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A Texas County, Okla., teenager is dead following a fatality accident Sunday night in that Panhandle county.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported around 10 p.m. Sunday, a 1998 Dodge Ram was traveling westbound on Texas County Road D about 12 miles north of Guymon, Okla., when the driver came upon a pothole in the road.
The 4th of July holiday is less than one month away, which means preparations are currently under way for Liberal’s annual 4th of July parade.
The 2024 4th of July parade will start at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 4, and the route will again start on Trail Street, move north, and end at Light Park on 11th Street. This is the third year for the parade, and in order to make it as big as possible, coordinators are seeking float entries.
The expansion of mental health and substance abuse services has been a priority for the Kelly Administration for a long time, and recently, some action was taken regarding just that.
Last Tuesday, Gov. Laura Kelly announced Kansas has been added to the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC) Medicaid Demonstration Program. CCBHCs provide greater access to crisis and behavioral health care services in communities, according to a release from the State of Kansas.
The City of Liberal’s Drug Court program saw its latest graduate May 30, and Kayla Navarro said when she first started the program, she felt lost and not serious about anything.
“Due to my excessive drug use, I had lost who I was,” she said. “I blamed everyone in my life for my mistakes and for who I had become.”
Through the program, though, Navarro has learned to take accountability for her mistakes.
The care of senior veterans and veterans with disabilities is of paramount importance and recently, some action was taken to help with just that.
Wednesday, U.S. Senators Jerry Moran and Angus King (I-Maine) – members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – introduced legislation to better coordinate and manage health care for veterans who receive services through Medicare and the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), according to a release from Moran’s office.
