El Dorado

An 18 month old baby dies in the hospital from injuries. El Dorado police now have changed the nature of their investigation from child abuse to homicide. Parents said baby Jayla had an accident at home. Doctors say the injuries baby Jayla sustained were inconsistent with the their story. Police arrested the baby's 23 year old mother on Monday. “I'm angry at myself that I was friends with this person when she had Jayla and I didn't realize that anything wasn't going on.  Why could I not see that?

An El Dorado man keeps beating the odds. Sixty-one-year-old Danny Shipman had to give up golf two years ago, when he almost gave up the ghost. The retired Bluestem High School golf coach suffered complications from heart surgery that caused a coma and stroke.  "We didn't think he was going to make it," Shipman's wife, Linda, says.  "They didn't give up much hope. " He survived, but suffered paralysis in his right hand.  Shipman never thought he would play golf again.

Prosecutors say she was covered in bruises, and lost six teeth before going to the hospital. Tuesday a judge rules a couple will go to trial in the death of an El Dorado toddler. Alyssa Haag and Justin Edwards were in court for a preliminary hearing. They're charged with murder in the death of Haag's 18-month-old daughter Jayla. “Sometimes it sounded like things were hitting the wall. So I don't know if that would have been Jayla.  Sometimes I would wake up and hear her crying and then she would just go silent and then I'd hear her gasping for air like she was being choked,” said roommate Jennifer Quarter.

Agents with the special operations division of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, El Dorado Police Department, Lyon County Sheriff's Office and the Kansas Department of Revenue have culminated a 7-month investigation into the sale of synthetic cannabinoids, also called  'potpourri' with 10 search warrants on businesses and residences in Emporia and El Dorado. The investigation began with undercover agents purchasing several types of potpourri, investigation of emergency room admissions of persons being admitted to the hospital after using the substances and financial records.

Two people are in critical condition and two others in serious condition after a house fire in El Dorado. It happened Sunday afternoon in the 1900 block of Jason Drive. Authorities say the patients suffered minor burns and smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Bank of America is closing at least two branches in Kansas later this year. The bank's senior vice-president of media relations, Diane Wagner, confirmed to Eyewitness News that the branch in El Dorado will close on September 28 while the Hutchinson branch at 20 W. Second St. will close on September 21. In an email, Wagner wrote that every year, "Bank of America evaluates and adjusts the distribution network to bring store coverage...

Driving the Kansas Turnpike just got more expensive.  Tolls went up Friday.  And, on top of that, gas prices are up too! It started at midnight. A 10% hike in what it costs to travel along the Kansas Turnpike, if you're paying cash, 5% for a K-Tag.  The Turnpike Authority calls it a regular, modest rate increase that happens about every three years. "Everything's going up," said Denna Rice, who'd stopped at the Towanda Service Area near El Dorado for gas. The money from the hike is slated to pay for roadwork, like deck replacements on bridges.

Name:  Bruce Harris Office Sought:  Butler County Commissioner District 3 Political Party:  Republican Website:  N/A Education:  Bachelor of Arts in Psychology @ Wichita State University Civic Activities:  Butler County Economic Development Advisory Council (5 years); El Dorado Inc. (economic development organization - 15 years); Bluestem Chapter of the American Red Cross (9 years); Girl Scouts of the Plaines (4 years) Profession:  Division Manager with KG&E and Kansas Gas Service (retired)

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As people all over Kansas sift through whatever's left of their property after Saturday's tornado outbreak, they're discovering their photographs - many of them wet, stuck together or damaged. But Operation Photo Rescue knows, the most precious things you have are your memories.  The non-profit organization travels all over the country, after disaster, to help salvage those memories. "Think about it," says Margie Hayes, President of Operation Photo Rescue.  "If your photos were destroyed, what would it mean to you?"