McAlester News-Capital, McAlester, OK State news 2012-05-28T15:41:01-05:00 urn:uuid:d1f99ecd-00be-4ac3-a0e9-f0dd56df082b Oklahoma House narrowly passes annual budget bill By Sean Murphy urn:uuid:37695e88-507d-4d91-9b86-da46252a429f 2012-05-24T18:18:54-05:00 <p> The Oklahoma House on Thursday narrowly approved a $6.8 billion general appropriations bill to fund state government, just hours after the same bill failed, avoiding the need to return for a special session.</p> Holiday travel by Oklahomans expected to rise urn:uuid:591c3d4a-b860-43a6-8381-c3fa49028ae0 2012-05-16T13:38:06-05:00 <p> AAA Oklahoma says the number of Oklahomans expected to travel during the Memorial Day holiday weekend is up over last year &#8212; although they expect to travel shorter distances and fewer will be traveling by air.</p> Implanting nursing calves yields advantages By David Cantrell urn:uuid:03cbcdf5-08ed-459c-88b7-ec05dd4331a0 2012-05-16T00:16:29-05:00 <p> <br /> Many new technologies have been made available to the beef industry over the last 75 years. Few have the potential return on investments as do growth promoting implants for nursing calves.</p> Oklahoma airmen with ’America’s Wing’ to return home urn:uuid:a41bd74a-2f4f-4bbd-962d-a5e54c30206e 2012-05-15T15:51:22-05:00 <p> About 150 Oklahoma-based airmen are coming home.</p> Fallin signs bill for open carry of guns in Okla. urn:uuid:6aa98fc7-4126-4684-896a-8cde8cc43ad2 2012-05-15T15:48:58-05:00 <p> Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed a bill allowing residents with a permit to openly carry their firearms in most public places.</p> 4 killed, 1 injured in Kansas plane crash urn:uuid:da6b7293-b17b-4df2-a9d6-b2d89671d6ca 2012-05-12T13:35:31-05:00 <p> An Oklahoma newspaper is reporting three recent graduates of Oral Roberts University and a former business instructor were killed when a small airplane crashed in Kansas.</p> Fallin to join Romney for Okla. campaign event urn:uuid:1bf133b1-0358-4971-973b-9a77bf1b22ac 2012-05-09T01:43:45-05:00 <p> Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is heading to the Sooner State for an event with Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin.</p> Okla. carries out third execution this year By Rachel Petersen urn:uuid:51acc9a7-6a0a-4774-960d-1368ccf3f1d6 2012-05-01T19:40:42-05:00 <p> Oklahoma State Penitentiary death row inmate Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, was executed Tuesday evening in the prison&#8217;s death chamber.</p> Convicted killer is set to be executed tonight By Rachel Petersen urn:uuid:51cc014b-137b-41d7-a47f-6c68975e5adb 2012-05-01T07:14:00-05:00 <p> Oklahoma State Penitentiary death row inmate Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, is set to be executed today at 6 p.m. in the prison&#8217;s death chamber.</p> Okla. death row inmate set for Tuesday execution By Rachel Petersen urn:uuid:82865146-6df9-4e74-b7b1-624356e86b6e 2012-04-27T23:09:34-05:00 <p> Oklahoma State Penitentiary death row inmate Michael Bascum Selsor, 57, is set to be executed Tuesday at 6 p.m. in the prison&#8217;s death chamber.</p>