Haskell News

While many are preparing to celebrate the July 4th holiday with the traditional fireworks, one Central Arkansas city could soon be changing its position on banning the bottle rockets and roman candles.

Eric Hillson, 6, of Pack 32 in Benton carefully crosses a monkey bridge Wednesday during Pirates of the Ouachita Cub Scout camp at Kennely Park in Haskell.

Cpl. Drew Furr of the Saline County Sheriff's Office is on medical leave for injuries suffered in a single-vehicle accident early Tuesday.

Overnight storms brought wind, hail and lots of rain to parts of Arkansas, and it's not over yet.

Three Saline County residents arrested on Monday by Benton police led to the Saline County Sheriff's Office's ninth methamphetamine lab bust of 2009, authorities said.

Saline County Ministerial Alliance will conduct its traditional Holy Week services Monday through Friday at Benton's First United Metho-dist Church, 200 N. Market St.

Hate to eat and run . . . DRIVING a car 120 miles an hour down Highway 67 through Haskell, Ark., probably doesna t happen often.

It may have been April Fool's Day, but local leaders were quite serious Wednesday when they pledged their commitment to the kickoff of the 2010 census in Saline County.

APRIL 1, 2009 - Since the 1960's, KFSM has broadcast its analog VHF channel 5 signal from a tower in the Figure Five community just a few miles north of Fort Smith, AR.

Saline County is doubling the amount of officers available to respond to an emergency.

If you enjoy eating spaghetti, listening to entertainment, participating in an auction and having an opportunity to win something, then the Turtle Creek Volunteer Fire Department has just the thing.

HASKELL, Ark. - In a county where a quarter of the homes are mobile and in a state where deadly tornadoes often strike at night, a warning radio would seem a good investment - especially when it's offered for free.

Justices of the peace will soon consider putting cigarette ashtray stands on county property after the Public Works Committee endorsed the idea prior to Tuesday night's Saline County Quorum Court meeting.

The next fire district to benefit from Saline Co-unty's weather radio program is Turtle Creek.

For more than 22 years, Chuck Tallent dedicated his life to protecting and serving residents of Saline County as a law enforcement officer with the Sheriff's Office.

The Saline County Sheriff's Office, along with Benton and Haskell police departments, recently worked together to close down a pair of suspected methamphetamine labs.

Football could finally be headed to Harmony Grove schools, but voters will once again have the final say.

Even together, they may not qualify as an institution. But there are people who say the pair of longtime Saline County public servants come about as close as you can get.