Eldorado News-Times

Walk to End Alzheimer’s everywhere this year Local volunteers for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s show off different colored flowers that will be placed in the El Dorado Promise Garden during October. Yellow flowers represent caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s, orange flowers represent those who wish to see a world without Alzheimer’s and purple flowers represent those who have lost someone to Alzheimer’s. (Contributed) by Marvin Richards 16 hrs. ago

South Arkansas Symphony announces season opener The South Arkansas Symphony Orchestra will open the 2020-2021 Season of Harmony on Nov. 28 with two performances of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium, 100 W. Eighth. by Special to the News-Times 16 hrs. ago

Food Festival ongoing, city officials urge residents to support local The first month of the El Dorado Food Festival is drawing to a close but area residents still have another five weeks to participate in the promotional campaign to support local restaurants and win cash and other prizes. by Tia Lyons 16 hrs. ago

Smackover-Norphlet Homecoming Court The Smackover-Norphlet Homecoming Court was presented Friday night during a ceremony preceding the Buckaroos football game. by Special to the News-Times 16 hrs. ago

COVID-related death, two new local cases reported The Arkansas Department of Health reported three new COVID-19 cases in Union County Monday, bringing the cumulative number of cases identified locally to 894. The local cases reported Monday were made up of 871 confirmed cases, up one from Sunday, and 23 probable cases, up one from Sunday. by Caitlan Butler 16 hrs. ago

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Razorbacks aim to improve in several areas FAYETTEVILLE — While the Arkansas Razorbacks were playing two wildly different halves Saturday in their season-opening loss to No. 4 Georgia, a legend was being born in Baton Rouge. by Tom Murphy 12 hrs. ago

State Champions It’s a long ride from Mountain Home to El Dorado. Not so bad, though, when you’re toting hardware. by Tony Burns 16 hrs. ago

EHS cancels football game El Dorado has cancelled its second football game due to COVID-19 concerns. by Tony Burns 16 hrs. ago

Local News

Smackover-Norphlet Homecoming Court The Smackover-Norphlet Homecoming Court was presented Friday night during a ceremony preceding the Buckaroos football game. by Special to the News-Times

State News

Active cases down, only one new local COVID case The Arkansas Department of Health reported one new COVID-19 case in Union County Sunday, bringing the cumulative total of cases identified locally to 892. The cases in the county were made up of 870 confirmed cases, up one from Saturday, and 22 probable cases, no change from Saturday. by Caitlan Butler

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SASO to perform 'The Nutcracker' with Arkansas Festival Ballet

Sports

State Champions It’s a long ride from Mountain Home to El Dorado. Not so bad, though, when you’re toting hardware. by Tony Burns

Living

Local director’s film set to debut at Heartland International Film Festival Whatever the conditions in the world at large, whether hurricanes, rapidly changing tastes or pandemic, a filmmaker will always seek an audience, and vice versa. by Matt Hutcheson

Miles of Memories: Dennis (Bubba) Byrd bares it all I was Dennis Byrd’s Senior English teacher in 1965-66. Though he was best known on the El Dorado campus as a popular football player, he also was one of the best writers in my class. He blew that old adage “Jocks are all brawn and no brains” right out of the water. But, alas, my hopes for the budding young writer to pursue his writing talent seemed nil when he received a college football scholarship and set out to become a coach. by Brenda Miles

Religion

Ancient Words: The Days of Noah, Say No to Nod—-Yes to God We are told in the Ancient words to be in the world but not of the world. We are also told that greater is he within you than he that is in the world. How do you live today in the land of Nod? We live in it but are not of it! We follow the Prince of peace, not the prince of Nod. We say no to Nod and emphatically yes to God! by Scott Johnson

The Great Physician It seems like I write a lot about commercials. Maybe it is because I used to sell advertising or maybe because I watch too much television! I have always been intrigued by the commercials about medications.