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Fayetteville Students Protest Guns at Courthouse During National Walkout

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published March 15, 2018 at 2:14 PM CDT

Mayor Lioneld Jordan voices his support for FHS students who marched in protest of gun violence March 14.

Hundreds of students from Fayetteville High School marched to the Washington County Courthouse Wednesday where they displayed signs and shouted slogans in an effort to spark change to school gun violence. Members of the community and students from Har-Ber High School also participated in the demonstration.

Beyond the Ozarks

Kyle Kellams

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.

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