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Pictured from left are, Whistle-Stop Bistro owner and operators David Smith and Edward Gray as they present a check for more than $1,000 to Dr. Larry Lewis and his wife Denise Lewis on behalf of McAlester’s Mercy Clinic. The check is the culmination of a six-week Benefit Battle between the Whistle-Stop Bistro and Roseanna’s Italian Food in Krebs. Both Restaurants chose local charities to support and asked customers to donate what they could. The final tally had the Bistro just ahead of Roseanna’s. Mercy Clinic is a free, non-profit clinic that is open Wednesdays from 4 to 7 p.m.

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Hartshorne First Assembly of God ready to help Moore; accepting donations
Members of the Hartshorne First Assembly of God Church are collecting donations to help tornado victims in Moore.

May 23, 2013 1 Photo
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Canadian High School junior, Elisabeth Willis, left, served as a Senate page for Oklahoma State Sen. Larry Boggs (R- Red Oak) during the last week of the legislative session from May 20 - 24. Willis is the daughter of Canadian residents Gary and Rachel Willis.

May 23, 2013 1 Photo
Expected $12 million for McAlester streets, road fund takes a dive
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Two killers set for June executions forgo last meal requests
Two Oklahoma State Penitentiary death row inmates who are set to die by lethal injection in June have chosen to make no last meal requests.

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Execution date requested for killer whose crime went unsolved for 20 years
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt requested Monday that an execution date be set for a death row inmate whose crime went unsolved for two decades.

May 22, 2013 1 Photo
Holdenville man gets prison time for gun assault
A Holdenville man was recently sentenced to prison for breaking in another man’s home and assaulting him with a shotgun.

May 22, 2013 2 Photos
McAlester Salvation Army responds to needs after tornadoes strike
Counseling the first responders and feeding the hungry.
That’s what the McAlester Salvation Army has been doing since a monster tornado struck Moore, said Salvation Army Sergeant Rob Daniels of the Salvation Army.

May 22, 2013 1 Photo
Debbie Hopper's Yorkie wins pet contest
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May 22, 2013 1 Photo
Hartshorne First Assembly of God ready to help Moore; accepting donations
Members of the Hartshorne First Assembly of God Church are collecting donations to help tornado victims in Moore.

May 22, 2013 1 Photo
Expected $12 million for McAlester streets, road fund takes a dive
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