Walters students learn about dangers of drinking and driving
Walters High School fatal wreck simulation By Cheyenne Cole | April 5, 2021 at 7:25 PM CDT - Updated April 5 at 7:25 PM
WALTERS, Okla. (TNN) - Cotton County officials showed Walters High School students how drinking and driving can change lives forever with a deadly wreck simulation on Monday.
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare - the call that their child is dead after drinking and driving, seeing them in a mangled vehicle, covered in blood.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Zachary Wright said they’re trying to avoid this ahead of prom season.
“We deal with several underage fatality accidents, kids drinking,” he said. “The law is different for them. If you’re under the age of 21, pretty much anything in your system is going to be a DUI and it can affect you differently. We just hammer that home to kids to call a ride, call your parents. I’d rather get in trouble from my mom and dad than hurt someb
5th Season: School preparedness in Southwest Oklahoma
5th Season: School preparedness in Southwest Oklahoma By Caitlin Williams | March 8, 2021 at 7:33 PM CST - Updated March 8 at 7:33 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Oklahoma’s Fifth Season is upon us, when severe weather bears down on Texoma and the spring school semester carries on.
Schools across Oklahoma, including Plato Elementary School in Duncan are preparing for the 5th Season, practicing getting to safety. Every elementary school and Duncan Middle are equipped with safe rooms or storm shelters, except for the high school.
In the event of severe weather, high school students go to the safest place possible. Superintendent Tom Deighan says they are working to change that. Plans are already in motion to build safe rooms in the high school.