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 […]
Benton PD Seeks Suspect in Theft Incident at Benton Store
This suspect is wanted by the Benton Police Department (BNPD)for questioning in the theft of merchandise from Academy Sports about 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 16. The suspect fled in a silver Nissan Altima with paper tags with two other suspects inside the vehicle. Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect is encouraged to […]
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, […]
Downtown Benton Groomer Claims Territory on the Next Street Over
If you’re looking for a certain dog grooming parlor in downtown Benton (Is “parlor” what you call it?) ShamPoochie’s, owned by Laura Pritchard, has moved to 122 N. Market Street. Formerly in a property on Main Street, Shampoochie’s has moved one street over and now you can find them to the left of Relics Tattoo (that is […]
It’s Liquor on the Bottom, Shopping on the Top
You’re asking MySaline the questions and we’re working on all the mysteries you email and text and message about. I figured out as much as I could in one day about some new construction that’s happening on Reynolds Road between Mapco and Bryant Cafe (a.k.a., across from McDonald’s). According to the lovely server at Bryant Cafe, there […]
BJaxx of Benton Announces Closing
This Facebook post by BJaxx of Benton says it all. If you don’t shop local, you won’t have local businesses and you won’t have local business owners. Another one bites the dust. On the flip side of that tip, business owners, stay involved in the community, join the Chamber of Commerce and don’t make the […]
Chicken in Arkansas Recalled, Including from Bryant Store
ON Saturday, September 10th, 2016, MIH Marketing and Sales in Beebe, Arkansas, sent out notice of a food recall of approximately 662,049 pounds of various meat and poultry products that were stored under insanitary conditions, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The raw chicken breast fillet, chicken thigh, chicken […]
The Next New Liquor Store in Saline County About to Open in Bryant
This is a bit of drive-by journalism, I admit, but… related to this blog about long-time Chinese restaurant Taste of D-Light having closed, people are asking what the heck Smuggler’s Bay is – it’s a liquor store, opening soon under the ownership of Roger Snyder. I’ll post more as I know it, but I will say […]
Glenn’s Being Torn Down on Reynolds – What’s Next?
We’ve waited 11 months for Mi Ranchito II on Reynolds Road in Bryant to open its doors again and it has! But now right next door, the gas station (and adjoining carwash) that has been up for sale for months is being torn down. Anyone know what will pop up there next? This picture is […]
First Liquor Store in Saline County in 79+ Years
I don’t know if there was a race, but Chris Howlett, owner of Alcoa Wine & Spirits seems to have won. The first liquor store in Saline County opened Saturday at 6948 Alcoa Road in Benton. Well, it’s not actually the first – but the first since February 1936, when the county was voted dry! […]