After sitting dormant for several years, a historic Camden building is getting a new look. The building on the court square that once housed Hall Hardware recently changed hands from Barry Fowler to …

Benton County Electric System (BCES) has announced a rate adjustment for customers, effective October 1, 2024. This change comes in response to rising costs of services and equipment, marking the …

A Benton County prosecutor announced on Monday that a plea deal has been nearly reached with a Camden woman accused of burning down a doctor’s home in 2019. Candace L. Wright, 40, appeared in …

One month after the Benton County Commission voted 10-6 to move ahead with the proposed purchase of the former FirstBank building on the court square, commissioners continue to quarrel over the best …

Benton County Electric System (BCES) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 12, to celebrate the installation of a new fast-charging electric vehicle (EV) station at Country & Western, …

Last Tuesday evening, June 13, Holladay resident Robert Paschal Fletcher, 40, was apprehended in Nashville after being placed on TBI’s Most Wanted List earlier that day. Fletcher was wanted in …

The pursuit of an expensive stolen horse trailer from Henry County ended in Huntingdon at the Granges plant on Saturday morning, June 17. The trailer-towing truck was pursued by law enforcement in …

TOTAL LOSS – The fire that claimed the lives of four pets resulted in a total loss for the Warren family. A Tuesday morning fire on March 14 completely destroyed the Camden home of Dean Warren …

Maggie Thompson Miss Bluegrass 2023 by Angela Jones On Saturday, March 18, the 16th Annual Old Time Bluegrass and Fiddlers’ Jamboree Beauty Pageant drew a crowd of more than 300 family, …

TOURISM AWARD - Lorie Matlock and Kevin Stepp present the John Latham Tourism Award to Katelyn Arnold Spivey. NEW BUSINESS OF THE YEAR – Lorie Matlock and Kevin Stepp present Michael …

Remembering local radio’s very best THE MAN BEHIND THE MIC – Ron Lane shown during his early years with WFWL and during the final broadcast for both Ron and WFWL on Dec. 1, 2021. By Bobby …

CUPID STRIKES AGAIN – On Valentine’s Day last month, Cupid delivered books to students at Camden Elementary School. According to Librarian Barbara Winters, the Easter Bunny will deliver special …

HOMETOWN GIRLS – Performing emcee duties again this year was Holladay’s own Kerri Arnold Lunsford, with a little help from her niece Kendall Jo Spivey. BABY MISS BLUEGRASS AGES 0-12 MONTHS …

Aliyah Ann Whitehead, the 14-year-old who had been missing since March 13, has been found. Aliyah Ann Whitehead, the 14-year-old who had been missing since March 13, has been found. The Tennessee …

ROAD CREWS – Trustees from the Benton County Jail helped to clear roads Friday afternoon. BCES LINEMEN – BCES workers were out in trucks and up in buckets within minutes of the …

Joshua Henley Former Holladay resident Joshua Burton Henley, 34, was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison plus 10 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge S. Thomas Anderson this …

According to booking data from the Benton County Jail, there have been more than 50 drug-related arrests in Benton County since the start of 2023. Many more recent arrests involve convicted drug …

THE BAXTER FAMILY – Badge Frame is owned by (from left) Bill and Shelley Baxter, with Kara Brady and their son T.J. Baxter, who assist in running the business. A business new to this area opened …

Early Monday morning, March 6, a Lexington man driving a Kenworth semi-truck with no trailer swerved to miss a deer on Rockport-McIllwain Road in Holladay. At 4:38 a.m., a smart sensor in his truck …

Chamber hosts Remembrance Day By Bobby Flash Melton On March 5, 1963, Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, Hawkshaw Hawkins, and pilot Randy Hughes perished in a plane crash in a densely wooded area of …