Several McAlester News-Capital staffers received recognition among the state s best media professionals at the Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists awards banquet.
By Adrian O Hanlon III Editor Apr 9, 2021 1 of 11
Workers blasting embedded glass and trash, and vacuuming the remaining debris is a major milestone for some involved with the improvements at McAlester s Michael J. Hunter Memorial Park.
After several efforts to improve the historic park in recent years, City of McAlester Public Information Officer Stephanie Giacomo said she was happy to see the hydroexcavation crews addressing a decades-old issue of broken glass in the park. I was so excited I could cry, Giacomo said.
The 7.6-acre park at Fourteenth Street and Chickasaw Avenue near the former LâOuverture High School is named after Michael J. Hunter â who was born Nov. 2, 1946 and became the first McAlester native to die in the Vietnam War.