McAlester News

In just its first year of operations, the beautification group Pride In McAlester won three of 18 statewide Awards of Environmental Excellence from Keep Oklahoma Beautiful on Tuesday night.

A preliminary hearing date in the case where a Pittsburg County grand jury indicted convicted felon David Harold Earls on new counts in August has been set, to determine if there is sufficient evidence to bind him over for trial on the three counts the grand jury returned against him.

McAlester-area residents were already filing into the Pittsburg County Health Department this morning, after learning that Influenza A H1N1 swine flu virus shots are now available to the general public.

A preliminary hearing will be held next month in Pittsburg County for a convicted child rapist indicted by a grand jury on new counts of child sexual abuse.

It's finally time. The Pittsburg County Health Department announced near noon today that vaccinations for the Influenza A H1N1 swine virus are available to anyone who wants one at the Pittsburg County Health Department.

The General Federation of Women's Clubs of Oklahoma, Southeast District, is comprised of seven clubs with more than 790 years of volunteer service in their communities.A This rich heritage is paramount in the minds of current members as they continue this legacy.

In the midst of autumn and with winter looming, the spring storm season may still seem a long way away - but as Oklahoma residents know, severe weather can strike anytime the conditions align.

Crystal Stapp, 38, of Krebs, died Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa.

Oklahoma Supreme Court Vice Justice Steven Taylor has served for years as the volunteer stage manager when individuals were given the state's top honor by being inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.

Larry Clifton Insurance, of McAlester, has been designated a Premier Service Agency for 2009.

By JAMES BEATY SENIOR EDITOR The new concrete and steel spillway bridge near Lake McAlester is now open to traffic.

A man who was seriously injured in a September traffic accident in Pittsburg County has died, authorities said.

A 14-year-old McAlester boy was killed after being ejected from a car driven by his father at about 7:37 a.m. Saturday.

A teenager who had been reported as a missing person by her father in Texas is OK, according to McAlester Campus police.

The McAlester City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to fund an executive search to fill the city manager's post.

A boil advisory issued for Narconon-Arrowhead remained in effect this morning, but it is has nothing to do with the city of McAlester.

The Haywood Public Schools buildings were constructed in 1992 and there have been no major renovations since then, said Haywood School Superintendent Chad Graham.

Paying bills on-line is a convenience of which many are taking full advantage. Consumers can pay their telephone, cable or satellite and utilities bills without ever leaving their home office or living room.

After nearly two weeks of combing the heavily wooded Sans Bois Mountain area in southeast Oklahoma, the Latimer County Sheriff's Office on Friday called off its ground search for a missing Eufaula family.

"I'm on another chapter in my long life." Robert Hill, 61, has decided to look at his recent brush with death as a wake-up call, and a new beginning.