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- La. man pleads guilty in El Dorado man's death
A Louisiana man accused of killing a man during an apparent robbery has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
- Annual pageants planned for Saturday at auditorium
The 2009 Miss Ouachita River and Miss South Arkansas Pageants will be held Saturday at the El Dorado Municipal Auditorium.
- Angel Food Ministries will take Jan. orders
Angel Food Ministries, 'A Food Ministry with a Servant's Heart,' will take orders for January delivery from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. today, Thursday, Friday and Jan.
- Principal's office torched : Blaze set in FHS principal's office early Tuesday morning
BROOKE McNEELY Northwest Arkansas Times Fayetteville High School Principal Jim Price, left, stands with Bob Davis, an insurance representative, Tuesday as they examine damage done by a fire in Price's office ...
- Speaker's Circuit
Billy Blackburn and Corey Smith, varsity boys and girls basketball coaches at El Dorado High School, respectively, will be the guest speakers when the El Dorado Rotary Club meets at noon today at the First ...
- Mayan snack
Camille Miller, 4, of Norphlet, enjoys an authentic Mayan corn snack before touring Mayan Family Night at the Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources in Smackover.
- New year, new reader
Gracie Winn, 7 months, looks over her grandparents' newspaper. Dan and Shirley Winn shared these photographs with the El Dorado News-Times Wednesday morning via e-mail. 'It looks like your paper has broad ...
- Author captures feel for El Dorado in new book
Seventy-one-year-old A. Travis Smith has written eight novels to date, but the most recent one will catch the interest of locals.
- Choirs to perform at SAS concert honoring Dr. Martin Luther King
The combined Community Concert Choir, under the direction of Greg Tucker, First Assembly of God, and the El Dorado Chapter of the Gospel Music Workshop of America Choir, under the direction of Dessie Ford, Alma ...
- Smackover couple's baby memorialized in sculpture
For many parents, a set of bronzed baby shoes is virtually the only option for immortalizing their children's youth, but Smackover parents Randal and Amy Garner have a far more unique and extravagant memento of ...
- Family Night set
Family night will be held beginning at 3 p.m. on Tuesday at the Boys and Girls Club South East Unit.
- El Dorado New Year's Eve nature walk is set
Celebrate the coming of 2009 with Mother Nature by joining a naturalist for a stroll through the El Dorado Park Nature Center on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. The walk will be followed by a fire and celebratory ...
- In the Churches
Luke Baptist Church : Pastoral installation services for Elder and Mrs. Kenneth Rozier will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.
- El Dorado Bank Clerk Pleads Guilty To Theft
An El Dorado woman has pleaded guilty to a theft charge after stealing more than $47,000 from customers at a First Financial Bank branch.
- Woman admits she embezzled $47,806
EL DORADO a ' An El Dorado woman accused of embezzling more than $47,000 from First Financial Bank in 2007 pleaded guilty Monday in Union County Circuit Court to one count of theft of property, a Class B ...
- Former El Dorado resident featured on 'Review' cover
Contributed photo Justin Nolan examines some of the wild foods prized by the Cherokees.
- ECSC certifies test results for entry level police exams
The El Dorado Civil Service Commission met on Monday to certify test results for entry level exams for the police department that were given a week ago.
- Norphlet City Hall offices to be closed
The offices of Norphlet City Hall will be closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday for the Christmas holidays.
- Jingle Bells
Students walk around the school for the Arthritis Foundation in a 'Jingle Bell Walk.' The children got a jingle bell necklace before the walk and a cup of chocolate afterwards.
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City DescriptionEl Dorado (pronounced to rhyme with 'tornado' (IPA: [εl doˈreɪdoʊ] or [εl dəˈreɪdə])) is a city in Union County, Arkansas, USA. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 20,467. The city is the county seat of Union County, and home to the headquarters of Murphy Oil Corporation, Deltic Timber Corporation, and Lion Oil Refinery. The city hosts a community college, South Arkansas Community College ("Southark"), as well as a symphony and an arts center. Most recently, El Dorado has become a community of education with the January 2007 announcement by Murphy Oil Corporation of the El Dorado Promise. The El Dorado Promise is a scholarship program that allows all El Dorado High School graduates who have been at the school since at least the ninth grade, to attend any college in the country of their choice with this unique scholarship program.
El Dorado is the site for several annual events, including the Mayhaw Festival hosted by the South Arkansas Historical Foundation the first Saturday of each May (with a crawfish boil the same weekend), a Fantastic Fourth Celebration during July (including a 5k run, an antique car show, and fireworks), the SouthArk ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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