BY ANDY TAYLOR

CANEY — Caney Valley Jr.-Sr. High School principal Justin Lockwood was reassigned to the newly-created position of “administrator of transportation, grounds and maintenance” upon a unanimous vote of the USD 436 Board of Education on Monday.

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A third person has died from injuries sustained in a two-vehicle collision that took place in Nowata County on Saturday, May 9.

Gene Hobbs, 70, of South Coffeyville, Okla., died Sunday, June 5, at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Okla., where he had been undergoing treatment of injuries since the collision.
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UPDATE (2:30 p.m.):  Suspect captured in Edna stabbing.  More details later.

The Montgomery County Chronicle is following separate news events that have taken place on Friday morning.

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The June 4th edition of the Montgomery County Chronicle is off the press, and the 16 pages of information will have stories you’ll like to read.  Among the stories you will find . . .
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BY ANDY  TAYLOR
Montgomery County Chronicle

Without fanfare or even public notice, Montgomery County quietly slipped into her 140th year of organized existence on Wednesday.

It was on June 3, 1869, when Gov. James M. Harvey officially organized Montgomery County after the county met the requisite population of 600 souls.
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CHERRYVALE — A divided Cherryvale City Council clashed Monday whether alcohol should be served at Logan Park for a possible community fall festival.

At issue are ideas by the Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce to create a fall festival that might supplement — or possibly even replace —  the Cherry Blossom Festival held each May. During a meeting of the chamber’s board of directors last week, ideas were expressed on ways to improve to the spring festival. One suggestion was to create a fall festival, perhaps coinciding with the fall sports homecoming celebration at Cherryvale High School. As a way to boost revenue for the festival, some chamber members discussed ideas to sell alcohol in a social setting, commonly known as a beer garden. The beer garden, which would be sponsored by the Cherryvale Chamber of Commerce, could coincide with a food competition, such as a chili or barbecue contest on a Saturday evening and would not be held on the night of the CHS football homecoming game on the previous Friday night.
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A 37-year-old Independence man was taken into protective custody early Sunday morning after a four-hour standoff with law enforcement.

Sheriff Robert Dierks said Jeffrey Allen Fowler, 37, of 440 58 Road, south of Independence, surrendered without incident after a four-hour standoff that included negotiations with the Montgomery County Emergency Response Team.
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