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EWING, IL – Ewing-Northern Grade School will be hosting their annual Veterans Day Celebration, tomorrow at 2:00 p.m..
According to music teacher Emily Milton, The kindergarten through 4th grade music classes will perform, as well as the middle school chorus. There will be a veteran that will be a guest speaker. Everyone is encouraged to attend.
by Steve Dunford
Benton and West City firefighters were called to an apartment fire at 105 West Carlton. The fire was limited to one porch and a room.
Buckner Fire Protection District provided mutual aid for West City.
We will share any information as it becomes available.
by Steve Dunford
There has been a two car accident on the edge of the city limits of Benton.
It is unsure whether there is any road blockage or not. There are not any major injuries.
Information is given for traffic only. I request there not be any comments on social media, especially pictures of the scene until released from law enforcement agencies.
UPDATE 5:45 p.m. Officers have cleared the scene.
BENTON, IL- The following are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law.
On 10/20/17 at approximately 2:40 p.m. the Benton Police Department responded to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence in the 1400 Block of Pope Street. Upon investigating, Benton Police arrested 32 year old Justin W. Halterman of West City, for the offense of Domestic Battery. Halterman was transported to the Franklin County Jail.
On 10/21/17 at approximately 5:00 p.m. the Benton Police Department arrested 32 year old Alisa M. McPherson of Benton on Joplin Street on a warrant out of Franklin County for Failure to Appear. McPherson was transported to the Franklin County Jail.
On 10/21/17 at approximately 6:45 p.m. the Benton Police Department conducted a traffic stop on 36 year old April D. Plemons of Mt. Vernon, IL. As a result of the stop and subsequent search of the vehicle, Plemons was charged with Driving While License Suspended and Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Plemons was transported to the Franklin County Jail.
On 10/21/17 at approximately 7:40 p.m. the Benton Police Department responded to a report of a theft in the 800 Block of N. Frisco Street. Upon investigating, Benton Police arrested 33 year old Amber M. Smith of Benton for Theft. Smith was transported to the Franklin County Jail.
On 10/22/17 at approximately 5:00 a.m. the Benton Police Department conducted a traffic stop on 36 year old Melissa R. Atchison of Benton. As a result of the stop and subsequent search of the vehicle, Atchison was charged with Driving While License Suspended and Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine. Atchison was transported to the Franklin County Jail
BENTON, IL – Today’s Benton Football Senior Spotlight is on wide receiver and defensive back, # 4 Cade Thomas. Cade is the son on Wade and Melinda Thomas.
This is Cade’s 7th season playing football (4 years in high school and 3 years of junior football). His interests include basketball, football and hanging out with friends.
Cade’s plans next year are to attend Rend Lake College for a year to make sure he is confident in his major, and then transfer to Murray State University to finish his education.
Cade says this, “I would like thank both of my parents…my dad for always knowing what is best and pushing me…and my mom for doing all the little things that go unnoticed and being the voice of reason. I would also like to thank my sister for being such a good example in my life. I love all of you guys!”
BENTON, IL- The City of Benton Fire Department is extremely blessed to have great partners who care about our community. Last Spring, with the enormous help of The Elks Lodge 1234 and Changing Seasons Ace Hardware, we were able to start the program “Fires In The Home”. This program was designed around women of the home and provides fire safety education and home fire extinguishers to families without.
It’s a great program that just adds another level of protection for your family. If you are interested in receiving one of these limited quantity of extinguishers, please send us a message on our Facebook page. Couple this with our free smoke detector program and your guaranteed to feel and be safer for this holiday season.
The men of the BFD will come to your home, provide safety information and mount both extinguisher and smoke detectors free of charge!
The free smoke detectors are offered free of charge from a grant from the American Red Cross and Franklin County Emergency Management Agency.
Below are some safety facts about smoke detectors:
• Smoke alarms are the residential fire safety success story of the past 30 years.
• Each year, three out of five home fire deaths result from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
• The risk of dying in a reported home fire is cut in half in homes with working smoke alarms.
• Smoke alarms fail most of the time because of missing, disconnected, or dead batteries.
• Almost five million households still do not have any smoke alarms.
• Overall, three-quarters of all U.S. homes have at least one working smoke alarm.
Don’t be left out!
This program will allow us to do the following:
Install at no charge, up to three smoke detectors per residence.
Gather information about the residence and owners to help them develop a fire escape plan for their family.
This program also allows the department to keep reserve alarms on our apparatus, in case we respond to a home with no fire alarms.
To get in on this amazing opportunity, residents with a need should, leave a message with us on our Facebook page, or call our station at (618) 439-2511 to schedule an appointment.
If you need both smoke detectors and extinguishers, please make one appointment.
Today’s Senior Football Spotlight is wide receiver, corner and kick returner # 12 Ty Gordon. Ty is the son of Jesse & Bobbi Gordon.
Ty has been playing football for seven years (4 years at Benton High School and 3 years in the BJFL). His interests include playing football, working on his truck and riding 4-wheelers with his friends.
His plans for the future are to go to college after graduation and become a diesel mechanic.
Ty would like to thank his parents and his coaches for always supporting him and pushing him to do his best.
Today’s Senior Football Spotlight is wide receiver and defensive back, # 17 Caleb Pemberton. Caleb is the son of Mark & Kendee Pemberton.
Caleb has been playing football for five years. He loves playing football as well as riding dirt bikes and 4-wheelers with his friends. He can also be found working on trucks.
Next year he plans to enlist in the United States Air Force.
He says he is thankful for his parents and all of his coaches for their investment in his life.
Today’s Benton Football Senior Spotlight is on senior wide receiver, defensive back and kick returner, #99 Bailey Hopson.
Bailey is the son of Nancy Lingle and Billy Hopson and has been playing football for ten years. He loves football, hanging out with the boys and playing video games.
Bailey plans to attend college next year somewhere to get his education.
He would like to thank his mom and dad for pushing him to do better at everything he does. Bailey also wants to thank the Corn family, the Cosby family and the Sharp-Galiotto family for supporting him throughout his life. Bailey says, “I couldn’t have done it without these people.”
Today’s senior football spotlight is on #1 Ian McMahon. Ian is a senior kicker & punter for the Rangers and has played three years of high school football and a year of JFL football. He is the son of Phil McMahon & Andrea McMahon.
When not playing football, Ian plays baseball, watches a lot of baseball and hangs out with his friends. After graduation, Ian will play baseball at Maryville University while studying communications and sports management.
Ian would like to thank his family, friends & coaches who have all supported him throughout his high school years.
