begun, so has a lawsuit by one of the candidates. Let’s start with the two parties to the lawsuit. Jason Brown is running for the office of Mayor in Bryant, Arkansas. He is currently a Bryant City Councilman. He is the plaintiff, and filed the lawsuit […]
Parents sue City of Benton, and others; Jury awards $32 million in 2016 shooting death of Benton teen
Two parents of a deceased Saline County student were awarded $32 million on Monday, by a Federal Jury in their lawsuit against the City of Benton, Arkansas, as well as the former Chief of Police Kirk Lane, and Benton Officer Kyle Ellison. Piper Partridge and Dominic Schweikle have been seeking justice for the death of […]
Read the 47 pages of lawsuit against Benton church, claiming violation of Sexual Abuse Act
About 15 years after a sex abuse criminal case with a Benton, Arkansas minister, two victims are seeking compensation in a Pulaski County court. In 2009, victims spoke up to tell leaders at First Baptist Church in Benton, that their worship minister, David Kent Pierce, had been sexually inappropriate with them. Although Pierce, then age […]
[VIDEO] 8 plaintiffs claim sexual abuse & coverup at Benton facility, Lawsuit filed
A Hot Springs man and others are accusing a medical facility in Saline County of several types of abuse of patients, including sexual abuse of minors. The group, including Luke Hudson and 7 other plaintiffs, filed a lawsuit Tuesday, January 9, 2024 against Timber Ridge Neurorestorative Rehabilitation Ranch, a medical facility to treat brain injuries […]
Court to decide if Alexander owns land where city park alreadysits
Does the City of Alexander own all the land where their park is located or is it a Little Rock resident, David W. Jacks, that owns part of it, and further, is the City leasing it from him or not? There has been a disagreement about who owns a tract of land within the city […]
Benton Chili’s location sued by EEOC for Sexual Harassment of Teens
Two Chili’s Grill & Bar Restaurants in Arkansas and Texas subjected female employees, including teens, to sexually hostile work environments in violation of federal law, according to the lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Little Rock and Dallas on Monday, September 12, 2022. Brinker Arkansas, Inc., doing business as Chili’s […]