Motorists may be surprised to learn over half of the fatality and serious injury crashes occur on local roads with half of those crashes involving only a single vehicle. Rural roads have the most fatal crashes in Kansas despite accounting for only 40 perc...
The You Drink. You Drive. You Lose campaign has just ended. During the previous 2 1/2 weeks, El Dorado Police Department conducted overtime saturation patrols to aggressively enforce Kansas impaired driving laws. During the campaign, officers ma...
Beginning Sept. 1, 2023, the charge for septage will be increasing to 0.05/gallon. In addition, we will be requiring all loads to be within a specified pH range of 6.0-9.0. Should testing indicate a pH outside of this range it will not be accepted. &n...
The City of El Dorado is seeking residents' assistance in meeting recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations requiring all public water supply systems develop a Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) of water system-owned and resid...
Work is underway by the Sales Tax Committee to recommend a direction for the use of El Dorado’s One-Cent Sales Tax in the future. They will also create a question for continuing the tax, which will be on the November General Election ballot.
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The El Dorado Fire Department recently rated in the top 7 percent of the 986 Kansas Fire Departments for its ISO assessment, which can affect premiums for fire insurance.
The rating came after the department participated in an assessment from Verisk ISO. T...
El Dorado Police Officer Ethan Herrick has always known he wanted to be a K-9 handler and with the support of the police chief and deputy chief, he made that dream a reality this year.
“I’ve always wanted to be a K-9 handler s...
This is El Dorado, is a newsletter from the City Manager’s Office intended to connect citizens with their local government. The newsletter will feature upcoming events and local government happenings to inform citizens of El Dorado. Story briefs...