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By James Beaty Managing Editor Jul 21, 2021 4 hrs ago Race are pending for the McAlester Ward 4 City Council seat and the Ward 2 post in Hartshorne as the three-day filing period ended. Two candidates filed Monday for the vacant Ward 4 seat on the McAlester City Council, with no additional candidates filing for the office prior to the 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline. Randy Roden, 507 W. Stonewall Ave., and Lance Yeley, 218 W. Jackson Ave., both filed as candidates for an unexpired term in the Ward 4 council seat. It became vacant following the death of then-McAlester Vice Mayor/Ward 4 City Councilor James Brown, who died in February 2021 following complications from COVID-19. ....
By James Beaty Managing Editor Jul 19, 2021 5 hrs ago A race is shaping up for the vacant Ward 4 seat on the McAlester City Council during the first day of a candidate filing period for vacant city council posts in McAlester and Hartshorne. Two candidates filed Monday for the vacant Ward 4 seat on the McAlester City Council. Randy Roden, 507 W. Stonewall Ave., and Lance Yeley, 218 W. Jackson Ave., are candidates for an unexpired term in the Ward 4 seat. The seat became vacant following the death of then-Ward 4 city councilor and McAlester vice mayor James Brown in February 2021. Two candidates have also filed for vacant city council seats in Hartshorne, but in different wards. ....