The Coffeyville Police Department has arrested one suspect and a warrant is being issued for another suspect in the shooting death of 38-year old Otis Horner earlier this week.
The Coffeyville Police Department has taken 22-year old Jonathan Hall into custody and the CPD has issued an arrest warrant for 21-year old Ethan Bellamy. KGGF Radio reports that early Sunday morning, police responded to a report of shots fired at the 600 block of East 3rd Street in Coffeyville. This is where Horner was found and later pronounced deceased at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center. Anyone with information on this case should call the Coffeyville Police Department at 620-252-6160. To remain anonymous, you may call the Crime Tip Hotline at 620-252-6133. Ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to Tulsa on Saturday, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt was in Washington D.C. talking about the re-opening of small businesses in America. Stitt commended both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence for the work they have done during these difficult times. Stitt says this hard work has allowed Oklahoma to open back up.
Trump said more people should model the way Stitt and the state of Oklahoma is attacking the coronavirus. Trump will be holding a rally this Saturday at the BOK Center in Tulsa. At Pawhuska’s School Board meeting Monday evening, the Board was presented with the option to renew their auto, property and liability insurance with the Oklahoma Schools Insurance Group or approve a contract with the Oklahoma Schools Risk Management Trust to save $15,000. An associate from OSIG was on hand to assure the board that their services are worth the $134,000 price tag.
Superintendent David Cash made the recommendation that they renew the contract with OSIG. Cash let the board know that most, if not all school buildings have hail damage. An engineer from OSIG has been out to look at the roofs. The St. John Catholic School in Bartlesville held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon celebrating the school’s new playground equipment. This is a project that has been in the works since 2017 and the Director of Development and Mission Advancement at St. John Catholic School, Elizabeth Thrash is glad to see the final piece of the puzzle finally get put into place.
The playground equipment also includes picnic tables, a water fountain and can be used for other things such middle school students using it for reading groups. Thrash talks about some of the other features the area has to offer. Thrash was sure to thank all of the donors who made this possible. Procedures have been released for the Pawhuska Class of 2020 graduation set to take place next Friday at Ormond Beach Memorial Stadium.
Each graduate will be allowed to have five family members or friends attend graduation. Graduates will receive tickets to hand to their guests at Friday morning’s graduation practice. Families may sit together, but will need to social distance from others. Masks are recommended, but not required. Programs will be available online prior to graduation. The only entrance will be the southwest gate of the stadium and temperatures will be checked upon entrance. Should inclement weather interfere, graduation will be moved to the Oren Terrill Fieldhouse. Graduation will be streamed on the Pawhuska Public School Facebook Page and on bartlesvilleradio.com beginning at 7 p.m. June marks the end of the fiscal year and at Monday evening's school board meeting in Pawhuska, Superintendent David Cash gave a report as to where the school stands.
Cash feels like this could be a rocky year for the state department of education in terms of finances, but he says the Pawhuska School District is prepared for any shortfalls that may come their way. Cash says in an absolute worse case scenario, they have enough carry-over money to last for at least two or three years. As other school districts have been forced to lay off teachers, Cash says some staff members have expressed concern, but Cash says he has prepared for this situation if and when the problem arises. Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt provided an update regarding CARES Act funding across the state on Wednesday morning. Stitt says the government has done a great job setting the needed funding up and is also doing a good job distributing it.
The CARES Act delivered $1.2 billion to the state of Oklahoma to support COVID-19 response, including the expansion of testing and tracing. This money also included the purchase of PPE and improvements of infrastructure or operations for the delivery of public services that has been impacted by COVID-19. A survey has went out to the parents of students attending Pawhuska Public Schools in an effort to find the best way to proceed when the school year starts this fall. Questions on this survey include starting the school year with in-person learning or virtual learning and availability for the child to get a quality education from home. Superintendent David Cash says it is important to stay flexible during this time.
Cash said the staff did a great job getting the distant learning program off the ground in a very short time last year. He said they will spend more time working at that this fall to get even better should the need arise to go to distant learning full time. With that, Cash gave some of the early survey results. Cash said 170 parents have responded to the survey thus far. He hopes to have a recommendation on how to proceed with the school calendar at the July board meeting. At Monday's Board of Osage County Commissioners meeting, Assessor Ed Quinton Jr. was requesting that the commissioners sign a work and pricing order with Datascout, LLC. This would help provide professional mapping services and geospatial consulting services to the county at a cost of $11,500 a year. Quinton explains what that will be used for.
This is something that they had been attempting to do at the assessors office, but after evaluating things they deemed that it would be more effective to hire someone to do it for them. The commissioners approved the agreement with a 3-0 vote. The Summer Reading Program at the Pawhuska Public Library, titled, “Imagine Your Story,” kicked off on Monday. Because of social distancing guidelines, there will be a major focus on book handouts, craft bags, a writing contest and prizes.
Those in kindergarten through fifth grade may go to the library through Friday, June 26th to get a bag containing a book, craft and comic picture page. These bags are free to each child. Prizes will be available if the child writes a story using the picture page with the bag. You may also send a photo of the given craft you make toPawhuska.library@gmail.com. Teens and adults who read six books through Saturday, August 15th will be in a drawing with a chance to win a gift certificate from a local business in Pawhuska. There will be one teenage winner and one adult winner. The library is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. If concerned about social distancing, curbside service is also available. E-books can also be checked out at Pawhuska.okpls.org. The library is currently able to hold meetings of 10 people or less. Beginning on Thursday, the library will host a weekly story time at 10:30 a.m. For more information, call 918-287-3989. |
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