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Hartshorne Mayor Ashley Faulkner won reelection to another four years in office, with voters in the city also electing three city councilors.

Polling places are set to open Tuesday, April 4, for municipal and school elections in Pittsburg County.

Mayoral elections are shaping up in Hartshorne and Krebs along with elections for several other races as a candidate filing period wrapped up in seven municipalities around Pittsburg County.

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 C...

Voters elected Rachel Gronwald to another term on the McAlester Public Schools Board of Education. The McAlester small business owner received 227 votes to 123 votes for challenger Sophia Collins-West as MPS voters picked Gronwald to remain in the school board No. 1 office during the April 6 elections. After the unofficial votes were announced Tuesday night, Gronwald thanked voters and shared her hope to move forward. “I’m super grateful for the time that I’ve been able to serve on the school board and I’m really excited to continue to move forward past the pandemic era,â...