Smackover's Taylor Darden has played for Sticks National softball team this summer. The sophomore will be a multi-sport athlete for the Lady Bucks next season.
Published on July 3, 2022This image shows a recipe for watermelon feta salad topped with thinly sliced red onion and mint leaves. (Cheyenne Cohen via AP)
Published on July 3, 2022Maryland meadow beauty or pale meadow beauty (Rhexia mariana) blooms statewide from June through early fall. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
Published on July 3, 2022Chewing insects have attacked this purple plum tree. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
Published on July 3, 2022Minor leaf damage from chewing insects should not endanger this young plum tree. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
Published on July 3, 2022These odd-looking lily flower spikes were neatly defoliated by hungry deer. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette)
Published on July 3, 2022Rose campion (Lychnis coronaria) is a biennial that can reseed itself. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Janet B. Carson)
Published on July 3, 2022Alaskan glaciers are seen from a cruise ship in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022Alaskan glaciers are seen from a cruise ship in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022Alaskan glaciers are seen from a cruise ship in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022A boat floats between a snow-capped mountain in Alaska in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022Alaskan glaciers are seen from a cruise ship in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022Alaskan glaciers are seen from a cruise ship in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022A mountain in Alaska is pictured in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022An icy stream in Alaska is seen in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022A moose stands near a road in Denali National Park in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022Alaskan glaciers are seen from a cruise ship in this photo contributed by Ricky Roberts.
Published on July 3, 2022Richard Mason, columnist, El Dorado
Published on July 3, 2022Leslie Darden participates in the Hero’s Run, a half-marathon in Shreveport, Louisiana. Darden competed in the event in 2018. (Contributed)
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Published on July 3, 2022Ruth Catherine Parker McCann
Published on July 3, 2022Pope Francis holds the crucifix as he celebrates a Mass on the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, …
Published on July 3, 2022Although morning and early afternoon rain put a damper on activities at Summer on the Square Saturday in downtown El Dorado, the grillers participating in the …
Published on July 3, 2022An architectural rendering shows what the South Arkansas Arts Center's new western exterior will look like after the Reaching Higher campaign's goals are met a…
Published on July 3, 2022Mahayana Landowne, of Brooklyn, N.Y., wears a "Lady Justice" costume as she marches past the Supreme Court during a protest for abortion-rights, Thur…
Published on July 3, 2022This booking photo provided by Pike County, Kentucky, jail shows Lance Storz. Two officers were killed when Storz. opened fire on police attempting to serve a …
Published on July 3, 2022Abortion-rights and anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitut…
Published on July 3, 2022FILE - Carlow Eduardo Espina places roses on a makeshift memorial at the site where officials found dozens of people dead in a semitrailer containing suspected…
Published on July 3, 2022FILE - A sailor with the St. Joseph Junior Foundation Summer Sailling School cruises past fishermen along the St. Joseph River in St. Joseph, Mich., Wednesday,…
Published on July 3, 2022People leave the port by boat to return their communities amid the arrival of Tropical Storm Bonnie in Bluefields, Nicaragua, July 1, 2022. Tropical Storm Bonn…
Published on July 3, 2022FILE- Nikolas Cruz sits at the defense table during the third day of preliminary jury screening in the penalty phase of his trial, on April 6, 2022, at the Bro…
Published on July 3, 2022FILE - Boxes of the drug mifepristone line a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on March 16, 2022. Medication abortions became the p…
Published on July 3, 2022FILE - The GAMF Hungary car from Hungary competes during the first day of the 2015 World Solar Challenge near Katherine, Australia, on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015. A…
Published on July 3, 2022Victor Rosenberg, 81, looks out of a broken window in his home destroyed by the Russian rocket attack in the city centre of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, F…
Published on July 3, 2022File-File photo shows view of pipe systems and shut-off devices at the gas receiving station of the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline and the transfer station …
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