Benton News

The $750,000 first phase of the Scott Field Heritage Air Park includes placing the airplanes and building sidewalks.

Students paying full price for meals at Bossier public schools will have to ante up 15 cents more per meal when classes resume Aug.

This weeka s Property of the Past looks at some World War II items collected by a local man and donated to the National Military Heritage Museum.

Students are slated to graduate from the Rend Lake College Licensed Practical Nursing Program next month.

A settlement has been reached in an alleged jail beating that happened in August 2007.

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that Antonio T. FOULKS , age 23, of 2701 Jones St., Mount Vernon, Illinois, was sentenced to 77 months imprisonment in United States District Court in Benton, Illinois.

Gallatin Co. Sheriff Raymond Martin pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal drug charges.

Officials in a southern Illinois county say its sheriff - under indictment on marijuana trafficking - will not lose his job unless he's convicted or resigns.

Gallatin County Sheriff David Martin is in federal custody charged with drug trafficking and weapons charges.

MONDAY 1:27 a.m. --Suspicious person in the 3800 block of East State Road, Portage Township.

Home << Local << Where is everybody? Becky Murphy was one of the few people to show up for a town hall meeting to discuss the bond and levy issue at Hosea Elementary School on Tuesday.

West Frankfort edged Zion-Benton Boat 2 by ounces to win Illinois' first high school bass fishing championship.

Carlos Melchor didn't have to look far for a candidate when Zion-Benton High School asked students to nominate a local park or block for an extreme makeover -- he just had to cross the street.

Police in southern Illinois say a 14-year-old West Frankfort girl has been shot to death.

Benton is the recipient of another prestigious state award. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association tapped Benton High School for the Sportsmanship Award in boys basketball during the Wisconsin Boys State Basketball Tournament.

Supporters of a second highway interchange in Benton say it will improve emergency response along I-57 and in other parts of Franklin county.

Hand-pattied burgers at Grand Slam Ice Cream Co. 306 E. Hyde Park Ave., 238-2215 a oeI recently moved to the South End.

When it comes to decorating your loved ones grave site do you know what you can and can't do? Most people may think that since the family plot is bought and paid for they can do almost anything.

Taxpayers in Franklin County won't have to pay to repair the county's courthouse, which was hit by a sport utility vehicle last week.

Franklin County authorities say a man was drunk when his sport utility vehicle slammed into the county courthouse in Benton.