🌱 Why a Watonga detention center faces harsh new civil rights scrutiny

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• Why a Watonga detention center faces harsh new civil rights scrutiny

Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and nice, with a high of 75 and low of 57 degrees.
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 81, low: 54.
• Monday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 75 and low of 55 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• ACLU condemns ' deplorable' conditions at Oklahoma immigration detention center (kosu.org) — Conditions at the Diamondback Correctional Facility in Watonga are under intense scrutiny after the ACLU and other advocates urged federal officials to halt new immigration detainee transfers there. Their letter alleges serious medical neglect, inadequate food and water, and poor access to attorneys, arguing that civil detainees in Watonga are being held in potentially unconstitutional conditions that demand immediate review and reform.
   

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Saturday October 10

• Watonga →
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Other local events

Monday October 5

• 6th / MS Football @ Merritt
  Watonga Public Schools Watonga, OK 73772
  5:30 pm

Friday October 9

• HS Football @ Hinton
  Watonga Public Schools Watonga, OK 73772
  7:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday October 6

• Fairview Livestock Commission Company →
  Fairview Livestock Commission Company, 220 W State Rd, Fairview
  9:00 am

Saturday October 10

• Timberlake XC (HS/JH/Elem)
  Canton Es Canton, OK 73724

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TransCor America, LLC posted a job opening for Transportation Officer in Watonga. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Kingfisher

• 2 injured in Kingfisher power plant flash explosion (news9.com)
• Gossen, English repeat as Best of Wheat grand champions (einpresswire.com)
• Lawmakers Consider Future of Data Centers (kcnonline.com)

Weatherford

• Munson outlines priorities, criticizes opponent in governor's race (news9.com)
• City approves roadwork for OK's first Buc-ee's, despite sprawl concerns (freepressokc.com)
• SWOSU Enters National Universities Category in 2027 U.S. News Rankings (kecofm.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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