El Dorado

Prosecutors in Butler County have charged a 23-year-old woman with first-degree murder. Alyssa Haag appeared in an El Dorado courtroom Wednesday afternoon. She listened tearfully as the judge read the charges against her. Haag was arrested on Monday, three days after her 18-month-old daughter Jayla died. The girl taken to Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital last week.   The child's injuries caused enough concern that police were called in to investigate. The child died after being transferred to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.

Authorities in El Dorado are searching for a man accused of robbing a bank. It happened at the Community National Bank, 2815 W. Central, just before 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Dispatchers said the suspect exchanged words with a teller. He left with an unknown amount of cash. Police said the man was not armed. No one was hurt. He is described as a white man in his 30s to 40s, about 6'2" tall. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a green, hooded sweatshirt and a blue bandana across his face.

It is 100 acres in the center of town, and it's at the center of a debate. More than half of that land in El Dorado is used as a park.  The rest is earmarked for flood control, and a new stadium. The Galen Blackmore Stadium in El Dorado is used for a lot of things. On Tuesday, it was for a Junior Varsity track meet. In the fall, it's used for Butler Community College Football games. "We do not have a locker room in the stadium that we use," said Coach Troy Morrell.

Justin Edwards is charged in the death of an El Dorado infant. Prosecutors charged Edwards with first degree murder on Wednesday for the death of 18-month old Jayla Reed.    Reed's mother, Alyssa Haag, is also charged with first degree murder in her daughter's death.   El Dorado police say the mother's story was inconsistent with the child's injuries...when they were called in to investigate.  Haag and Edwards are both due back...

A man shot inside his El Dorado home early Monday has died from his injuries. In a press release, the El Dorado Police Department said Trevor Wakefield, 24, died from a gunshot wound to the head at Wesley Medical Center Wednesday morning. A man and a woman from Wichita have been arrested in connection to the shooting. Montee Iverson, 34, and Mandy Crandall, 29, made their first appearance in Butler County District Court Wednesday. Iverson is charged with attempted second-degree murder, aggravated assault and criminal possession of a firearm.

The search for a 12-year-old El Dorado girl who's been missing since Thursday morning continues. Police believe Brandy T. Gray may be with a 20-year-old man named Kenneth Stewart McGill, who is from Canada. Gray is 5'2" tall, 120 pounds and has straight black hair. McGill could be driving a white 2006 Chevy Impala with Canadian licence plate #MBZH 238. That vehicle was reported stolen from his parents in Ontario, Canada. Authorities say McGill was registered in El Dorado at a local motel early Thursday.

Update: Authorities in Cowley County arrest a suspect in Monday mornings shooting in El Dorado.  A 23-year-old man was shot in the head inside a home.   Cowley County authorities made the arrest after receiving a report of a stolen vehicle  Deputies located the vehicle and a chase developed. The suspect then abandoned  a car and foot chase started west of Winfield.  Several agencies were involved in the search.  The Kansas Highway Patrol used its plane to search for him.  Both KHP and the Cowley County Sheriff's Department used K-9 units to aid in the search.

El Dorado city leaders now say they're ready to begin the process of selling more water. The city currently uses about 9-million gallons of water a day and sells some to other communities. El Dorado leaders would like to sell more, but, they didn't know how much they could spare. That's why they hired an engineer group last August. The engineer group determined the City has the ability to sell up to an additional 30-million gallons of water a day. But city officials have a lot of issues to work out. "I think there's a lot of apprehension out there too and i think we need to do some educating, el dorado has been a 30 year old investment and people want to protect that investment," said the Director of Public Utilities for El Dorado Kurt Bookout.

Firefighters continue to monitor hot spots into the night after a large grass fire started near El Dorado.  "It takes almost nothing to start one of these fires," Butler County Emergency Management Director Jim Schmidt says.  "We've had fires started by lightening the other day--we've had chains dragging.  There's just no moisture. " Thirty trucks from ten departments responded. Four homes were threatened by the flames.  Firefighters evacuated the residents and were able to save their houses from the fire.

The El Dorado man no longer accused of murder has bonded out of jail.  Thursday a judge in Butler County dismissed a first-degree murder charge against Justin Edwards. Edwards had previously been charged in the death of 18-month-old Jayla Haag.  Judge David Ricke ruled the state failed to provide enough evidence regarding the cause of death. It is possible that charges could be refiled at a later date. Edwards bonded out of jail Friday after posting bond, which was set at $26,000.  He faces four other charges, but they are unrelated to the death of Jayla.