El Dorado News

The Augusta Evening Lions Club will be offering candy rolls outside the Dillon’s and Wal-Mart stores in the 1500 and 1600 blocks of  Ohio on Saturday in return for a freewill contribution.

Life, Death and Politics in the New Arctic Virgin Books £20, 298 pages FT Bookshop price: £16 Final Voyage: A Story of Arctic Disaster and One Fateful Whaling Season Putnam $26.95, 294 pages The Magnetic North: Notes from the Arctic...

The American Legion Auxiliary members are continuing their efforts to support the troops overseas. Friday, they packed 25 Christmas boxes for the Packages to War program. “This is just the beginning of the Christmas collection,” said Judith Haffner, Legion Auxiliary...

USD 490 Superintendent Sue Givens updated Board of Education members on several upcoming events for the district during the board’s November gathering. This week is American Education Week (Nov. 16-20) and Givens announced this year’s theme was “Great Pubic School:...

Talk around town Monday was about the wet snow flakes and the new cafe. Brian and Lashonda Gillis have opened 7th Street Specialty Cafe at 114 E. Seventh. “ We had a tough day,” said Brian, “but we very pleased...

Holiday Visions is once again hosting El Dorado’s annual Christmas parade...Gordy Park and travel to Main Street, heading north to the Train Depot. A lighting ceremony will take place at the depot immediately following the parade. “This year we have...

The Community Foundation of Butler County seeks to foster philanthropy and to help those in the local community. The Butler County commissioners heard from Angie Baur of the foundation at their Tuesday meeting. "Our role is really as a service...

El Dorado’s skating rink will be reopening soon, say new operators Kirbie and Aaron Busby. The skating rink recently shut down after the latest operators closed it. The Busbys, who had run it prior to the last people several years...