Kearny County

Students in Kearny County learned about fentanyl prevention April 3 in two presentations, one at Lakin High School and the other at Deerfield High School.The 45-minute assemblies featured a new DARE fentanyl curriculum designed to teach students good decision-making skills that will help them lead healthy lives and cope with high-risk circumstances including drugs like fentanyl.The Kearny County assemblies were two of the first presented in the state of Kansas using the new fentanyl prevention curriculum.Presenters included Randy Combs, Kansas Attorney General’s office Statewide DARE Program coordinator; DARE officers, Deputy Kyle Carlisle and Detective Garnett Hartman; and Kearny County Emergency Management Director Jared Webb.