McAlester News-Capital

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter on Wednesday announced his resignation, citing certain personal matters that are becoming public.

McAlester Mayor John Browne used the lyrics of a couple of iconic songs to bookend his State of the City Address.

Pittsburg County commissioners have passed a resolution to execute a project agreement in conjunction with the state and the city of McAlester for widening and resurfacing Haywood Road.

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday defended her comments comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust as criticisms about the comments mounted even among fellow Republicans.

OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma’s governor on Tuesday vowed to sign a measure that he said would level the playing field between property-poor rural and property-rich urban and suburban school districts.

The American Red Cross explains what National Water Safety Month is and the importance of water safety. More information can be found by visiting www.redcross.org/watersafety

A Pittsburg County jury of six men and six women heard testimony Tuesday in the trial against a McAlester man accused of fatally shooting his wife.

Stacey's TaeKwonDo participated in the 36th Annual Oklahoma Invitational TaeKwonDo Championship on May 1, bringing home a multitude of awards.

The Oklahoma Association of School Administrators has announced Robert Florenzano of Crowder Public Schools as the 2021 OASA District 18 Superintendent of the Year. Mr. Florenzano will be recognized at the Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Adm

A Hartshorne woman is accused of allowing a child to eat a gummy containing 1,000 milligrams of the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

The Cherokee and Chickasaw nations are pushing Congress to pass legislation to allow the state of Oklahoma to compact with tribes on criminal subject matter jurisdiction.

The Oklahoma Insurance Department gives tips on how to understand an insurance policy and a brief overview how the claims process works following a disaster.