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Death row inmate Richard Glossip is scared, his attorney said Friday. The inmate filed a new challenge Friday morning to his conviction, coincidentally just hours after his execution was set for Sept. 22. He claimed again he is "factually innocent". He also claimed prosecutors intentionally destroyed evidence, his trial attorneys...

PITTSBURG COUNTY, Okla. – A man loses his life in a jet ski crash on Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma. The incident happened on June 29, 2022, around 9:28 pm. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Phillip A. Williams, 27, of McAlester, died at the scene. Authorities say Williams was...

LAKE EUFAULA, Okla. — The Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) said the body of 27-year-old Phillip Williams was found Thursday morning in Lake Eufaula. PCSO said they were notified about the missing man Wednesday. Williams was from McAlester. Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris said fishermen spotted the body...

An Atoka, Okla., man is behind bars, accused of child sexual abuse and child pornography.

Donna Curry, 56, of McAlester, passed away Tuesday, June 28, in Tulsa. The family will welcome frineds for visitation on Sunday, July 3, at Brumley-Mills Funeral Home from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Funeral services will be Tuesday, July 5, at 10:00 a.m. at the Frink-Chambers School Gymnasium, with Pastor Chip...

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) -- The Pittsburg County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man last seen on Lake Eufaula Wednesday afternoon. Twenty-six-year-old Philip Alan Williams of McAlester, was last seen around 2:30 p.m. leaving the Crowder area on a jet ski. The sheriff's office has been searching all night, and...

ATOKA, Okla. (KTEN) -- Reba's Place in Atoka is getting ready for opening day. The new restaurant, established by namesake country music star Reba McEntire, hosted its first job fair on Tuesday at the Atoka First Baptist Family Life Center. Interviews are also scheduled for Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

As Oklahomans headed to the polls on Tuesday, some voters in Pittsburg County had a last-minute polling location change.

Pittsburg County Election Board officials say between 5:30 and 6 a.m., a poll worker arrived at the Assembly of God Church and found the building engulfed in flames.

The Pittsburg County Sheriff's office said a church and polling place caught fire Tuesday morning in McAlester. According to the Pittsburg County Election Board, that was the polling place for precincts 7 and 40. Voters in those precincts will now have to vote at the County Election Board Office.

McAlester native Ryan Walters is projected to compete in a runoff election for State Superintendent with April Grace, current superintendent for Shawnee Public Schools. Walters has about 41% of votes with 92% of precincts reporting while Grace has about 31% of votes. John Cox and William Crozier each have 24...

McAlester, Okla. — A fire prompted voters in McAlester to switch voting locations last minute. “Election day, you still got to have them open, they’re still getting to vote,” said Pittsburg County Election Board Secretary, Tonya Barnes. The ATF is investigating the massive fire at a First...

McAlester, Okla. — A church serving as a polling place in Pittsburg County caught fire Tuesday morning. The Pittsburg County Election Board said in a Facebook post that the Assembly of God Church is on fire. The church is on Hardy Springs Road in McAlester. Voting for precincts 7...

Emergency crews are responding to a fire that broke out at a church and polling place on Hardy Springs Road in McAlester. According to the Pittsburg County Election Board, the church was the polling place for Precincts 7 and 40, voters within those precincts will now have to vote at the County Election Board Office at 109 E. Carl Albert Parkway, Room 101 in McAlester, Oklahoma.

Services for S. B. Bundage, Jr., a Coalgate resident, will be held Saturday, July 9, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at Johnson’s Lawnhaven Memorial Gardens in San Angelo, TX. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Bundage was born July 16, 1948, to S. B....