Kansas Department of Transportation

Three northwest Kansas students recently were awarded bicycles for their winning entries in the annual “Put the Brakes on Fatalities” poster contest.

The winners were: Blaire Beougher, 5, Stockton; Conner Miller, 9, Gorham; and Taylor Stein, 12, Hoxie. Pictured with each of the winners is Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Tod Hileman, the KHP’s public resource officer for the northwest Kansas area.