Konawa News

Martha Arradondo of Konawa, Okla., wishes to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter, Brittany Nicole Arradondo, to Anthony Gerard Garrison, son of Vernessa Garrison and Wayne Turner of Berwick.

Rita LoPresto, Konawa City Manager said she has spent the last four years trying to cut through all of the red tape that came with the promise of federal stimulus money.

It's been four years since Congress passed the $800 billion American Reinvestment and Recovery Act -- aka, the Stimulus -- to try and pull our country out of recession.

The water problems keep coming for the town of Konawa. The water service there keeps going out and now there's a letter saying their water contains a dangerous chemical that could cause cancer.

A boil order was issued Thursday after a water main break caused a pressure drop in the drinking water supply, authorities said.