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Oklahoma to offer free summer meals for children

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OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma State Department of Education announces it will offer free summer meals to kids at nearly 1,400 locations across the state including in the towns of Commerce and Miami. The summer feeding programs will serve two meals a day while kids are out of school on summer break.

“Hunger is one of the more severe roadblocks to the learning process,” said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister. “A lack of nutrition during the summer months may set up a cycle for poor performance once school begins again. That’s why it’s imperative we ensure appropriate nutrition for our children during these critical months, even though school might not be in session.”

More than 400 sponsors will serve a combination of breakfast and lunch or lunch and a snack at 1,359 sites, including parks, schools, community centers, churches and day camps. Many sites also provide education or recreational programming. Summer meals are eligible for children 18 and under, as well as for people up to 21 years old participating in state education programs for the mentally or physically disabled.

Between May and August 2020, 13.4 million meals were served through the summer feeding program.

To find a feeding site near you, go to meals4kidsok.org.

Columbus asking public’s help in finding leaks

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COLUMBUS, Kan. – The City of Columbus, Kansas is asking for the public’s help in finding a major leak.

Officials say the city is going through its water supply very quickly which is an indication of one or more leaks. They ask residents walk the perimeter around their property and check crawl spaces/basements to make sure they are not accumulating water anywhere.

If you are driving through town and see any large amounts of water, bubbling or running water in ditches those could be indications of a leak. If you find one, they ask you call (620) 762-1014 to report it.

Carterville under boil advisory as crews work on broken water main

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CARTEVILLE, Mo. –  The City of Carterville, Missouri has been put under a boil advisory as crews work to fix a water main break. Webb City is providing backup water in the meantime.

Officials say a large 6″ break happened around 10:00 p.m. Monday at Pine and Main street. The break left the whole city without water. Crews say the well seal and bearings went out, and believe the failure was caused by high demand on the well pump over the past two days. The city will have to install a new pump.

Carterville returned to Webb City water, but due to a lack of pressure the city will need to use a booster pump to bring enough water into the system.

Wednesday morning the Carterville issued a boil order. It will be passing out free cases of water to residents at the Carterville Community Center. There is currently a two case per household limit.

Pittsburg crews work through early morning to fix water line breaks

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PITTSBURG, Kan. – Pittsburg crews were out early Wednesday morning working on water line breaks.

At around 5:00 a.m. crews say they working on a break on Rouse Street and another on Free King Highway.

There’s no word yet on how many customers have been affected or when crews expect to get the breaks fixed.