After further review, the Union County Election Commission has ruled it unlawful for El Dorado Alderman Mary McAdams to refile for another position after the filing deadline, and as a result, McAdams has withdrawn from running in the Republican primary for El Dorado alderman, Ward 4, position 2.McAd...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas’ public schools would receive the largest funding increase and the state’s reserve fund would get $19 million under a $5 billion budget plan that lawmakers advanced Friday.The Joint Budget Committee endorsed the state’s budget bill, formally known...

A thick blanket of fog hampered traffic Friday morning as it afforded motorists little to no visibility during their morning commutes. The sun finally broke through the fog by mid-morning. Today’s forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a high in the upper 60s.

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — A bond broker who managed a large share of Arkansas’ investments said in federal court Friday he felt sorry for the former state treasurer when she was going through a rough patch and gave her money to help her with her troubles.Martha Shoffner, 69, is named in 14 coun...

Eager to hear stories and history about their respective communities, residents of Lisbon, Marysville, and Mount Holly flocked to the Mount Holly Community Church on Thursday for a forum on the history of those communities organized by Patrick Hotard, executive director of the South Arkansas Histori...

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — The North Little Rock Police Department has identified an officer who shot and killed a man who allegedly assaulted the officer with a cane.The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports hat the department on Friday identified the officer as Chris Gann, a 17-year veteran of the agenc...

Vanessa Delgadillo, with Arkansas Children’s Hospital, speaks to students in all four of the El Dorado School District’s elementary schools about the Circle of Friends-Union County’s Kids Caring 4 Kids fundraiser. Students are raising money districtwide by donating $1 for a cardsto...

Union County Chapter of Circle of Friends committee members Dr. Suzanne Parker, left, Bonnie Haynie and Mayor Frank Hash, along with area students, pose Friday with a check that will go to help Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Students from the El Dorado School District helped raise more than $3...

CHEROKEE VILLAGE (AP) — Authorities in Sharp County are looking for a suspect in the robbery of a bank in Cherokee Village.The Baxter Bulletin reports that an FNBC bank was robbed Thursday when a female wearing a gray hoodie and a black ski mask reportedly brandished a pistol and demanded mone...

John Moore, senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Murphy USA, left, presents a check to Union County Circle of Friends committee members Kerry Jackson, center, and Belinda Brown on Thursday. Murphy USA will be the presenting sponsor for the upcoming Circle of Friends Glo...

Pastor Cedric Hayes and the Gloryland Pastor’s Choir will be the special guests for the 26th pastoral appreciation celebration honoring Bishop Eddie and Carolyn Yarbrough. The event will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Evergreen Ministries International, located at 1510 S. Jackson Road. Minister J...

A special Kick-Off Celebration for the “Making All Things New” capital campaign will be held at 7 tonight in the Parish Hall of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, located at 440 W. Main St. in El Dorado.“To fulfill our needs, we have an exciting plan,” a church release states. &l...

(Editor's Note: The following is the third in a series of columns on The 10 Commandments.)The Second Commandment teaches men and women to not have idols. For me to understand this commandment completely, I must understand who God is and who He is not.  One of the best sermons recorded in our Bi...

• New Providence Baptist Church (Norphlet): The 12th Appreciation Program honoring Pastor Rudolph Stennis and Gwen Stennis will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the church. Special guests will be the Rev. Dr. Jacob H. Hayes and the congregation of Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church of Camden. Dinner wil...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Top officials from Philadelphia will travel to Rome this month to ask Pope Francis to attend a huge Roman Catholic gathering in the city next year, they announced Friday.Archbishop Charles Chaput, Mayor Michael Nutter and others will visit Rome to work with Vatican official...

Netanyahu : Palestinians must recognize Israel as a Jewish stateWASHINGTON (AP) — In a White House meeting with President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his demand that Palestinians recognize Israel as a Jewish state.At a joint press conference, Obama sa...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia was swept up in patriotic fervor Friday for bringing Crimea back into its territory, with tens of thousands of people thronging Red Square waving flags and chanting “Crimea is Russia!” as a parliamentary leader declared that the peninsula would be welcomed as a...

A shopper looks for children's clothing during the half-price sale of the Rhea Lana children’s consignment event at the El Dorado Convention Center on Friday. Today marks the final day of the sale, which will be open from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. offering half-priced bargains on slightly used child...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Brutal winter weather snarled traffic, canceled flights and cut power to homes and factories in February. Yet it didn’t faze U.S. employers, who added 175,000 jobs, far more than the two previous months.Modest but steady job growth has become a hallmark of a nearly 5-ye...