Rain and cold in tonight’s forecast have moved the El Dorado Christmas Parade to Tuesday, Dec. 10, the chamber of commerce announced Wednesday. The “Christmas in Candyland”-themed procession will begin at 7 p.m. at the intersection of North West Avenue and 18th Street. The Fellowsh...

Elizabeth Moore, a dental hygienist from Hot Springs, uses a UV curing light to set and harden the sealant applied to a student’s teeth at the TAC House. The Arkansas Children’s Hospital, through the Blue and You Foundation and in collaboration with the Coordinated School Health Program...

While unfinished business dominates the El Dorado City Council’s agenda today, an item that did not appear on the original draft of the council’s order of business may take center stage.Aldermen are expected to hear a report and clarifications on issues surrounding the Ouachita River mul...

A hot meal. A pair of shoes. A place to lay your head at night.These are some of the bare necessities, yet there are thousands right here in Union County who lack these basic essentials. As a Salvation Army Corps officer, Capt. Bobby Carr knows that the organization provides many locals with their o...

El Dorado police investigate a one-vehicle accident in front of Home Depot Wednesday afternoon. The 2006 Ford, driven by Varner Parker, left the roadway, took out several shrubs in front of the store and then struck a light pole. Parker was taken to the Medical Center of South Arkansas for treatment...

BEIJING (AP) — Giving no ground, Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. Vice President Joe Biden traded strong arguments Wednesday over China’s contentious new air defense zone, with little indication of progress toward defusing a situation that is raising anxieties across Asia and beyond...

Neighborhood watchgroup cancels meetingThe Parkview/Parkway Neighborhood Watch Group scheduled for tonight has been canceled due to family commitments for the holiday season. The group is scheduled to meet every first Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Parkview Baptist Church. Smackove...

City Reports:• The owner of Horn Chiropractic, 718 W. Grove, reported Tuesday the forgery of a check in the amount of $4,264. A possible suspect has been identified, according to a police report.• A Marksville, La., man reported Wednesday that someone broke into his vehicle at Econolodge...

Today• Liberty Ministry Center will give out food from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. today at 901 S. Washington Ave.• Union County Senior Citizens meet each Thursday at 8 a.m. at Champagnolle Landing.• Stitch & Share Quilters meets at 9:30 a.m. each Thursday at 826 Camp St., El Dorado. The...

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 90 percent of health insurance plans offered to lawmakers and congressional staff cover abortion, an unforeseen consequence of a Republican amendment to President Barack Obama’s health law.The disclosure Wednesday by abortion opponent Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J....

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor is invoking his Christian faith ahead of next year’s election in his latest political speech and campaign ad.Pryor cited the Bible as he spoke to the Political Animals Club in Little Rock on Wednesday morning. And he discusses his faith...

Entergy: Storms couldcause major outagesLITTLE ROCK (AP) — Arkansas’ largest electric utility says a winter storm expected to hit the state this week could cause widespread and extended power outages. Entergy Arkansas said Wednesday that it’s bringing in thousands of workers to hel...

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — An engineer whose speeding commuter train ran off the rails along a curve, killing four people, experienced a hypnotic-like daze and nodded at the controls before he suddenly realized something was wrong and hit the brakes, a lawyer said as a federal regulator called for t...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — With the fight over solving Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation pension shortfall now headed to the courts, the financially troubled state faces a grim possibility: The plan could be tossed, and Illinois could wind up in an even deeper fiscal hole than the one it&rsquo...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama prodded Congress to raise wages and secure the social safety net as he issued an overarching appeal Wednesday to correct inequalities that he said make it harder for a child in the United States to escape poverty. “That should offend all of us,&rd...

SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy accused of killing his high school math teacher pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery charges on Wednesday.Philip Chism is charged in the Oct. 22 death of Colleen Ritzer, a popular teacher at Danvers High School. Ritzer’s bo...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — As gunfire boomed over and over in the background, a janitor begged a 911 dispatcher to send help, saying, “There’s still shooting going on! Please!” A woman breathlessly reported seeing a gunman run down a hall. And a teacher said she was holed up in h...

South Arkansas Community College president Dr. Barbara Jones, seated left, and Southern Arkansas University president Dr. David Rankin, seated right, sign transfer agreements between the two colleges. One agreement is for transferring into the SAU criminal-justice bachelor’s degree program aft...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) — The man charged with killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding two other agents and a civilian during a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport made his first court appearance Wednesday, still showing signs of the gunsho...

Due to the threat of inclement weather that is expected to reach parts of Arkansas on Thursday and most of the state on Friday, the Arkansas Activities Association announced on Wednesday that this week’s championship and semifinal games have been postponed by a week.“This decision was ba...

GRAMBLING, La. (AP) — Grambling State has named current McNeese State tight ends coach Broderick Fobbs as the Tigers’ next head coach, hoping he can not only win but also heal a strained relationship between players and the administration.Fobbs, whose hiring was announced Wednesday, will...

El Dorado natives Andrew and Allie Rogers were the high point winners in the Paul Blair Memorial Invitational Short Course Swim Meet, which was held in Little Rock from November 22-24. Swimming for the Little Rock Dolphin Lasers year-round USA team, Andrew won the 10U and Allie won the 12U categorie...