Union County News

Gov. Mike Beebe has appointed an El Dorado oil and gas executive to the state's Game and Fish Commission.

Two people were hospitalized and a third person was treated after chlorine leaked from a tanker truck on U.S. 82 near El Dorado.

A judge has ordered that a Union County justice of the peace charged with aggravated assault be tried in Cleveland County.

By STEVEN MROSS The Sentinel-Record HOT SPRINGS - A Strong man was allegedly assaulted by two unknown men near the boat ramps at Hill Wheatley Park on Lake Hamilton late Friday.

Two weekend breaches in a private levee on the Ouachita River in northern Louisiana had dropped the flooded river's levels in southern Arkansas by more than a foot by Tuesday.

Despite having the highest per-capita HIV rate in Arkansas, Union County will not receive a $36,337 outreach grant from the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, The Associated Press reports.

Union County won't receive a state grant to improve outreach to those with AIDS and HIV in the south Arkansas county, despite the fact it has the highest per-capita rate of the illness and virus in Arkansas.

Rowing down the street Frankie Breggs, in the white shirt, and Caleb Smith, use the only viable transportation on K Street, as well as in many parts of Felsenthal, as they travel to Smith's home to move out furniture Wednesday afternoon before flood waters, caused by the cresting Ouachita River, continue to rise.

Water from the rising Ouachita River is threatening homes in Felsenthal and forcing road closures, officials in the southern Arkansas town of 152 in Union County said Monday.

Water from the rising Ouachita River is threatening homes in Felsenthal and forcing road closures, officials in the southern Arkansas town of 152 in Union County said Monday.

A backhoe claw pressed against a pallet-sized piece of wood is all that's stopping the Ouachita River from rushing into Calion.

Union County Sheriff's Investigators Josh Newton, at the rear of the boat, and Randy Conley, take off from Crabapple Point in Calion Monday afternoon to search the shore for homeowners with property adjacent to the water who might need assistance as heavy rains raised water levels throughout Union County.

A motorcyclist was killed in a head-on collision with his wife's car in Union County after they had left a social gathering where police say the man had been drinking.

It happened last night on State Highway 7 in Union County about 9 miles south of El Dorado .

The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources in Smackover held Kid-tauqua on Thursday and Friday.

Increases in well levels were reported to the Union County Conservation Board on Wednesday by Sherrel Johnson, grants administrator Water levels at Union School were reported to have risen 8.4 feet since April of 2008.

The Environmental Protection Agency and two contractors today plan to begin the effort to remove hazardous chemicals from the Norphlet Chemical plant.

Yancey Kyle, Union Countya s emergency management coordinator, told The Associated Press that workers began removing the acid from the plant around 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Union County Judge Bobby Edmonds has declared a state of emergency at the Norphlet Chemical Plant.

Union County Judge Bobby Edmonds declared an emergency late Thursday afternoon at Norphlet Chemical after an inspection conducted by Homeland Security officials found flaws in hydrogen chloride storage tanks.