A Benton resident proved his skills at a state trucking competition and took home the trophy for First Place. He competes in the nationals in August. READ THE ARTICLE BELOW Randy Lovell, a professional truck driver for Walmart Transportation, took first place in the tank division at the 2024 Arkansas Trucking Championship competition held June […]
Bryant senior named 2024 Arkansas Student Journalist of the Year by national organization
A Bryant High School student recently received national honors in Journalism. The Journalism Education Association, the nation’s largest scholastic journalism organization in the country, announced Nevaeh Suit is the 2024 Arkansas Student Journalist of the Year. Suit has been a member of the Bryant broadcast program throughout high school and serves as producer, reporter, and […]
LGBTQ leadership & marriage the crux of church member decisions to stay or go from UMC
by Ryan Bailey Have you ever found yourself having to make a hard decision, where each choice can run the risk of alienating those you love? Many members of the United Methodist Church (UMC) in locations across Arkansas and the nation are having to do just that. Thousands of UMC locations have already voted on […]
Entire Kum & Go chain enters deal to sell
Maverik – Adventure’s First Stop™️ of Utah, together with its parent company, FJ Management, announce the acquisition of Kum & Go, a family-owned convenience store chain from Iowa, with over 400 locations across 13 states, from Krause Group. As part of the transaction, Maverik will also acquire Solar Transport, a tank truck carrier and logistic […]
Weather Service forecasts chances of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday
Boone-Marion-Baxter-Fulton-Sharp-Randolph-Newton-Searcy-Stone-Izard-Independence-Lawrence-Johnson-Pope-Van Buren-Cleburne-Jackson-Logan-Conway-Faulkner-White-Woodruff-Scott-Yell-Perry-Polk-Montgomery-Garland-Saline-Pulaski-Lonoke-Prairie-Monroe-Pike-Clark-Hot Spring-Grant-Jefferson-Arkansas-Dallas-Cleveland-Lincoln-Desha-Ouachita-Calhoun-Bradley-Drew The National Weather Service in Little Rock issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for a large part of Arkansas. On Monday, some thunderstorms will be possible late in the evening and overnight, mainly across the northwest third of the area. While the overall threat for seeing severe weather is generally low, a few […]
Save a child’s life: Re-learn what drivers should do for when school buses stop
MySaline originally published this article October 22nd, 2019, but we edited it and are reposting because of a rash of drivers not following the law around school buses. Just this morning in Bryant, a resident’s surveillance camera captured video of a vehicle driving past a stopped school bus that was picking up children. This is […]
Cong. Hill gives update on COVID-19 relief bill
Congressman French Hill released the following update Monday, December 28th on what’s included in the COVID-19 relief: Last Monday, the House of Representatives and the Senate came together and passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act. On Sunday, President Trump signed this bill into law. This legislation includes a COVID-19 relief package, as well as a separate […]
U.S. Sen. Boozman gives overview of COVID-19 relief bill on Trump’s desk
Funding for agriculture & Medicare payments for physicians WASHINGTON—U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) voted for nearly $900 billion in additional COVID-19 relief for struggling Americans and hard-hit small businesses, along with additional funding to safely open schools and strengthen efforts to defeat the virus and reopen America. The legislation passed the Senate by a vote […]
Arkansas to get part of US agency’s $11 billion award to expand COVID-19 testing
U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman—applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding $78 million to Arkansas to expand its testing capacity for COVID-19. The funding is part of $11 billion from HHS to support nationwide testing for COVID-19 and the reopening of America. The investment will be used to develop, purchase, […]
Congressman Hill outlines COVID-19 symptoms and what the government is doing about the pandemic
Congressman French Hill distributed the following letter to constituents to address the pandemic of Coronavirus – or COVID-19: Dear Friends, The health and safety of Arkansans and Americans come first. Last week, I joined my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives in passing an emergency funding package which provides $7.8 billion to protect the […]