Eldorado News-Times

El Dorado’s Kiwanis & SAAC team up for Kiwanis One Day Volunteers from the El Dorado Kiwanis Club and South Arkansas Arts Center worked together Saturday to clean up SAAC grounds as part of the Kiwanis Club’s annual Kiwanis One Day of service. by Marvin Richards 17 hrs. ago

Missing teen found safe Jordan Boone, a 16 year old from El Dorado who was reported missing a week and a half ago, was found safe in Georgia on Thursday, said Lt. Scott Harwell, chief investigator for the El Dorado Police Department. by Caitlan Butler 17 hrs. ago

El Dorado ready for conference meet El Dorado’s cross country teams will head to Hot Springs today to compete in the conference cross country meet, which will be hosted by Hot Springs Lakeside at Essex Golf Course. by Tony Burns 17 hrs. ago

Camden man claims $420K Jackpot A Camden man claimed a lottery prize worth $420,000 yesterday at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center. Kenneth Launius purchased the winning $1 Natural State Jackpot (NSJ) ticket at Sparky Food Mart located at 504 West Main St. in Sparkman for the Oct. 16 drawing. by Special to the News-Times 17 hrs. ago

Two new local COVID cases, recoveries up The Arkansas Department of Health reported two new COVID-19 cases in Union County Monday, bringing the cumulative number of cases identified locally to 1,120. The cases in the county Monday included 1,004 confirmed cases, up two from Sunday, and 116 probable cases, no change from Sunday. 17 hrs. ago

Latest News

Arkansas begins preparations for Texas A&M FAYETTEVILLE — University of Arkansas coach Sam Pittman is expecting a large, loud crowd at Texas A&M’s Kyle Field when the Razorbacks resume play Saturday after a shared open date with the Aggies. by Tom Murphy 13 hrs. ago

Parkers Chapel falls to Fordyce FORDYCE - Ja'quez Cross ran for three touchdowns and Jaheim Brown ran for two scores and threw for another to lead Fordyce to a 55-12 win over Parkers Chapel in 8-2A play Friday night. by News-Times Staff

Freshmen impressing for Razorbacks FAYETTEVILLE – Moses Moody provided an update Friday on how his fellow University of Arkansas freshmen basketball players have done through the first week of preseason practice. by Bob Holt

Local News

Happening locally on Oct. 27, 2020 Early voting continues today, the deadline to request an absentee ballot; MCSA is hosting a blood drive on the hospital campus; and it's the last week to go to the El Dorado Haunt.

State News

Two new local COVID cases, active cases drop slightly The Arkansas Department of Health reported two new COVID-19 cases in Union County Sunday, bringing the cumulative number of cases identified locally to 1,118. The cases in the county Sunday included 1,002 confirmed cases, up one from Saturday, and 116 probable cases, up one from Saturday. by Caitlan Butler

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Sports

Living

Miles of memories: Lawrence Dobbins, my body guard I will open with two statements of fact: 1) I’m a huge sports fan. 2) Substitute teachers often deserve ‘combat’ pay. Follow along while I attempt to pull these two thoughts together inside one column. by Brenda Miles

The log cabin that Dad built Building a log cabin “the old fashioned way,” appealed to my father in 1975 until he chopped down a few trees with an ax. Quickly he embraced the invention of the chainsaw to harvest trees for the logs for his dream house. by Joan Hershberger

Religion

Day 27: Wisdom in Navigating Social Media and Culture Today's prayer focuses on wisdom in navigating social media and culture.

Day 26: All Leaders in Government Today's prayer focuses on all leaders in government.