Public tours reveal NOCC prison unit at Eastern State Hospital
Oklahoma DOC opened the Northeast Oklahoma Corrections Center at Eastern State Hospital in Winita for a rare public tour marking a $4 million expansion. The NOCC unit houses up to 450 inmates, about 25 percent violent, with 99 in minimum security programs and 70 aiding hospital services.
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Eastern State Hospital
Winita
Okla
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Northeast Oklahoma
ODOC
Corrections Department
Connie Kays
NOCC
Globe
Gary Garton
Northeast Oklahoma Correctional Center
Vinita
Early start for school criticized in Pittsburg
Pittsburg Kansas parents criticize a 7:30 a.m. start for three elementary schools next year creating longer days and a shorter elementary calendar. Bus schedules remain 6:45 a.m. starts. breakfast shifts up, 25 minute lunch and 0 recess at end. some parents support the changes for convenience, others fear safety and childcare issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Kan
Ron Womble
Board of Education
Holly Viets
Viets
Bob Schultze
Womble
Fred Andrews
Andrews
John Keller
Keller
Judy Leftwich
Food Service
Scott Howard
Lakeside School
Howard
Water districts spark drillers' anger in Missouri
Missouri water well drillers protest new rural water districts as limited state funding expands districts in Barry and McDonald counties while others seek to form in Newton and eastern Jasper counties. They argue private wells can be safe with proper casing, and warn districts may hasten pollution from farms and development.
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Missouri
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Barry
McDonald
Barton County
Jasper County
Newton County
Butch Reavis
Crane
The
Missouri Water Well Association
Reavis
Dale Lett
Th Drilling
Neosho
Grove
Okla
TCE
Joplin
Crowder
State Department of Health
Department of Natural Resources
Arkansas
Kansas
Oklahoma
USDA
Mike Espy
American Ground Water Trust
Forlin-Area
John Geller
Neosho Drilling Co
Bruce Hively
Usda Rural Development Office
Springfield
Farmers Home Administration
Hively
Department of Health
DNR
Tom Aley
Protem Company
Ozarks
Aley
Steve Krysiak
Krysiak
Globe
Aley, Krysiak
Bruce Netzler
Ors
Southwest
Netzler
Missouri Division A Geology Arid Land Survey
Rolla
Vernon County
Severe storm lashes Kansas and into Oklahoma and Missouri
Residents of Neosho and Baxter Springs report strong winds and large hail as a tornado warning is issued by a Cherokee County spotter. Funnel clouds observed near Columbus and Baxter Springs, with sirens activated by lightning. Storm crosses into Ottawa County Oklahoma and southwest Missouri by 8:45 p.m.
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Neosho
Baxter Springs
Kan
Cherokee County
Columbus
Cheroke County
Ottawa County
Oklo
Picher
Missouri
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