Kansas lawmakers consider expanding window for fireworks sales
TOPEKA — A proposed Senate bill would permit year-round fireworks sales from permanent retailers and expand the window around Independence Day for pop-up vendors.
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Kansas wrestles with ways to shorten waitlist for disability care
Holly Oleson helps people who are intellectually disabled live as independently as possible.
Tuesday school closings
Nikole Babb, nbabb@cherryroad.com In anticipation of the forecasted snow and cold temperatures, the following school districts have cancelled school for tomorrow, Tuesday, February 18: -Andover Public Schools USD 385. All…
Winter Storm Warning until Wednesday
Nikole Babb, nbabb@cherryroad.com Get ready for more snow and bitter cold! The National Weather Service of Wichita has issued a Winter Storm Warning for areas of Kansas that includes Butler…
Explore El Dorado: Nurtured by Nurses
Downtown El Dorado has been a historic place for people to shop, dine, and celebrate the holidays together with city-wide activities. The rural town holds many small businesses that are hidden gems run by locals that were raised and still live in El Dorado. As times change with inflation, population, trends and more, the business owners, old and new, still have one thing in common: they love El Dorado and its residents. This column, Explore El Dorado, will take readers into a different shop each time, giving them a look inside a space they may have never been in, allowing them to get to know the shop owners.
Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge returns next week
The Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge will be hosted in El Dorado next week in partnership with NetWork Kansas and K-State Extension Butler County.
Circle Schools seeks veterans for Operation Recognition Honorary Diplomas
Circle Public Schools is honored to recognize Veterans who left high school early to serve in World War II, the Korean War, or the Vietnam War by awarding honorary high school diplomas through Operation Recognition. This national program ensures that those who sacrificed their education in service to our country receive the recognition they rightfully earned.
El Dorado plans to remove Pit Bull registrant requirements
In a City Commission Work Session on Wednesday, February 12, the City Commission discussed updating the Title 6 of the Municipal Code that spells out animal ordinances, which included abolishing the Pit Bull registrant requirement.
Wednesday school closings
Nikole Babb, nbabb@cherryroad.com In anticipation of the forecasted snow and cold temperatures, the following school districts have cancelled school for tomorrow, Wednesday, February 12:-El Dorado Public Schools USD 490; Certified…
Andover students host free prom dress drive
Two eighteen-year-old, Gracie Cook of Andover High School, and Julia Smith of Andover Central High School, are teaming up to continue the free prom dress drive that started last year. The two young ladies’ hopes are to beat last year’s record by giving away over 500 dresses this year to young women and girls attending prom that otherwise may not have the opportunity.