Saline County News

A Saline County man accused of kidnapping, raping and threatening the life of his wife has pleaded not guilty to numerous charges at Benton District Court on Tuesday.

A former Pulaski County Special School District official has been sentenced to 10 days in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated.

Saline County Prosecuting Attorney Ken Casady announced today that his office would auction 25 acres of property near Paron on November 18, 2009 at noon in the Saline County Courthouse located at 200 North Main in Benton, Arkansas.

James C. Smith was elected mayor of Shannon Hills late Tuesday with 55 percent of votes.

A tornado watch is issued for central Arkansas until 9:00 p.m and 12:00 a.m. for north Arkansas.

Several neighborhoods have been evacuated due to rising water. Jimmy Evans with the Northwest Fire Department told KARK 65 to 70 homes in Shannon Hills in Saline County have been evacuated, nd according to the Red Cross the Curtis Cove neighborhood in Little Rock has also been evacuated.

Law enforcement fanned out across Saline County to round up felony warrant suspects for Operation Ghost Buster.

Crews are cleaning up after a storm destroyed the Fire Academy in East Camden. Ouachita and Calhoun Counties had several reports of damage and flooding.

Christina Martin, a nurse from Benton Healthcare, gets ready to stick a needle into a childa s arm as other students from Angie Grant Elementary in Benton wait their turn to get a flu shot this morning.

Darrin Keim, 40, of Benton, has been charged with raping a Saline County 5-year-old girl to whom he is related.

A Saline County 10 year old may have died from complications stemming from the H1N1 virus.

Halloween festivites begin early for Saline County children. On Thursday, Benton and Bryant will host Halloween events for little ghouls and goblins of all ages.

This should reduce the Saline County crime rate -- a burglary conviction and 90-year sentence for a Benton man caught with his son on convenience store break-in. Pop had THIRTEEN priors.

Lynette and Tom face challenges as Pizzeria Scavo prepares for its grand opening, and Gaby can't avoid her not-so-secret admirer, Zach.

Arkansas State Police have identified the man and baby who died Thursday afternoon in a tragic traffic accident in Saline County.

Jane W. Duke, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and Thomas J. Browne, Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation , announced Doyle D. Peal, age 58, of Benton, Arkansas, was sentenced by Chief United States District Judge J. Leon Holmes to 180 months imprisonment for the ...

Saline County attorney/developer Aaron Jones, whose home in an exclusive West Little Rock neighborhood burned in May 2008, has pleaded not guilty to fraud and arson charges in federal court.

A news release from the state Highway and Transportation Department said the highway would be closed Wednesday evening about 6 p.m. so workers can remove an old railroad bridge.

A Saline County developer whose large family home in west Little Rock burned in May 2008 has pleaded not guilty to fraud and arson charges in federal court.

Charley is joined in the THV Weather Garden by Patrick Beam and Shelli Russell to talk about the Saline-O-Ween Festival.