In 2008, Pittsburg County and the city of McAlester began working together to improve the 911 Emergency Service for the residents of Pittsburg County. The result of that effort, was that each town, city, rural area, and visitor could now request and get help by calling 911. This improvement included establishing a countywide addressing system, where each road was named, every house assigned a number based on distance, then a geo-database was built that could produce a map to find the locations… READ MORE
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