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Published: September 3, 2008
Outbreak fear causes Wagoner to refuse football scrimmage with Locust Grove
By John David Sutter

Stigma associated with an E. coli outbreak in Locust Grove reached a new height last week when the football team from nearby Wagoner refused to scrimmage Locust Grove apparently because the team feared its athletes would become ill.

Leslea Bennett-Webb, spokeswoman for the Oklahoma Department of Health , called the situation "unfortunate" and said the concern about the town is unfair.

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