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The week of Sept 11-15 Benton Community School Corporation held Safety Week at Otterbein Elementary. The next week, Sept 18-22 it was Prairie Crossing Elementary staff and students turn. Safety Weeks are scheduled early in the school year so that students and staff can practice and prepare for a number of different emergencies that could possibly occur in schools, leaving […]

This just-completed, past week was the last big docket for Benton Central soccer, prior to the 2023 Sectionals (pairings and locations were announced on Sept. 24). And each lineup for each respective, Green and Gold Bison eleven: the BC boys’ club and the Lady Bison – hardly stacked up as a trot through a clover field for either boomer squad. […]

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Former Benton County student and Ambia resident Peggy Perdue will be publishing her new book Comfort (forthcoming Oct. 19, 2023) after deciding the traditional model wasn’t going to work for her. “I grew up reading books, got a degree in English-Journalism, spent more than a decade in the publishing world, and never thought I’d not follow the […]

TOP: The Benton Central girls golf team finished 2nd in Sectional 14 at Harrison Hills on Saturday with a team score of 386. Ellie Wetli placed 2nd individually shooting an 80. The team will compete in the Regional tournament this coming Saturday day at Battleground Golf Club. LEFT: Top three finishers: Addison Meadows (Southmont), Ellie Wetli (Benton Central), Sydni Crain […]

The BC cross country team competed at the New Prairie Invitational Saturday. Both teams ran well at one of the biggest invitationals in the state and top courses in the U.S. The girls were led by Sydney Ishmiel who ribboned with a 21st place finish out of 196 girls. The boys leader was Carter Fox who placed 62 of 216 […]

Congratulations to Dailey Fox for finding the $100 Golden Horseshoe at the Dan Patch Festival this year. The award was presented to Dailey by Oxford Lions Club President Karen Ahlbrand.