While the McAlester Public Library remodels, changes will be expected. The library will continue to serve the public and here ...

McAlester Library has been part of the Southeastern Oklahoma Library System since the late 1960s. On May 9, 1970, the library opened at 401 N. Second St. where it has remained for more than 50 years.

Oklahoma has executed death row inmate Kevin Underwood for the murder of his 10-year-old neighbor Jamie Rose Bolin in 2006.