Pittsburg County News

A McAlester teenager was killed in a Saturday morning crash in Pittsburg County.

Some locations near McAlester's city limits that already have street-style addresses are being re-addressed as part of a county-wide 911 plan.

Call it graffiti or call it "tagging," it's still a crime called vandalism. Vandals spray painted graffiti on a wall at the Charles Komar & Sons distribution facility, 400 W. Chickasaw Ave., on Thursday night.

Mary Herandy, vice-president of the Blue Star Mothers of Pittsburg County, spoke at the monthly Kilihoti chapter meeting held Oct.

At the Oct. 6 meeting of the Pittsburg County Genealogical and History Society, Thomas Purdin, assisted by Connie Masters, of the McAlester Archeological Society, provided a presentation entitled "Archaeology is not what you find, but what you find out." The four archaeological sites on the Illinois River they have been working are of ...

Pittsburg County Commissioners authorized payment Monday of hundreds of thousands of dollars for work done on voter-approved projects and chose a state corrections industry agency to purchase furnishings to outfit the refurbished Pittsburg County Courthouse.

The Pittsburg County Health Department vaccinated students at Stuart Public School for the Influenza A H1N1 swine flu virus on Friday.

As fall approaches and the weather becomes cool, most people are turning their attention toward college football highlights on Saturdays and becoming less concerned about the management of their home lawns.

A Pittsburg County man whose son has been missing for years says he's substantially upping the reward being offered for information connected to the case.

Leona Ellis noted the work being done by a small army of volunteers at the West Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in McAlester, where she's a member of the congregation.

Pittsburg County Health Department employees Melissa Tidwell and Sonja Haynie were honored guests at the First Baptist Church Primetimers luncheon and business meeting.

Law enforcement officers called to what was supposed to be a vacant mobile home in Crowder on Wednesday found it occupied - and a couple of methamphetamine labs inside as well.

All of the swine flu and seasonal flu injectable vaccines at Pittsburg County are gone - with hopes that more will arrive this week.

As the Partnership for Prescription Assistance 'Help is Here Express' bus tour makes its way through scheduled stops in all 50 states, the bus will make its final two stops in Oklahoma this year on Friday.

Early in-person absentee ballot voting began today at the Pittsburg County Election Board office in advance of the Tuesday school bond election in Crowder.

Emergency crews rushed down State Highway 31 west of McAlester this morning to respond to a report of a motorist stranded on top of his truck in flood waters.

Cherokee County prosecutors have charged an area man with possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute.

A McAlester man faces a court date later this month in connection with a fatal accident involving a city of McAlester trash truck.

The following felony cases were decided in Pittsburg County District Court Sept.

They're taking it to the streets. Members of the Pittsburg County Health Department at 1400 E. College Ave.