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    • Fifty years ago: Local men held hostage during OSP prison riot

      McAlester News-Capital, Okla. via Yahoo News· 10 months ago

      Jul. 27—Fifty years ago today, Oklahoma State Penitentiary employees Darryl Rhoads and E.L. Coplen had no way of knowing if they would ever see another sunrise. They were among the 22 hostages ...

    • Fifty years ago: 1973 riot erupts at Oklahoma State Penitentiary

      McAlester News-Capital, Okla. via Yahoo News· 10 months ago

      Jul. 25—Fifty years ago on Thursday, what some consider the most destructive riot in U.S. history, erupted at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. July 27, 1973, started as a regular day ...