In case you missed them yesterday, here were the stories I had running Friday on McAlester Radio. 12/26/McALESTER RADIO FIRST NEWS AGENDA (CHRISTMAS BUSINESS) ONLY A FEW MULTI-ITEM LINE STORES AND A FEW RESTARAUNTS JOINED THE CONVENIENCE STORES THAT WERE OPEN ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN MCVALESTER. THE VAST MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES AND OFFICES WERE CLOSED. CITY OF MCALESTER AND PITTSBURG COUNTY OFFICES ARE ALSO CLOSED TODAY. (COUNTY EMPLOYEES) MOST NON LAW ENFORCEMENT COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE OFF A TOTAL EQUIVALENT OF ONE WEEK, WHEN COMBINING THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS. THEY GET TWO AND A HALF DAYS FOR EACH HOLIDAY. DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE EMPLOYEES ARE ACTUALLY GETTING A LITTLE LONGER THAN THAT. THEY WERE OFF ALL DAY WEDNESDAY, NOT JUST FROM NOON ON. (JAIL WEEKEND) WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CLOSED ALL DAY WEDNESDAY, TUESDAY WAS THE LAST DAY INITIAL COURT APPEARANCES WERE HELD AT THE PITTSBURG COUNTY COURTHOUSE THOSE ARRESTED AFTER THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL MONDAY FOR A COURT APPEARANCE. HOWEVER, IF THEY ARE HELD LONG ENIOUGH A PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVIT IS DONE FOR THEM, AND A JUDGE WILL SET A BOND AMOUNT IN THE MEANTIME. (COUNTY FIRES) THERE WERE FIRES THAT TOOK PLACE IN PITTSBURG COUNTY YESTERDAY, BUT CONSIDERING WINDY CONDITIONS AND THE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR KEVIN ENLOE NOTED THINGS COUND HAVE BEEN WORSE. THERE WAS A STRUCTURE FIRE YESTERDAY AT SAM’S POINT, PER ENLOE. THERE WERE ALSO A COUPLE OF GRASS FIRES, ONE RESPONDED TO BY THE SHADY GROVE & BUGTUSSLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS. (AMBULANCE RUNS) A HIGHER-THAN-NORMAL NUMBER OF EMS AMBULNCE RUNS WERE LOGGED BY MCALESTEER FIRE/EMS PERSONNEL YESTERDAY, PER MCALESTER FIRE CHIEF BRETT BREWER. HE SAID THERE WERE 13 SUCH RUNS ON CHRISTMAS DAY. (GAS PRICES) THE LOW PRICE FOR REGULAR SELF-SERVE UNLEADED W./ETHANOL IN MCALESTER THURSDAY APPEARED TO BE $2.07.9 A GALLON. IN MUSKOGEE ON CHIRSTMAS EVE, IT WAS SELLING FOR $1.89.9 AT AT LEAST ONE LOCATION. (McALESTER WEATHER) THE HIGH IN MCALESTER CHRISTMAS DAY WAS 61 DEGREES, AND THE LOW WAS 33. THE PEAK WIND GUST FIOR MCALESTER THURSDAY WAS 35 MPH. WE RECEIVED A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION. (EARTHQUAKES) THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REGISTERED EARTHQUAKES OF 3.9 MAGNITUDE EAST-NORTHEAST OF PERRY AND 3.8 SOUTH OF GUTHRIE THURSDAY. WITH A 2.8 IN KANSAS AND A 2.9 IN TEXAS, TEXAS, OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS EACH HAD A QUAKE AT 2.8 MAGNITUDE OR ABOVE ON CHRISTMAS.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:10:20 +0000
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