Tekoa school lockdown lifted

TEKOA — Schools were reopened on Thursday, Nov. 7, after a nearby welfare check between police and an unknown man.

According to Whitman County Sheriff Brett Myers deputies responded around 7 a.m. to a call of a man who was walking around disturbed and frustrated.

“It did happen to be around the school,” Myers said, “There were some indications that he was carrying a sword.”

Myers said the man had not committed a crime and there was no obligation that he come out of his house.

“We did notify the school so they we were aware,” Myers said, noting they do that in almost every one of the towns due...