Le Flore News

Summer is not usually the time to think about winter storms, but grants are available now to Oklahoma communities impacted by ice storms that devastated much of the eastern part of the state in January 2009.

This storm was located near cloudy... moving east at 20 mph. Some locations near the path of this storm include... Nashoba and cloudy.

HAIL TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

An extended period of hot and dry weather has settled over the state with no signs of lifting soon, prompting the National Weather Service to issue its first heat advisory of the year in eastern and northeastern Oklahoma.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN LE FLORE...EASTERN HASKELL...SEQUOYAH...SOUTHEASTERN CHEROKEE...SOUTHWESTERN ADAIR AND EASTERN MUSKOGEE COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 100 PM CDT... THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

Former Poteau Mayor Don Barnes says the monument could be built along a major road in Poteau where thousands of people would drive past it.

Le Flore County investigators have had to deal with six homicide cases this year, a baffling number considering the county has about 50,000 residents.

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