El Dorado News

Bus tour promotes Black entrepreneurship; local caterer wins grant The Black Ownership Movement's bus tour stopped in El Dorado on Monday and visited the El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce. by Matthew Hutcheson 8 hours, 46 minutes ago

EPD: Shooting plot thwarted, 3 in custody El Dorado police, with assistance from the Union County Sheriff's Office, thwarted an alleged plot for a shooting that was to have taken place last weekend at the Union County Fair. by Tia Lyons 8 hours, 46 minutes ago

MUSA promoting breast cancer awareness with 'Fueling the Cure' campaign Murphy USA is promoting breast cancer awareness in October with its annual "Fueling the Cure" campaign. 8 hours, 46 minutes ago

Week 1 Pick 'Em winner The Week 1 winner of the News-Times Pick 'Em Football Contest and $25 cash was John Irby. To enter the contest, cut out the ballot in this Sunday's edition, fill it out with your picks and return it to the News-Times office by next Thursday. 8 hours, 46 minutes ago

History Minute: Arkansas' most unusual election By Dr. Ken Bridges 8 hours, 46 minutes ago

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Local News

Bus tour promotes Black entrepreneurship; local caterer wins grant

The Black Ownership Movement's bus tour stopped in El Dorado on Monday and visited the El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce.

by Matthew Hutcheson - September 28, 2022

EPD: Shooting plot thwarted, 3 in custody

El Dorado police, with assistance from the Union County Sheriff's Office, thwarted an alleged plot for a shooting that was to have taken place last weekend at …

by Tia Lyons - September 28, 2022

State News

Arkansas efforts to restore vanishing Ozark chinquapin trees take root and grow

HOBBS STATE PARK -- Al Knox has spent years here as a volunteer and trail supervisor. It was as a volunteer, in 2002, that he found the Ozark chinquapin.

by Frank Fellone - September 25, 2022

No legal pot, says board of prisons

The Arkansas Board of Corrections declared its opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize recreational marijuana on Friday, a day af…

by Michael R. Wickline, Stephen Simpson - September 25, 2022

Junior Livestock Auction

Union County Fair

Sports

Razorbacks, Longhorns to meet in basketball exhibition

FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas and Texas men’s basketball teams, both ranked in the top 15 of Blue Ribbon magazine’s preseason poll, will play an ex…

by Bob Holt - September 27, 2022

Alabama to play first ranked team in Arkansas

FAYETTEVILLE — Since 2008, Alabama Coach Nick Saban has an .800 winning percentage against opponents ranked in The Associated Press 25 poll. Saban and the N…

by Bob Holt - September 27, 2022