Efforts to bring back the prison rodeo to the State Penitentiary will continue during the Legislature’s upcoming session.

Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, was an author of the bill last session and said he plans to file again this upcoming session to obtain funding to restart the prison rodeo in McAlester.

McAlester has a new mayor for the first time ... Few supports the potential return of the prison rodeo at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and hopes any upgrades will bring new faces to town ...

Sen. Warren Hamilton, R-McCurtain, was an author of the bill last session and said he plans to file again this upcoming session to obtain funding to restart the prison rodeo in McAlester.

This Sept. 20, 1941, photo had the caption: "The broncs were at their bucking best for the state penitentiary rodeo at McAlester Saturday, but some of the prison's convict cowboys, like this one ...