The last prison rodeo was in 2009. State budget cuts, low attendance and crumbling facilities contributed to the rodeo ...

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

More: Could the McAlester state prison rodeo be returning? See inside a new effort to revive it It seems that a lot of people have forgotten why the state prison rodeo no longer exists.

Justin Few, McAlester's new mayor, plans to focus on infrastructure, business growth, and supporting the local Army ammunition plant's stability.

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 ...