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Nearly 60 acres burns near Peckham Thursday

Firefighters spent nearly three hours battling a grass fire Thursday afternoon northeast of Peckham.The blaze was started by someone cutting metal in the grass and burned nearly 60 acres.Fire departments hope to address Kay County Commissioners today about approving another burn ban for the county. Newkirk, Peckham, Kildare, River Road, Blackwell and Dale Township...

Bond Revoked For Former Peckham Superintendent

NEWKIRK - The Kay County District Attorney's Office made the decision on Tuesday to revoke the bond of former Peckham Public Schools Superintendent Gary Martin Young, 65.According to court records shared by the Blackwell Journal Tribune on Facebook, the Major Crime Unit of the 8th District Attorney's office were notified that Young violated the...