In 2002, Music Theatre Wichita launched a program called the Jester Awards to honor excellence in high school musical theatre. This year the Andover High School production "Suessical" earned 11 nominations for awards.
TOPEKA — Leaders of the state-run Medicaid program expect the newly renewed federal public health emergency to end in July, along with continuous KanCare eligibility, leading to coverage changes for thousands of Kansans.
From hay to historic buildings – and parts to pies – Craig Stertz is involved in his rural community. He is what we call a ruralpreneur, an entrepreneur taking on multiple projects in his small town.
There's a bit of bad news for El Dorado residents planning a spring cleanup – there is not a city-wide cleanup scheduled. According to city staff, that is due to a staffing shortage in the Public Works Department.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The trial of a former Leavenworth police officer charged in a fatal shooting in 2017 ended in a mistrial after jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict.
Bracing against the windy, forty degree weather with colorful baskets in hand, families arrived at Walters’ Pumpkin Patch for breakfast with the Easter Bunny. Walters’ annual Egg-splosion was held on Saturday, April 16, 2022 at the farm located 10 minutes north of El Dorado on Highway 77.
Families gathered at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital on Saturday, April 16 for their annual Easter egg hunt on the west lawn.
Butler County EMS responds to more than 6,500 calls a year, heading out from headquarters in El Dorado or stations in Andover, Augusta, and Rose Hill. Members of the Butler County EMS and the Rescue Squad tapped into that experience last week, proving basic vehicle extrication training for students in the Butler Community College - EMT program.
TOPEKA — The Kansas unemployment rate remained steady at 2.5% in March while inflation eclipsed wage improvements to produce a decline in real earnings, state labor officials said Friday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment figure for the state held at the February level after diminishing far below the 3.5% recorded in March 2021, based on estimates by the Kansas Department of Labor and the U.S.
The El Dorado Police Department will host a drug take back day, an opportunity for residents to dispose of unused prescription drugs. The event will be from 10 a.m.