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🌱 Crash near Poteau leaves two local men dead Saturday evening
Poteau, Oklahoma Patch AM: a 3 min readHi there, Poteau! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
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- Crash near Poteau leaves two local men dead Saturday evening
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Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Warm with plenty of sunshine, with a high of 86 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Increasing clouds, temps: high: 87, low: 67.
- Friday: Some sun; windy, very warm, with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Saturday crash in LeFlore County leaves two Poteau men dead (rivervalleydemocratgazette.com) — Two young men from Poteau were killed Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash on 360th Street and Morgan Hill Road in central LeFlore County, in a rural area just southwest of town. Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports say both victims, ages 21 and 22, were wearing seatbelts, as was the Howe driver who was injured in the collision. 
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Patrick Lynch Public Library, 206 S McKenna St, Poteau
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Wednesday May 13
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