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Body With the dual threats of the coronavirus outbreak and the spring storm season, Canadian ISD Superintendent Lynn Pulliam announced changes to the district’s storm-shelter procedures and policies.

Body A Monday night fire at the Jeremy Oatman home at 608 S. 6th Street destroyed an old chicken coop, and damaged a nearby pole barn and the framework of a greenhouse.

Body This B-1 Lancer was transported to Kansas Thursday morning, on its way to be decommissioned and scanned for part fabrication. It traveled through Canadian en route north on US 83, with a full escort of law enforcement and other security vehicles, stopping all traffic on its way.

Body A clear majority of voters in both Higgins and Canadian ISDs voted in favor of consolidation, finally settling the hotlydebated decision by both school district’s trustees to support joining forces.

Body Weekly jobless claims hit 3.84 million last week nationwide, higher than economist expectations of 3.5 million. The total brings the rolling six-week figure to 30.3 million.

Body Monday was a very scary day for J.W. Coffee and his family. The Canadian Middle School fifth-grader was walking out of his house with his cousin, and paused briefly, turning his head to talk to him.

Body Gov. Greg Abbott’s stay-at-home directive expires today (Thursday, April 31), and in a Monday afternoon news conference, Abbott announced that he would allow the state’s businesses to reopen in phases beginning on Friday.