Area schools gather for suicide prevention presentation

  • Hundreds of students from schools throughout the region were in Cushing last week to hear presentations on suicide prevention. Photo by DeAnna Maddox
    Hundreds of students from schools throughout the region were in Cushing last week to hear presentations on suicide prevention. Photo by DeAnna Maddox

    CUSHING — Cushing Public Schools hosted an area-wide Suicide Prevention Presentation on Sept. 9, bringing together students from 10 middle and junior high schools across the region. Schools that participated were Cushing, Agra, Yale, Oak Grove, Glencoe, Drumright, Stroud, Prague, Perkins, Wellston, and Coyle.

    The event was sponsored by Iowa Tribe Behavioral Health, which arranged for two nationally…