Benton News

The Falcons had won 33 consecutive regular season games before the Lakers ended the string with a 28-6 win to spoil Fairfield’s homecoming. Fairfield’s last regular season loss came on Oct. 14, 2005 when they fell to Culver Military, 34-13...The...

Key Club International, a Kiwanis service leadership program, is again proving that trick-or-treating is not all about the candy. Ryan Knight, the school’s Key Club president.  “These are the kinds of projects we want to be involved in as a...

He organized Saturday's Buddy Walk for Down syndrome awareness. This was the area's first Buddy Walk. "My mom's best friend actually has a daughter with Down syndrome, so it really came to my attention. A lot of people around this...

The Benton-Franklin Health District previously reported that a contract with the state's Children's Administration to operate the Foster Care Passport Program was being canceled after Oct. 31 to save money in the agency's regional budget. Joe Crawford, regional business manager...

A chili dinner including chili, crackers and drink will be served from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 3, at New Life Church of God, 707 North DuQuoin Street in Benton.

That was the largest rise in value in the nation in that time frame. Fairbanks, Alaska, was a distant second with a 2.5 percent increase in home value. On the other end of the spectrum was Miami, where home values...