Veteran banner for Rear Adm. Earl Forgy. Photo taken May 2025 in Downtown El Dorado, KS. The faces of El Dorado’s hometown heroes have lined the streets of downtown for years now, but where do they come from? The Veteran Banner Program has been a project of El Dorado Main Street since 2017. El Dorado Main Street is an organization dedicated to enhancing downtown identity and heritage. Longtime Main Street volunteer, board member and current interim director Craig Yaryan is t

Owner Piper Wise, right, and instructor Autumn Lind stand at the main entrance to El Dorado School of Performing Arts, located at 112 S. Main St. One of the newest businesses to grace El Dorado's downtown district promises to give young dancers a new home. Tucked in the South Main Suites alongside Amy K Designs and E-Town Nutrition, El Dorado School of Performing Arts is set to open its doors in January 2026. When I spoke to owner and director Piper Wise, the crew at El Dora