The ''McAlester News-Capital'' (formerly the ''News-Capital & Democrat'') is a

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published in

McAlester, Oklahoma McAlester is the county seat of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. The population was 18,363 at the time of the 2010 census, a 3.4 percent increase from 17,783 at the 2000 census,Shuller, Thurman"McAlester" profile ''Encyclop ...

, United States, covering

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. It is owned by

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. Journalists James Beaty, Kevin Harvison, MJ Brickey and Matt Goisman anchor the editorial staff. Its editor, Glenn Puit, has written five true crime novels. The paper is published Tuesday through Friday and on Sunday. It was founded by Lowell and Lucille Turner, who

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and edited it for many years. Their son, Fred Turner then published and edited.

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