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An administrative order handed down on Friday states that the Osage County Courthouse will be suspending certain hearings effective Monday, November 23rd due to COVID-19 concerns. The administrative order has these measures in place:

All in-person dockets will be canceled through February 1^st 2021. All in-person civil dockets are eliminated through February 1^st.Civil in-person hearings will be reset after February 1^st. District attorney Mike Fisher explains exactly what this means.

Effective immediately, misdemeanor out of custody cases, traffic cases, compliance docket and payment dockets will be suspended through April 1^st, 2021. This doesn’t apply to in-custody defendants or other threats involving acts of violence.

All preliminary hearings will be continued through February 1^st and after as set by the judge. Pre-preliminary dockets may be conducted in-person only for the purpose of disposition or waiver of a preliminary hearing. All other pre-preliminary hearings are suspended through February 1^st. All jury trials are suspended through March 1^st.