El Dorado Working on Wellness (E-WOW) will hold a Summit on December 13th at 7:00 p.m. at the Butler Community College in the Cliord Stone Room. summit will oer a review of programs E-WOW has provided to date. Suzie Locke, Attorney with Adams Jones Law Firm, P.A., will moderate the discussion to discuss the mental and physical health of youth in the community.
Leadership Butler, Inc. is accepting applications for their 2023 Adult Leadership Butler Class. Leadership Butler, Inc, is a non-pro_t organization that helps individuals in Butler County learn more about their community’s civic challenges and how they can get involved with the process of making a dierence. organization has three programs: the Adult program, the Youth program, and the Alumni Association.
During the Thanksgiving Safe Arrival traffic enforcement campaign just completed, El Dorado Police Department conducted overtime patrols to aggressively target the unrestrained driver, while upholding all Kansas traffic laws. Over the period, November 19th- 27th, officers wrote 5 adult/ teen safety belt citations, 3 speeding citations, along with 54 other citations and arrests. In all total, officers made 53 enforcement stops during the campaign.
The Leon Christian Church has recently welcomed a new pastor into the community, Pastor Kevin Bayless. Kevin and his wife JoRae are excited to be a part of the Leon community. They are inviting all church members to drop by for a Christmas open house at the church parsonage at 515 N Olive Street in Leon on Sunday, Dec. 18 from 6-8 P.M. This will be a come and go reception with Christmas treats and drinks. They couple is anxious to have folks into their home and join them in fellowship.
Canadian company TC Energy estimated that 14,000 barrels of oil spilled near the Kansas-Nebraska border. An oil spill in north-central Kansas fouled a creek Wednesday night and prompted the emergency shutdown of a major international pipeline.
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Two award-winning photographs taken by Butler County 4-H members have been chosen for display in the offices of the Kansas State University dean of agriculture and the office of the Kansas State University president in Manhattan.
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Mrs. Dassel’s Kindergarten class at St.James Catholic School in Augusta worked hard making globes with newspaper donated by the Butler County Times Gazette. The project took many days to glue newspaper to balloons, allow the glue to dry and then paint the globes and wait for it to dry. After, the students got to pop the balloons, which I imagine, was some of their favorite parts. Arts and crafts is a crucial role in a child's development, and BCTG is glad to provide materials to partake in the activity.
The sudden drop in temperature Friday night didn’t stop people from coming out to the Butler County Historical Society Home of the Kansas Oil Museum on Saturday to visit Santa at Boomtown and participate in and enjoy delicious chili and soup in the Santa Bowl Chili and Soup Cook-off and Community Feed.
The Christmas Tree at the Butler County Historical Courthouse has been lit and that can mean only one thing - Christmas season has officially begun in El Dorado. The Old Fashioned Christmas on Main Street was sponsored by BG Products and brought hundreds of families into downtown El Dorado for the four day event which began on Thursday, Dec.