News
Arkansas County added to federal fire ant quarantine
Posted: November 18, 2009 5:36 p.m.Arkansas County in southeast Arkansas is now part of the federal fire ant quarantine, bringing to 34 the number of quarantined counties in state.
Calls In The Wild:
Opening Day of Deer Season Busy For Wildlife Officers
Posted: November 18, 2009 5:32 p.m.The buck deer trotting across a rural highway near Hogeye is the trophy of hunters’ dreams and the reason Arkansas Game & Fish Commission Wildlife Office Kevin Eubanks was on patrol early Saturday morning, the opening day of modern gun deer season.
Stunt pilot crashes in Siloam Springs field
Posted: November 18, 2009 5:31 p.m.A pilot of a stunt plane was injured when it crashed into a field next to a model airplane airstrip in south Siloam Springs on Nov. 10.
Local Home Sales Rally
First-time buyers rush to close deal with tax credit
Posted: November 18, 2009 5:29 p.m.Local home sales rallied in October as first-time buyers rushed to close deals ahead of the federal tax credit expiration previously set for November.
Long-range planning:
Building plan moves forward with county committee backing $4.9 million purchase plan
Posted: November 18, 2009 5:28 p.m.Members of the Benton County Long Range Planning Committee for Real Estate voted to move forward on a building plan Thursday.
Cargill to vaccinate sows
Posted: November 18, 2009 5:27 p.m.Cargill plans to vaccinate 120,000 sows primarily in Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma against the H1N1 virus, according to company spokesman Mark Klein.
Cornish game hen sales dampened
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:52 p.m.John Robert Hart of Prairie Grove makes his living raising Cornish game hens for Tyson Foods, in addition to operating a small dairy farm.
Bloomfield 4-H holds awards banquet
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:52 p.m.On Monday, Nov. 9, the Bloomfield 4-H Club held its annual 4-H Achievement Banquet in the Gentry High School Cafeteria, with approximately 100 members and guests in attendance.
Firm a victim of lies, Simmons chief says
Stewardship topic in poultry litter trial
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:51 p.m.The chairman of Simmons Foods on Nov. 9 said his company’s portrayal of itself as a good environmental steward helps “combat the folks who are lying about us.”
Reward jumps for missing women
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:50 p.m.The family of two women missing since June increased a reward for information about their whereabouts, a family member said Monday.
County’s stray dog problems continue
Posted: November 18, 2009 3:50 p.m.Stray dogs in Benton County are a huge problem, County Judge Dave Bisbee said. And the county isn’t quite sure how to tackle it.
Decatur teachers celebrate success
Posted: November 12, 2009 6 a.m.Teachers at Northside Elementary school received T-shirts from the Decatur Education Foundation as a reward for the hard work they did to raise the school’s math and literacy scores.
County’s first convenience center opens
Posted: November 12, 2009 6 a.m.If it was an exam day, then Benton County officials would receive high marks for the county’s first convenience center.
Authorities: County jails free of H1N1 virus
Posted: November 12, 2009 6 a.m.Neither the Benton County Jail nor the Washington County Detention Center has had any cases of H1N1, authorities said last week.
Local projects make progress
Posted: November 12, 2009 6 a.m.In recent years, anxious for the completion of some highway public-works projects that promise to make driving easier and/or safer, many county residents have learned to virtually recite a list of road projects the state has worked on in Benton County.