>> THANKS VERY MUCH. NEW AT 5:00, A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO SAVE SEVERAL SMALL TOWNS IN NORTHWEST OKLAMA FROM WHAT SOME FEAR COULD BE ECONOMIC COLLAE.PS JESSICA: LAWMAKERS NOW ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO STEP IN REGARDING THE CLOSUROFE S. KEY CREORCTIONAL CENTER IN FORT SUPPLY. KOCO’S ABIGAIL OGLE JOINS US WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMT.EN DELAY THE CLOSING! THAT’S WHAT TWO STATE SENATORS ARASE ING GOVERNOR STITT TO WHEN IT COMES TO THE FORT SUPPLY PRISON WILLIAM S KEY. E ONOF THOSE SENATORS, CASEY MURDOCK INSISTING THIS WILL HAVE A LASTING EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY. >> I SEE THIS AS A DEATH SENTENCE TO A COMMUNITY. YOU SHUT A PRISON DOWN IN OKLAHOMA CITY, THERE’S AOB J DOWN THE STREET. NOT IN WOODWARD COUNTY. JESSICA: THE LAWMAKERS BEHIND THISUS PH CALLING THE CLOSURE “RUSHED”. AND ASKING THE GOVERNOR TO DELAY .IT MEANWHILE, LOCAL LEADERS ARE PREPARG INFOR THE AREAO T CLOSE TO 140 JOBS. >> THEY DO NOT WANT TO MOVE A LONG DISTANCE BECAUSE THEY LE NORTHWEST OKLAHOMA AND EVERYTHING THAT IS OFFERED HERE IN TERMS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AND A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMI. JESSICA: AND IT’S NOT JUST JOBS. THE FORT SUPPLY SCHOOL SYSTEM 15-PERCENT OF STUDENTS. SO WHY IS IT CLOSING IN THE RSFIT
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Lawmakers name on Gov. Stitt to delay closure of northwestern Oklahoma jail
Up to date: 5:46 PM CDT Jul 7, 2023
State lawmakers are making a last-ditch effort to avoid wasting a number of small cities in northwest Oklahoma from what they concern may very well be a close to financial collapse.Legislators now name on Gov. Kevin Stitt to step in relating to the closure of the William S. Key Correctional Heart in Fort Provide. Two state lawmakers from northwestern Oklahoma, Sen. Casey Murdock and Rep. Carl Newton, requested Stitt to delay the jail’s closure.Murdock insisted the closure could have a long-lasting impact on the neighborhood.”I see this as a demise sentence to a neighborhood,” mentioned Murdock, R-Felt. “You shut a jail down in Oklahoma Metropolis, there is a job down the road. Not in Woodward County.”The 2 lawmakers known as the closure “rushed” and requested the governor to delay it. In the meantime, native leaders put together for the world to lose near 140 jobs.”They don’t need to transfer an extended distance as a result of they love northwest Oklahoma and every little thing that’s supplied right here by way of high quality of life and an excellent place to lift a household,” Woodward Chamber President C.J. Montgomery mentioned.The jail’s closure would not simply imply the lack of jobs. Leaders with the Fort Provide faculty system are making ready to doubtlessly lose 15% of scholars.Tricia Everest, the state secretary of public well being, mentioned solely 700 of the 1,100 beds within the William S. Key Correctional Heart are stuffed and that it will want as much as $15 million in repairs.
State lawmakers are making a last-ditch effort to avoid wasting a number of small cities in northwest Oklahoma from what they concern may very well be a close to financial collapse.
Legislators now name on Gov. Kevin Stitt to step in relating to the closure of the William S. Key Correctional Heart in Fort Provide. Two state lawmakers from northwestern Oklahoma, Sen. Casey Murdock and Rep. Carl Newton, requested Stitt to delay the jail’s closure.
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Murdock insisted the closure could have a long-lasting impact on the neighborhood.
“I see this as a demise sentence to a neighborhood,” mentioned Murdock, R-Felt. “You shut a jail down in Oklahoma Metropolis, there is a job down the road. Not in Woodward County.”
The 2 lawmakers known as the closure “rushed” and requested the governor to delay it. In the meantime, native leaders put together for the world to lose near 140 jobs.
“They don’t need to transfer an extended distance as a result of they love northwest Oklahoma and every little thing that’s supplied right here by way of high quality of life and an excellent place to lift a household,” Woodward Chamber President C.J. Montgomery mentioned.
The jail’s closure would not simply imply the lack of jobs. Leaders with the Fort Provide faculty system are making ready to doubtlessly lose 15% of scholars.
Tricia Everest, the state secretary of public well being, mentioned solely 700 of the 1,100 beds within the William S. Key Correctional Heart are stuffed and that it will want as much as $15 million in repairs.
