Bauxite News

Todd Witham, a political newcomer, is the second person in as many days to announce as a Democratic candidate for the Arkansas Senate District 22 seat.

State Rep. Dawn Creekmore receives a hug from Mary Jean Busken of Benton on Tuesday; the two worked together this past session to adopt Julia s Law, which is named after the Buskensa daughter, who was murdered.

The Humane Society of Saline County and Bryant Animal Control are joining forces tonight to co-host the second annual Moonlight Cat Adoption Event.

Linda Beggs, a former Pine Haven Elementary fourth-grade math teacher,A holds a plaque she received in honor of the 24 years she spent in the Bauxite School District.

Local authorities are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Saline County.

A man who reportedly led police on a chase Sunday was shot by a Bauxite officer.

A police chase ends with shots being fired after police say the car tried to run over a Bauxite police officer.

Early morning rainfall made it necessary to move a Memorial Day observance into a courtroom at the Saline County Courthouse, but the inclement weather didn't deter attendance.

Claudia Walker reads a news article about a former Bauxite resident in the Bauxite Museum on Saturday prior to the annual Bauxite Reunion.

A Hope, Ark., man died in a head-on collision about 4:10 p.m. Friday on Hempstead County Road 3. Paul M. Holt, 61, died of injuries from the collision after his northbound 2001 Dodge pickup crossed into the path of a southbound Honda Pilot driven by Susan P. O'Bryant, 56, of Hope.

Considering a run for the U.S. Senate next year, state Sen. Kim Hendren, RGravette, has been hearing encouragement from Arkansans around the state, he said.

Elkins appeared to be in trouble Saturday in the Class 3A state baseball tournament, entering the fifth inning trailing Bauxite by two runs, but Weston Curry turned the game around with one swing of the bat.

Potential Senate candidate Tim Griffin said in a Friday night speech that Republicans need to run a candidate against Sen.

Chef Ramsay cooks for the remaining four chefs---then tells them to replicate what he had prepared.

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.

The "firehouse baby" turned 1 on Friday and Bauxite firefighters threw a party. Kadence Miller, who was born at the Bauxite Fire Department, made local history on March 26, 2008.

Janice Arlene Ray of Bauxite is most known in Saline County as the public health educator of the Saline County Hometown Health Coalition.

Efforts are under way to revamp the Benton Community Access Association that oversees the city's public access cable television channel.

Students in area school districts have a new information source for city and county government, courtesy of Courier TV 95.

So what should happen with Channel 12, the city's public access television station? Should it be converted to a government-education channel? Or should it operate under its current guidelines and offer such ...