Category Archives: General

Word is the construction on the restaurant will begin in November. It should be up and running by March. The location was previously posted – out on Timberlane by the liquor store and meat market.

The Union County Fair has arrived! With a midway full of rides and games, caramel apples, funnel cakes, extra long corn dogs, beauty pageants, livestock shows, and exhibitions of all types. The fair opens today, Tuesday, Sept. 21 and will … Continue reading →

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Michael Orrell Saying Good By A retirement reception was held for South Arkansas Regional Airport Manager Gary Harrell on Tuesday at the SARA-Goodwin Field. Harrell, who will officially retire this Friday, has been apart of SARA for 25 years and … Continue reading →

Between Editions/Michael Orrell Pink Cats — El Dorado High School’s girls varsity basketball team show their support for Breast Cancer by wearing pink ‘LCB’ support t-shirts during warm-up practice before Friday’s game.

Little Rock urban planner Jim von Tungeln spoke highly of El Dorado during a recent interview with a state public radio station in Northwest Arkansas. Von Tungeln, who has advised El Dorado in the past, is currently offiering advice to … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the South Arkansas Community College Foundation for winning the float contest in this year’s parade. Their float is shown in the second photo below. All photos were taken by News-Times photographer Chris Vinn. The world famous Budweiser Clydesdale … Continue reading →

Mahony, pictured above in this contributed photo, and his infamous box. Cardboard boxes were as much a part of his legislative career as the ever-loosened tie and point-on work ethic. The box pictured above, as noted on the side, is … Continue reading →

Following are two reports that we didn’t publish in the police log on the print side because no felonies were committed; however, they are so out of the ordinary that I just had to share them with you here. • … Continue reading →

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The aroma of fresh coffee mixed freely with the acoustic offerings of Jeremy Langston and Chris Loggins Saturday night at ArtBeats Coffee House during a fund raiser for Southern Christian Home (SCH), a Morrilton, AR-based organization that provides housing and … Continue reading →

Tonight I had the pleasure of shooting the Union County Fair Pageant. Admittedly, it was my first pageant. Ever. And, it was not at all what I expected. Here are a few outtakes (more on the jump).

The fair is in town, complete with noisy rides, fried food and ‘interesting’ people. A visit should be on everyone’s to-do list. Seriously, it’s a blast! Just go, already!

Habitat for Humanity workers and volunteers from Murphy USA wait patiently for other workers to lay out the home’s floor plan, which is read from the soaked blueprint in the foreground, before they start framing the interior walls. Work was … Continue reading →