Moffett News

“Winds were blowing east to west”

Officials ordered the evacuation of about 300 students from Moffett Public School early Thursday because of a chemical fire at nearby Fort Smith, Ark. via Muskogee Phoenix

UPDATED: Officials said a fire in downtown Fort Smith is not releasing toxic fumes. via KHBS

Sheriff Johnny Philpot brought the broken pipe, which caused a large water leak at the county jail, to the county commissioners' meeting Monday. via Sequoyah County Times

“I think a congressman or a senator will weigh all aspects of a complaint before they forward it”

' A new law that requires elected officials to ask that a city be investigated as a speed trap will create a system of checks and balances for small communities with reputations for stopping motorists just to ... via NewsOK.com

“The calls come into us, but we've got to send teletypes to OHP or county and ask them to respond”

' Kathy Luper says crime is going undetected on a stretch of highway that was once patrolled by Moffett police officers. via NewsOK.com

“Where are you going with this?”

A judge on Tuesday confirmed an earlier injunction temporarily banning Moffett Police from patrolling any highways or land not in the town's original township. via Sequoyah County Times

“They roughly have less than a half-mile of roadway that they can patrol”

Moffett Police have been limited to the originial Moffett Township by court order. via Sequoyah County Times