Benton News

The Cape Girardeau Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt.

Brianna Buchanan, a second grader at Kelly Elementary School in Benton, is happy about the newly installed wooden benches that sit in the corner of her school library.

Son to Andrew J. and Erin M. Hente of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri Hospital, 7:22 a.m. Monday, Oct.

As the country sees some positive growth in manufacturing and construction, local contractors are getting their business from existing businesses.

Mr. and Mrs. Larry Horrell of Chaffee recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with family and friends.

Eleventh-hour shoppers may have to work a little harder this year to find that ideal pumpkin to turn into a jack-o'-lantern. An informal telephone survey of local food stores and produce vendors found that availability of carving pumpkins was spotty in the Cape Girardeau area.

Motor vehicle accidents on Monday in three Southeast Missouri counties sent four people to the hospital.

The Scott County Sheriff's Department arrested a Benton couple Friday on suspicion they were carrying marijuana in a car with a child present.

Two Sikeston men were in the Scott County Jail Friday morning after leading Scott County deputies on a chase.

Son to Ryan Keith and Julie Rhiannon Davie of Jackson, Saint Francis Medical Center, 8:55 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.

Ashley Beggs spent most of her childhood at the family farm and the Thomas W. Kelly softball field in Benton, Mo.

When choosing a community service project to earn Eagle Scout rank with the Boy Scouts of America, many young men opt to make a park bench or tend a garden.

A 68-year-old Scott County faces drug charges. Sheriff Rick Walter says William Canter of Benton was arrested after he sold prescription medication to an undercover officer.

Missouri is starting to get a reputation for gun goofiness. Earlier this year, the General Assembly seriously considered allowing concealed firearms on college campuses.

Son to Stuart Patrick and Kristina Dawn Arthur of Benton, Mo., Saint Francis Medical Center, 12:36 p.m. Friday, Sept.

Dorothy Marie Jansen, 87, of Oran died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Cameron Beggs and Sheila Beggs of Benton announce the engagement of their daughter, Whitney Beggs, to Derrick Uhrhan.

Terry and Laura Hinson of Owensville, Mo., announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Ann Hinson, to Robert Forrester Tucker of Benton.

In honor of this sentiment, the University of Missouri-Kansas City is hosting its 43rd annual Carolyn Benton Cockefair Continuing Education Series.

BENTON, Mo. - A second Scott County Jail officer has been charged with having sex with two female prisoners at the jail.