Beggs Business Helps Residents While City Is Without Water

The town of Beggs has been without water for many days. Students have been out of school since Friday because of it.

The mayor said it’s because OG&E is having problems with a load station just north of Beggs.

Kanokie Coffeehouse in Beggs has been bringing in bottled water to give to people for free during this outage.

Libby Hudson is a junior at Beggs High School. She’s worried for the people in town going without water.

"For the people who live out here in the city I just feel kind of bad for them, because they haven't had water within a few days,” said Hudson. “And I just hope that the water turns back on."

She’s been doing virtual learning since Friday because the schools also had to close because of no water.

"I honestly do miss school a little bit, because we have to do virtual school instead of in-person and I learn better in-person than online, so for me it's kind of been hard,” said Hudson. “But all my teachers have been really supportive."

Summer Lamborn, the owner of Kanokie Coffeehouse brought in trailers filled with cases of water to give to anyone who needs it.

"I think it's easy to take water for granted, you don't think about it until you don’t have it. But it's affecting everything,” said Lamborn. “People flushing toilets, you can't open the school. If kids aren't in school, then parents have to take off work. If parents aren't at work, then they aren't bringing in money."

Summer Lamborn said once she found out about the outage, she had to do something to help.

"But where I can make the biggest impact and make a difference in people's lives is just bring them water,” said Lamborn. “And that is pretty simple."

Hudson said she believes the Beggs Community is strong and will get through this time together.

"I just hope that everyone is ok with the water situation, it's kind of rough,” said Hudson. “But we'll get through it."

In addition to bringing in water, they are also allowing students to use free Wi-Fi while school is still virtual.