By Martin Couch

The Taste of Bryant Chamber of Commerce event on Thursday night wouldn't have gone so smoothly if it weren't for the help of the Bryant High School Dance team.

 The annual Bryant Chamber of Commerce Taste Of Bryant, sponsored by Everett's Buick-GMC was held at the Bryant eighth grade cafeteria.

If you attended, what did you think? What was your favorite dish? From where? Leave a comment below. (Photos by Rick Nation)

By Martin Couch

There will be a wide variety food vendors at this year's Taste of Bryant festivities that will be held tonight at the Bryant Middle School eighth grade cafeteria.

The original venue for the event was to be at the Bishop Park community center, but due to advertising agreements for Bishop Park, the arrangements did not allow the Bryant Chamber of Commerce to function there under their bylaws.

By Martin Couch

There are many factors, both pro and con, that will be on the table on Aug. 10 when a special county-wide election for the proposed FairPlex that will take the place of the old Saline County Fairgrounds.

Many Bryant residents, who mostly work in Little Rock and rarely go to Benton for employment, are voicing their opinions through the city's aldermen.

By Martin Couch

On Monday, Bryant Alderman Chris Tipton announced he would run again for his Ward 2, Position 2 seat on the Bryant City Council.

"After careful consideration and discussion with my family, we have decided to run again," Tipton said in an exclusive interview with BryantDaily.com.

By Lana Clifton

With the assistance of Flex 360, a website design company out of Little Rock, the communications department of the Bryant School District will soon launch a new version of the district website. On Monday, July 19, Communications Director Jessica Bollen addressed the school board at its regular monthly meeting to go over some of the features of the new site.

By Martin Couch

By chance of an advertisement, Richard Penn inquired about the Bryant City Engineer position in 2002 and was hired by then Mayor Paul Halley.

"I had worked as a Field Engineer for an engineering sales company where I was called upon for consulting engineers and municipalities," Penn said. "During the course of providing engineering solutions from central to northwest Arkansas, I became familiar with municipal operations and the engineering needs of cities."

Rules pertaining to synthetic marijuana products have arrived at the Bryant Police Department.

Bryant Police Chief Tony Coffman has instructed his officers to deliver a copy of the rules to all businesses that sell tobacco products and/or synthetic marijuana products.

By Martin Couch

Former Bryant resident Bryson VanCleve followed his dream.

At age 17, VanCleve started playing guitar and singing a few times a week at Fletcher Music in Benton. In college, he led worship in the band Apostoli and afterward, for six years, fronted and wrote for his band Wake the Dawn from Little Rock.

By Martin Couch

On Monday night, the Bryant Parks and Recreation Commission voted to recommend a final bid on fencing at Bishop Park to pass along to the Bryant City Council for final approval.

The $150,335 bid by United Fencing, if passed, would build 6-gage vinyl-coated fences around all of the ball fields at Bishop Park.