Longtime Benton resident Lib Carlisle presented a program on the history of Saline County Politics at the meeting of the Saline County History and Heritage Society (SCHHS). The meeting was on Thursday, July 21st, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at 123 North Market in Downtown Benton. Carlisle served at different times as Saline County Chairman of […]
Benton Mayor’s Address Touts City & Economic Growth
This is the text and accompanying documents from Benton Mayor David Mattingly’s State of the City Address. You might think reading stuff like this is a bore, but… What if you knew Benton PD got the first ever Assistant Chief of Police in 2015… …and the first ever Economic Development Department too? Do you know […]
Opinion: Public Schools Closing While Lottery Pays C-Students to Stay in State
Posted by Shelli Poole on January 8, 2015 at 2:38pm When then-Lt. Governor Bill Halter championed the lottery as a way to fund Arkansas education, I thought it was a great idea. Except… I wanted the funds to go toward the education of K-12 students, not “C average” college students. Arkansas consolidated many schools about 9 […]
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