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Stipe name on building upsets judge
A stone marker recently placed on a building that temporarily is serving as the Pittsburg County Courthouse names the structure for convicted former state Sen.
A marker naming a building - which is currently serving as the Pittsburg County Courthouse - for convicted former state Sen.
Absentee ballot deadline is near
The deadline for voters who need absentee ballots mailed to them for the upcoming July 29 primary election is approaching.
Collections on criminal cases go up, overall collections drop
Fiscal Year 2007-08 was a mixed one, for revenues collected by the Pittsburg County Court Clerk's of?ce. Collections on criminal cases were way up, but overall totals still saw a six-?gure decrease overall from ...
At this cookoff, let's all go Dutch
Thursday, at 7 p.m., the Pittsburg County OSU Extension office will host the judging of a Dutch-oven cookoff at the Farmers' Market in downtown McAlester.
Two dead in what OSBI thinks was a murder-suicide
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation continued a probe today into the deaths of two people found inside a Pittsburg County residence.
Pittsburg Co. couple's deaths investigated as murder-suicide
Authorities are investigating the deaths of a man and woman in Pittsburg County as a murder-suicide. The bodies of 26-year-old Joey Trammell and 27-year-old Reno Jones were found by friends Wednesday morning in ...
Farmers, ranchers with tornado damage can get federal assistance
More help is available for area residents in parts of Pittsburg and Latimer counties who suffered storm damage from the May 10 tornadoes - as long as they fit guidelines set out by the U.S. Department of ...
McAlester child dies in accident
No fatality accidents were reported in Pittsburg County over the long Fourth of July weekend which began on Friday, but a McAlester child died following an accident in Tulsa.
Stabbing spoils a peaceful holiday
A man has been stabbed during a Fourth of July domestic dispute in Pittsburg County, while traffic offenses were considered low as the long holiday weekend continued on Saturday.
The son of Pittsburg County's top prosecutor has spent a night in jail on a drug complaint.
Michael Ethan Miller, 18, the son of District 18 District Attorney Jim Bob Miller, spent the night in the city jail after McAlester police arrested him on an initial complaint of possession of a controlled ...
Posession of Xanax, other drug leads to felony charges
Felony charges were filed in Pittsburg County District Court Tuesday against Krebs Animal Control officer Frederick Charles Martin.
County commissioners renew contracts at fiscal year's end
Peggy Laizure The Norman Transcript NORMAN - Cleveland County Commissioners finished their fiscal year by renewing contracts and appointments to various boards.
Insurance rates go up for county
Property and liability insurance for Stephens County was approved Monday during the Stephens County commissioners meeting, and is $14,000 more expensive than it was last year.
Two charged following explosion at house near police, fire departments
Two men have pleaded not guilty to felony charges which allege they were attempting to manufacture drugs in a house across the street from the McAlester police and fire departments.
Pay hikes for non-uniformed city employees brought to councils' attention Tuesday
McAlester's city council approached a contract for mapping and addressing for an E-911 system, approved ordinances establishing a Board of Ethics and set a conflict of interest policy in place at a regular ...
DEQ wants public comments on McAAP plan to increase discharge into Bull Creek
The McAlester Army Ammunition Plant has requested an increase in the permitted discharge flow of their trickling-filter wastewater treatment facility.
Commissioners OK plan for overflow of juveniles
A place to house an overflow of juveniles was agreed upon during Monday's meeting of the Pittsburg County Commissioners.
Council will meet twice over next two days to vote on budget for 2008-09
McAlester's city council is starting the week off with two meetings in as many evenings with a special budget meeting this evening and regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.