'Major issue': McAlester Youth Emergency Shelter responds to delay concerns

Youth Emergency Shelter’s new building delay draws concern at council

The Youth Emergency Shelter and its plan to construct a new building to continue serving those in need in the community was a hot topic of this week’s McAlester City Council meeting.

'Major issue': McAlester Youth Emergency Shelter responds to delay concerns

McAlester citizens are wondering what the holdup is with the Youth Emergency Shelters expansion project, partly funded through taxpayer dollars.2 News was in McAlester getting answers from city and shelter leaders.We're two months into it. [They] still haven't broke ground, a McAlester man told elected officials at April 22s City Council meeting. This is a major problem.The Youth Emergency Shelter was supposed to break ground on an expansion pro…