Benton News

What vegetable grows underground? What meat do you get from pigs? Why are bees important? These are question first-graders learned by attending Polk County's 17th annual Fun on the Farm Day which was held May 18 at the Polk County 4-H Showbarn in Benton.

In 1922, the tenth year of the Polk County High School ended with the graduation of 16 students.

Polk County Planners approved multiple plats during the April meeting and discussed permitting staff approval on plats that meet all necessary qualifications.

May 1 - Jarrod Michael Duckworth, 24, Ringgold GA, Theft over $1000, fraudulent use of a credit card ... Donald Anthony Higdon, 32, Benton, DUI to serve 48 hrs ... May 2 - Christy Elizabeth Cox, 38, Manchester, Violation state probation ... Susan Angela Davis, 39, Putnam, Manufacturing/selling/possession controlled substance ... Brian Dale Jones, ... (more)

A house-warming shower will be given to Justin and Candace Taylor who lost everything to a tragic Christmas morning house fire.

Norma Morgan CAP, who works for the Polk County UT Extension office in Benton has been named the 2012 Administrative Professional of the Year by the Cherokee Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals .

The Polk County School Board met Monday, April 23rd to discuss whether or not to place lights on the Copper Basin baseball field, how to allocate energy savings, the raising of lunch prices, and the feasibility of purchasing new buses.

ACCEPTING BIDS THE POLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION is accepting bids on 4-78 passenger transit buses without air conditioning, 1 -18 1 handicap bus with air condition, and 1- 66 passenger conventional bus without air conditioning.

Applications for the 2012 Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement cost share program is now available at the U.T. Extension office in Benton.

April 24 - Steven Joseph Brown, 19, Old Fort, Violation misdemeanor probation ... Destiny Rose Hanson, 18, Assault ... Oral T. Johnson, 55, Farner, Reckless endangerment ... Someone kicked a door in at a residence on McJunkin Road ... A structure fire destroyed a home on Panter Drive.

The Polk County School Board met Monday, April 23rd to discuss whether or not to place lights on the Copper Basin baseball field, how to allocate energy savings, the raising of lunch prices, and the feasibility of purchasing new buses.