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Sections News Local State Sports Business School Today's Paper Features/Opinion Lifestyles Religion Viewpoints Special Sections Media/Entertainment Arts & Culture Galleries Videos Other Mugshots Hot Springs Jobs Jobs Arkansas Classifieds Circulars Galleries -- Sign in Subscribe Sign in Subscribe Today's Paper Obits Mugshots Sports Coronavirus Updates Classifieds Jobs HER Magazine Crime Contact us Subscribe to our newsletters ADVERTISEMENT Hospital staffs cope with coronavirus pandemic Arkansas is projected to peak in the use of hospital resources for the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday, but how are the staff, the hospitals' most valuable resource, coping during this time? by Cassidy Kendall The Sentinel-Record 19 hrs. ago Search underway for new police chief With 33 days until the retirement of Hot Springs Police Chief Jason Stachey, the timeline for finding the department's next leader is a short one. by David Showers 19 hrs. ago All-Garland County Winter Sports Hot Springs struggled early in the season, but Lady Trojans head coach Josh Smith turned the team around, leading them to the Class 5A state tournament for the eighth straight season. by Rebeca Rector 18 hrs. ago Deputies use Facebook to continue 'story time' with students Students staying home due to the coronavirus pandemic had halted the Garland County Sheriff's Department's practice of deputies reading to children at school, but now they have turned to Facebook to revive the popular tradition. by Steven Mross 19 hrs. ago Present bleak, future hopeful for city's convention business Visit Hot Springs has gotten cancellation after cancellation for meetings and events that had been scheduled in the Spa City this year, with the Hot Springs Motorcycle Rally the latest -- and one of the largest -- casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. by Cassidy Kendall The Sentinel-Record 19 hrs. ago ADVERTISEMENT Latest News App encourages self-reporting COVID-19 symptoms for tracking, research "How We Feel" is an app designed to help scientists and doctors collect data on the novel coronavirus by having both healthy and ill people self-report their symptoms daily. by Cassidy Kendall The Sentinel-Record 18 hrs. ago Tri-Lakes MPO committee to meet via teleconference Due to COVID-19 advisories, the Technical Advisory Committee of the Tri-Lakes Metropolitan Planning Organization will meet via Zoom at 10 a.m. on May 5 and the public is welcome to log in and attend. 19 hrs. ago FLAA awards scholarships totaling $14K to graduates The Fountain Lake Alumni Association recently awarded $14,000 in scholarships to 14 graduates of Fountain Lake High School. by John Anderson The Sentinel-Record 19 hrs. ago Local News App encourages self-reporting COVID-19 symptoms for tracking, research "How We Feel" is an app designed to help scientists and doctors collect data on the novel coronavirus by having both healthy and ill people self-report their symptoms daily. by Cassidy Kendall The Sentinel-Record WATCH: Winona Auto Tour showcases eastern section of national forest Outdoor writer and photographer Corbet Deary is featured regularly in The Sentinel-Record. Today, Deary writes about the Winona Auto Tour. State News Education secretary: No in-person high school graduations until July 1 LITTLE ROCK -- No traditional in-person high school graduations can be held in Arkansas until at least July 1 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but schools that want to hold a ceremony earlier can explore virtual options, state officials said Saturday. by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS UAMS HealthNow resumes urgent care live video visits LITTLE ROCK -- UAMS HealthNow has resumed taking virtual urgent care visits from Arkansas patients in addition to still offering free screenings for all Arkansans who have questions about whether they may have the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a news release. Featured Galleries View All Galleries "Winter Indulgences" fundraiser Spa City Shootout National News Out of pandemic crisis, what could a new New Deal look like? WASHINGTON -- The New Deal was really a series of new deals, spread out over more than six years during the Great Depression -- a menu of nationally scaled projects that were one part make-work and many parts lasting impact. They delivered a broad-shouldered expression of presidential authority whose overall benefits were both economic and psychological. by MICHAEL TACKETT and JOSH BOAK The Associated Press Congress-at-home eyes reboot during virus WASHINGTON -- They long for what's being lost: the ability to publicly question officials at committee hearings, to chat across the aisle, to speak from the House and Senate floor for all of America, and history, to hear. by LISA MASCARO The Associated Press World News Death toll from virus surpasses 200,000 ATLANTA -- As the global death toll from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Saturday, countries took cautious steps toward easing some lockdowns, while fears of infection made even some pandemic-wounded businesses reluctant to reopen. by SARA BURNETT and KATE BRUMBACK The Associated Press Despite pandemic, global geopolitical currents stay strong Pandemic or not, are there some global currents whose flows are too strong to stop? This week would suggest yes. by TAMER FAKAHANY The Associated Press Business Safety-net catches family caregivers Family caregivers often feel alone and unsupported in their role, according to a news release from Hospice Home Care. McFarland Eye Care now offers TeleMedicine LITTLE ROCK -- McFarland Eye Care is now offering TeleMedicine, or TeleMed, services throughout Arkansas. Sports All-Garland County Winter Sports Hot Springs struggled early in the season, but Lady Trojans head coach Josh Smith turned the team around, leading them to the Class 5A state tournament for the eighth straight season. by Rebeca Rector Heads-up ride helps 'Weekend', Talamo win The only thing the 33rd Bachelor Stakes lacked Saturday was a cheering crowd at Oaklawn Park. by Bob Wisener Viewpoints Sunday's Letters to the editor Address firing range COLUMN: Trolls in the time of COVID Where does anger come from? I mean, I know what anger feels like, but what is the catalyst that initiates anger? Religion Religion digest Christian Science REFLECTIONS: Peace, peace We live in strange, strange times. Some of the strangeness is related to COVID-19, some is not. There are many other forces at work in our postmodern, post-truth world. It is very difficult, nigh impossible to determine the veracity of facts presented to us. These facts are almost always presented to us as centerpieces for some argument. Few facts come our way in a simple presentation of information for information's sake. Editorials, not reporting, rule the day. Let the reader/hearer beware. COVID-19 renders this urgent to even the most untrained mind. The Bible is not nearly as difficult to interpret. The Bible is straightforward in its presentation of information. You or I may not like what it says, but it is not difficult to understand its point. by Pastor Steve Ellison School Business owners left out as lending program goes on hold NEW YORK -- The government's lending program for small businesses is tapped out, leaving business owners who still need loans waiting for Congress to approve more funding. by JOYCE M. ROSENBERG and ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press Girls, Boys State selections Lake Hamilton High School students who were selected by the high school faculty to attend Boys State this summer were, from left, Destin Rhodes, Jeffrey Cable, Matthew Richardson, Austin Hale and Hunter Johnson. Lifestyles Saurday's Datebook A note to our readers Due to the large number of event cancellations brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, we have limited the daily Datebook listing. Many of the listings for meetings and events in the Datebook were previously submitted weeks in advance, prior to the pandemic, and as a result, were out of date. 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