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Allied Waste will begin picking up residential garbage again in McAlester today. Drivers will run their normal scheduled routes starting today and will continue their normal routes throughout the week, as weather permits. Drivers understand that residents will have two weeks worth of backed-up garbage and they request that residents place any overflowing garbage in bags next to their trash containers. Photo by Kevin Harvison

February 7, 2011

By Rachel Petersen Staff Writer The McAlester News-Capital Mon Feb 07, 2011, 01:00 PM CST

McALESTER — The weather has let up a bit and various schools and offices in and around McAlester are open for business.

Open today are the Krebs and McAlester U.S. Postal Offices, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services office in McAlester, McAlester Public Schools, McAlester City Hall, the Pittsburg County Courthouse and the Oklahoma State Employment office in McAlester. All report plans to stay open all week, depending upon weather conditions.

Allied Waste will begin picking up residential garbage again in McAlester today, a spokesperson said.

Drivers will run their normal scheduled routes, starting today, and will continue their normal routes throughout the week as weather permits.

Because last Monday, Jan. 31, was the company’s last residential garbage pick-up, Allied Waste’s drivers understand that residents will have accumulated two weeks worth of garbage. They request that residents place any overflowing garbage in bags next to their trash containers.

Residents need to make sure that the trash bin lids are completely closed, the Allied spokespeson said. The automatic arms on the garbage trucks have difficulty working properly when trash container lids are not fully closed due to overflowing garbage.

Contact Rachel Petersen at rpetersen@mcalester

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