Pittsburg County Commissioner District 3, Ross Selman

As the weather continues please use safety precautions. Stay home if possible. Pittsburg County is under a flash flood warning.

The Pittsburg County Courthouse will be closing at 12:00 p.m. on Monday, May 3, 2021 so that our employees can attend a celebration of life for our beloved maintenance supervisor Joey Trammell. We will re-open for regular business on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 8:00 a.m.

Severe potential increases this evening ahead of a cold front with large hail and damaging wind the main severe threats. Storms that develop ahead of the front will be capable of producing an isolated tornado across southeast Oklahoma.

In 1968, Morton Hilbert and the U.S. Public Health Service organized the Human Ecology Symposium, an environmental conference for students to hear from scientists about the effects of environmental degradation on human health. For the next two years, Hilbert worked to plan the first Earth Day. In April 1970, the first Earth Day was held. For more information on the history of Earth Day, global clean up, events and activities, and much more you can visit https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2021/ or https://www.epa.gov/. Do your part today for the planet.

Today marks the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing. Today, I would like to take a moment to remember the lives lost, survivors, and lives changed forever after a truck bomb was set off outside the Murrah Federal Building in 1995. If you have never had the opportunity to visit the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial and Museum, its truly is a heart touching experience. If you would like to learn more about the memorial museum, or the events of April 19, 1995, you can visit, https://memorialmuseum.com/.