An outside security firm already had been hired before the commissioners voted publicly to approve a contract.

Circuit Court judges in 2020 ordered Marion and other counties to reduce their jail populations, and Marion County sliced its roster of 160 inmates to ... Ben Benton is a news reporter at the ...

A Benton County man will spend 140 months in prison for firing a shot at Benton County Sheriff's deputies during a March 2024 ...

A Kansas man was arrested on Wednesday, April 9 in connection with the 2023 death of an inmate at the Benton County Jail.

According to the affidavit, the autopsy determined that David Thompson’s death was a homicide caused by head trauma.

Some words may be mispronounced. Wildcat Bluff Recreation Area in Benton County, a county park known for its camping, hiking and renowned disc golf course, is doubling in size after two years of ...

Benton County is getting a new look, and a new logo is in store for the central Minnesota county. "We wanted something that was simple, clean, but just a little different from what we had before ...

Three different men have been sentenced for crimes against children in the Benton County Superior Court. Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Stam sentenced James C. Forney to eight years in prison for ...

The Benton County fire marshal issued a 24-hour countywide burn ban Monday morning, according to a news release sent by county spokeswoman Melody Kwok at 6:30 a.m. Monday. No outdoor, open burning ...

Benton County implemented on Friday, April 4, a partial hiring freeze, effective immediately. Recruitment for several previously posted positions will be paused for the remainder of the 2023-2025 ...

Tracy Neal is an award-winning reporter who covers criminal justice (courts and crime) for the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He’s been a reporter in Northwest Arkansas for more than two ...

On Monday, nine people facing capital murder charges appeared in Benton County Court. The charges are in relation to the 41-year-old man that was shot and killed in Rogers in March. Five of the ...