El Dorado News

KDHE to update the state’s Solid Waste Management Plan By Staff reports El Dorado Times Wed Oct 14, 2009, 02:56 PM CDT El Dorado, Kan. - Every five years, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s (KDHE) Bureau of Waste...

A national study ranking the health of the 50 states is showing a mixed picture for Kansas, with the health of the population improving in some ways and declining in other ways in the past year.   According to the...

Annual American Cancer Society Great American Smokeoutâ on Thursday, November 19.  To provide assistance to tobacco users who are ready to quit, the department offers the 24-hour, toll-free Kansas Tobacco Quitline operated by the American Cancer Society.   “Quitting smoking...

Senator Pat Roberts said health care reform proposals will raise health insurance premiums and hurt Kansas’ small businesses. Roberts made the remarks at a hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee where Sandy Praeger, Kansas Insurance Commissioner,...

For this, purple ribbons are used to commemorate this awareness. The El Dorado Police Department was presented with a permanent piece of sculpture to remind people to put a stop to domestic violence. The metal sculpture was the handiwork of...

Butler Board of Trustee members gathered Tuesday night and recognized two former students who met untimely ends. Families of Holly Marler and Whitney Young came forward in front of board members and accepted general degrees for Marler and Young. “We...

A fiery one-vehicle accident took place Wednesday night just east of the city limits took the life of a white male...Highway 54 and River Road, across the street from the Walnut River Residences. Details were still being attained by the...

At approximately 6 p.m. crowds began to gather at Butler’s El Dorado campus in the Kansas Room for the event with the aroma of Oklahoma Boys Barbecue in the air. Janice English, Leadership Board president opened the event with the...

Reading is vital for development of children of all ages and yesterday Bradford Memorial Library held a special Preschool Storytime session - 2009 Kansas Reads to Preschoolers. The statewide initiative is sponsored by the State Library’s Kansas Center for the...