McAlester News Capital and Democrat

The McAlester News-Capital (formerly the News-Capital & Democrat) is a daily newspaper published in McAlester, Oklahoma, United States, covering Southeastern Oklahoma. It is owned by CNHI.

Journalists James Beaty, Kevin Harvison, MJ Brickey, and Matt Grossman anchor the editorial staff. Its editor, Glenn Puit, has written five true crime novels.[citation needed] The paper is published Tuesday through Friday and on Sunday. It was founded by Lowell and Lucille Turner, who published and edited it for many years. Their son, Fred Turner then published and edited.