October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month in El Dorado
More than 23,000 calls were made last year to the domestic violence hotline in Arkansas.
More than 23,000 calls were made last year to the domestic violence hotline in Arkansas.
The Parkers Chapel School District has been hacked, and federal law enforcement agencies, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, are currently investigatin…
The El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce's first countywide job fair was held Tuesday, and it was a great success, economic development project manager K…
El Dorado High School graduates attending college with the help of the El Dorado Promise won’t have to wait much longer for their first fall semester tuition p…
The ACTIVE Coalition's first ever CRAFT Night is set for this Thursday, but don't break out the construction paper and glue sticks quite yet. The CRAFT Night –…
Union County will make $50,000 more selling a solid waste truck to the City of Arkadelphia than it would on a trade-in, County Judge Mike Loftin told Justices …
The Union County District Court will soon have its own app.
With a government shutdown looming, federal services could face disruption in the coming weeks and months.
South Arkansas College and Mahony Family Library staff gathered Wednesday to bid adieu to Director Philip Shackelford, who has accepted a new position in his h…
The Union County Quorum Court welcomed its second new member of the year last week, when local resident Alan Morgan was sworn in as Justice of the Peace for Di…
A student and executive assistant at El Dorado High School were both recognized for their dedication to education by the district's School Board earlier this m…
Deer hunting season is officially underway, and those who hunted last year may recall a suite of new regulations put into place in Union, Bradley and Ashley co…
A portion of Highway 167 was renamed Tuesday for Madison Murphy, pictured, a former Arkansas Highway Commissioner who was integral in getting the state's Conne…
The Union County Solid Waste Authority met Monday, for the first time since 2021, after several calls from an El Dorado City Council member to bring the group …
Bill Luther, president and CEO of the El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce, gave a brief update on the local economy during the Chamber's second Economic…
Dream Carter, 6, jumps off the big quarter pipe at Bodenhamer Skate Park on Friday afternoon. (Caitlan Butler/News-Times)
The El Dorado School District received seven responses to an advertisement seeking a construction management firm to oversee the planning and erection of a new…
Carbon capture co. still awaiting permit for El Dorado project
While local residents have already been enjoying the savory delights at Barefoot Bistro for about a week now, the new downtown restaurant will host a ribbon cu…
Arkansas Secretary of Commerce Hugh McDonald covered a wide breadth of topics during the El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce's fall Economic Outlook Lun…
Assistant Superintendent Melissa Powell was able to brag for the second year in a row that the El Dorado School District started its new school year fully staf…
Lapis Energy, the company behind a carbon capture and sequestration initiative at LSB Industries (formerly El Dorado Chemical), will hold a public meeting on M…
Union County Judge Mike Loftin on Friday lifted a countywide burn ban that had been in effect since late August.
The United Way of Union County's annual Celebration of Caring was held Thursday, bringing volunteers from some of the area's largest corporations to the nonpro…
South Arkansas College was the recent recipient of a $47,000 grant that will fund an 18-month financial literacy program geared toward high school students.
A 21-year-old El Dorado man was killed Sunday in a single-vehicle crash on Highway 15.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is expecting the upcoming deer season to be a fruitful one for local hunters.
COVID-19 cases have been on the rise in Arkansas, likely driven by students' return to school last month.
The El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to hold its first community-wide job fair this October, and registration for businesses looking to…
The ACTIVE Coalition is seeking vendors for an upcoming event meant to show local parents what resources are available in Union County for families.
A local family is seeking the community's support to raise money for their daughter's breast cancer treatments, and they're currently selling raffle tickets fo…
An El Dorado man was killed Friday afternoon in a motorcycle accident on U.S. Highway 167.
New equipment recently purchased by the Union County Sheriff's Office should make meal times run a little smoother, Sheriff Ricky Roberts said on Friday.
The Mahony Family Library is currently exhibiting "The Great War: Arkansas in World War I," a traveling exhibit provided by the Arkansas State Archives that wi…
El Dorado Fire Chief Chad Mosby said the smoky haze that hung over El Dorado on Friday was likely caused by wildfires that were raging across Louisiana.
Work is ongoing Thursday on Tenth Street, between Washington and West avenues, where contractors are undertaking a major project to repair a drainage issue and…
The El Dorado-Union County Chamber of Commerce will host its fall Economic Outlook Luncheon next month, with Arkansas Secretary of Commerce Hugh McDonald deliv…
The discount company Dollar General is expanding its footprint in El Dorado, as a new store is being built at the corner of College Avenue and 7th Street.
Renee Skinner, a member of the El Dorado School Board, will run this year to retain her seat as Region 13 Director on the Arkansas School Board Association Boa…
The El Dorado School Board this week approved a new biology curriculum, days before the start of the 2023/24 school year.
The El Dorado School Board on Monday approved the purchase of insurance for the district, in spite of significant price increases.
The El Dorado School Board held its regular monthly meeting Monday, the first since voters approved a millage increase that will allow the district to build a …
The Union County Animal Protection Society is over capacity, its volunteers overworked and its supplies overwhelmed, and the nonprofit is seeking help from the…
West Side Christian School has been growing for years, but this year's enrollment got an approximately 15% bump, largely due to private school vouchers provide…
President George W. Bush could not have foreseen how successful the outcome would be when he told aides in 2002 he wanted a "game changer" to fight the scourge…
Election Day voting was smooth Tuesday, as 1,155 voters cast ballots in the El Dorado School District’s millage campaign. The district’s push for more funding …
Early voting in the El Dorado School District's millage election will resume today at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium.
Students in the El Dorado School District got a taste last year of new equipment and upgraded food service facilities at their schools, and they'll have even m…
Mourners packed the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium on Wednesday, when funeral services for Alexis Alexander were held. Foo Fighters hits played softly as atten…
The El Dorado School District will host an informational meeting on its ongoing millage campaign this Sunday.