Food-borne illness claims one, sickens others in Locust Grove

 
By Sheila Stogsdill and John David Sutter
Published: August 26, 2008

LOCUST GROVE — An apparent food-borne illness outbreak in northeast Oklahoma has killed one person, hospitalized at least 14 and is sending shock waves of anxiety through the community. Some people in Locust Grove, a town of about 1,500 about 50 miles east of Tulsa , are refusing to eat outside their homes, and others are afraid of local water supplies. Tests have not confirmed the source of the contamination. K...

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