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AP, OPA, SPJ, NAJA award-winning staff writer @McAlesterNews ; email djames @mcalesternews .com; Chahta sia hoke; Ok. State alum; Storm tracker; 💍 TCHJ
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“Why are you always here, are you a cop?”
Nope, reporter.
“Oh, what channel?”
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There is a pho place coming to Eufaula called: Eu Pho La.
That’s the tweet.
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ERIK DANG MCCARTY! He drags half of Memorial with him as he rumbles 15 yards for the score! PAT is good, and with 5:33 left in the half, McAlester leads 29-0.
#okpreps
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BREAKING: McAlester’s Erik McCarty has broken the school’s all time career rushing touchdown record.
#okpreps
Touchdown Erik McCarty, and he has broken McAlester’s career rushing touchdown record! PAT is good, and with 9:18 remaining, McAlester leads 35-20 over Scotlandville.
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I have a feeling I'm not the only Oklahoma media member that didn't get any sleep.
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Hernando forever 🫡🫡
This is the crusty, musty, and slightly balding stuffed raccoon that greets our guests at the front license desk in Oklahoma City. We call him Hernando:
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“I’ll say it all night long. How long are you going to fight for the brother next to you when it hurts?—
@ErikMccarty13
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Him.
ERIK MCCARTY PICK SIX! What a snag and run! PAT is good, and McAlester leads 27-0 over East Central with 10:23 to go in the half.
#okpreps
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INSTANT. CLASSIC.
McAlester 34 Del City 33
FINAL OT
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"Are you with the newspaper?"
Yes, ma'am.
"Do you want to take a picture of our lizard?"
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The Choctaw Nation has released a statement regarding the death of Nex Benedict.
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“Possible drunk driver in the parking lot of a church. Hitting curbs.”
“She’s just practicing driving. She got permission from the church.”
#McAlesterScanner
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Just did a quick drive through the three stores in McAlester that would sell an at home COVID test.
There is only one left and it costs $124 at Walgreens.
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“This is our game. This is our time. If we show up I promise you we’ll walk out of here with a win.” —
@ErikMccarty13
before the Coweta game.
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Father Bryan Brooks from Broken Arrow is here with his groups as part of the Catholic Church's opposition to the death penalty.
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It is with a heavy heart that I report the loss of the McAlester News-Capital's Managing Editor James Beaty.
The Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame journalist and Hartshorne native died unexpectedly Sunday. He was 72.
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Held my own to get the shot for this one.
CHAZ BRADLEY 98-YARD PICK SIX!! PAT is good, and Buffs lead 27-14 with :15 left. Buffs slam the door!
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"You're the best team in 5A, but you're going to have to prove it one more time." — Forrest Mazey
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Lesnau to McCarty and HE GONE! 80-yards! PAT is good, and with 1:34 remaining, Del City now leads 23-20 over McAlester. Hold on to your seats, folks.
#okpreps
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ERIK. MCCARTY. He spins in and out of any would-be tackles as he rumbles 51 yards for the touchdown! PAT is good, and with 4:18 left in the half, McAlester leads 34-7 over East Central.
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I'm too hyped to keep this until tomorrow.
So here is the unofficial
@BigMacFtbl
semifinals hype video.
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"Just understand if you're playing on Thanksgiving you're playing for a chance for a state championship." —
@fmazey
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Miami crepuscular sunset.
@reedtimmerTVN
@Ginger_Zee
@WeatherNation
@JimCantore
http://t.co/KinaAqZLNW
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ERIK. DANG. MCCARTY! A great opening by the offensive line, and he takes it to the house! PAT is good, and with 6:21 remaining, McAlester and Sapulpa are tied 21-21.
#okpreps
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It was a beautiful evening for some baseball in McAlester.
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16-year-old Bryce Miller walks out of the Pittsburg County Courthouse after he was charged as an adult with murder in the first-degree – deliberate intent, in the shooting death of 16-year-old Jaylen Nelson.
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And there I am who just rolled out of the house in just shorts and flops.
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"Let's finish. I want to win the second half and pitch a shutout." — McAlester Head Coach Forrest Mazey.
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UPS Teamsters held strike practice outside the McAlester hub Friday ahead of a potential nationwide strike.
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I'm currently outside the walls of Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester for a vigil and prayer service for Julis Jones organized by supporters and family of Jones.
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@Myrsss97
@NOAA_HurrHunter
Kermit and Miss Piggy are the nicknames of the two P-3 NOAA planes.
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Sleet quickly beginning to accumulate in McAlester.
Starting to get hard to get going from a stop.
#okwx
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All in a 32-day span and within, at most, a two hour drive from home.
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The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma brought in two water bufflaoes to McAlester for area residents without drinking water Saturday.
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@NWStulsa
@jamesaydelott
@StephenNehrenz
Highway 270 in Pittsburg County near Indian Nation Turnpike.
http://t.co/WqwavjW0Rw
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"Because of your failure to work together for all Oklahomans, I must move forward in a way that
exercises and strengthens the Choctaw Nation’s sovereignty and our federally protected rights." - Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton in a letter to Gov. Stitt.
Gov. Stitt has decided not to renew the Choctaw Nation’s hunting and fishing compact for 2022. The Choctaw Nation is exercising its sovereignty so that it does not affect your ability to hunt and fish within our boundaries. For more information, visit .
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The Welcome to McAlester sign that greets visitors from the east on U.S. 270 did not survive last night's severe storm.
#okwx
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Death penalty abolitionists have gathered outside the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester ahead of the scheduled 10 a.m. execution of James Coddington.
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"You belong and you're gonna show you belong." — McAlester Head Coach
@fmazey
to his players at the half.
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“He had a pistol. But then he stripped down to nothing and they don’t know where the pistol went.”
#McAlesterScanner
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“Call Braum’s and see if they want to ban this man for his quote unquote magic tricks.”
#McAlesterScanner
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McCarty is off to the races, 36 yards for the score! PAT is good, and with 10:06 left in 3Q, McAlester leads 42-0 over Memorial.
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“People shooting guns in the air and the bullets are ricocheting off their house.”
#McAlesterScanner
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Daine Powell began his Trek for Troops at 2 a.m. this morning in Quinton and will not stop until he reaches his goal of 40 miles.
Powell does this every year in memory of a friend that was killed in Afghanistan.
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BOUNCE PASS!! Lesnau bounce to McCarty, who slings it to Bradley who takes it 52 yards to the house!! Conversion is good, and with 11:43 left in 1Q, McAlester leads 8-0 over Tulsa Memorial.
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McCarty with the direct snap, and he just waltzes 11-yards untouched into the endzone! PAT is good, and McAlester leads 7-0 over Piedmont with 10:36 left in 1Q.
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Handoff to McCarty, and he’s in for the 25-yard score! PAT is good, and with 6:45 left in 1Q, McAlester leads 7-0 over Durant.
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Lesnau find McCarty, and he’s wiiiiiiiide open for the 30-yard score! 2-pt conversion is just short, and Del City has a 14-13 lead over McAlester with 11:04 left in the half.
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“The only thing that matters is the last team in December.” — Forest Mazey
Video ends with some team No Hands.
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Video of
@ReedTimmerAccu
going in for a close range intercept of a tornado north of Wapunucka, OK.
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A parade was held in front of the home of Robert Smith, who retired from Jones Academy after 57 years.
Jokes Academy is a Native American boarding school located in Hartshorne operated by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
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Something, something football is a little more than a month from now.
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No matter what I cook, the smoked cream cheese gets all the attention.
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