El Dorado News

Heavy rains cause flooding throughout county Heavy rainfall caused flooding and impassable roads throughout parts of Union County on Sunday as a narrow band of storms dropped "between 4 and 7 inches of rain"by 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning by Matthew Hutcheson 1 day, 11 hours ago

Parks Commission updates on current projects The El Dorado Parks and Playgrounds Commission is looking to wrap up the first phases of a master plan to improve city parks in order to move on to the next batch of improvements. by Tia Lyons 1 day, 7 hours ago

Fourth of July Flags are lined up on the lawn of the First Baptist Church in El Dorado in the days leading up to July 4. Today, events celebrating Independence Day will include a parade starting at 11 a.m. set to follow a route starting at East Hillsboro/Junction City Road and heading north to the Union County Fairgrounds at the intersection of MLK and 19th Street. (Matt Hutcheson/News-Times) by Matthew Hutcheson 1 day, 11 hours ago

COVID-19 cases in the community Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Sunday, July 3, 2022 in Union County, Arkansas, the United States and the world. Numbers are calculated from July 1 statistics. 1 day, 11 hours ago

Sanders overwhelms Jones in fundraising Republican gubernatorial nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders raised $13.18 million in contributions and spent that much in the primary election, including a $4.25 million transfer to her general election account, according to her latest campaign finance report. by Michael R. Wickline 1 day, 11 hours ago

Latest News

Main Street El Dorado projects continue Main Street El Dorado just wrapped the July installment of Summer of the Square, the first of the year, and as the group works its way through its schedule of events for 2022, MSE is continuing efforts to improve economic vitality in the city's historic downtown. by Tia Lyons 7 hours, 37 minutes ago

Ousters, upsets halfway through 2022 primary election season By MEG KINNARD by The Associated Press 7 hours, 37 minutes ago

Pro-choice versus pro-life By John Stossel 11 hours, 37 minutes ago

Local News

Main Street El Dorado projects continue

Main Street El Dorado just wrapped the July installment of Summer of the Square, the first of the year, and as the group works its way through its schedule of …

by Tia Lyons - July 5, 2022

COVID-19 cases in the community July 3, 2022

Below are the number of COVID-19 cases, active cases, and deaths recorded on Monday, July 5, 2022 in Union County, Arkansas, the United States and the world. T…

July 5, 2022

State News

Sanders overwhelms Jones in fundraising

Republican gubernatorial nominee Sarah Huckabee Sanders raised $13.18 million in contributions and spent that much in the primary election, including a $4.25 m…

by Michael R. Wickline - July 4, 2022

Roe ruling puts spotlight on pregnancy centers in Arkansas

Crisis pregnancy centers dot the Arkansas landscape nearly four times more than Sam's Clubs.

by Teresa Moss - July 3, 2022

4th of July Parade in El Dorado

Robotic Mayflower ship reaches Plymouth Rock

Sports

El Dorado's Meadows looking ahead to senior season

El Dorado’s Caroline Meadows has spent a portion of her summer with an eye on the future - her senior season. But, she hasn’t completely forgotten the past - a…

by Tony Burns - July 4, 2022

So many sports, so little time for PC's McAuliffe

Parkers Chapel’s Reaux McAuliffe is looking forward to her junior year of high school, which begins with her competing in golf, tennis and cross country, simul…

by Tony Burns - July 4, 2022