Prue News

As the clock ticked over from Wednesday to Thursday last week, Osage County Sheriff's dispatcher Darrell Guymon radioed several times to Deputy No.

Barnsdall Public Schools, faced with budget problems, has become the second district in Osage County to go to a four-day school week.

An Osage County deputy was killed in a single vehicle accident overnight near Prue.

Deputy Adam Michael Mehagan had been with the Osage County Sheriff's Office for only nine months, but in that short time, he had made his mark as a dedicated law enforcement officer, Sheriff Ty Koch said Thursday.

PRUE a ' An Osage County sheriff's deputy died early Thursday after crashing his patrol car on a county road north of the city limits.

A 43-year-old Prue woman died in a head-on crash on U.S. 412 four miles east of her hometown on Monday morning, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Before changing to a four-day school week, districts should do all they can to reduce budgets to retain five-day school weeks.

The Prue and Gore school districts went to four-day school weeks as a way to make up for cuts in state aid, and now other districts are studying the idea as they attempt to shore up their cash-strapped budgets.

Another northeast Oklahoma school district is implementing a four-day school week because of budget problems.

The new school year is a little out of the ordinary at Prue in Osage County. There are still the assignments and homework, but the students are cutting class.

The new school year is a little out of the ordinary at Prue in Osage County. There are still the assignments and homework, but the students are cutting class.

Alcohol was blamed for a one-car accident at about 1:40 a.m. Sunday morning on U.S. Highway 64 near the Prue exit.

The Prue school board has voted to change to a four-day school week to save money.

The school system is going to a weekly four-day schedule with longer hours as a cost-savings measure, Superintendent Tom Scully said Wednesday.

A northeastern Oklahoma school district plans to go to a four-day week this year in hopes of saving the district money.

Two men riding a motorcycle in Osage County near Prue have died in an accident authorities say might have been alcohol-related. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 45-year-old Billy J. Mayer of Prue and 37-year-old Christopher H. Hendrix of Prue died in the accident, which happened about 7:40 p.m. on Monday on a country road northwest of Prue.

After 19 years at Prue Public Schools, Deborah Tennison said she sees her new job as Hilldale High School principal as "a nice career move." Some school officials and students say Tennison brings stability to the school.