logo
Login Subscribe
Google Play App Store
  • News
    • Obituaries
    • Lifestyle
    • Opinions
  • Sports
  • E-edition
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
    • Advertisers
    • Form Submission
    • About Us
    • News
      • Obituaries
      • Lifestyle
      • Opinions
    • Sports
    • E-edition
    • Calendar
    • Archives
    • Contact
      • Contact Us
      • Advertisers
      • Form Submission
      • About Us
Latest News
Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
A: Main, news
Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 2, 2025
A 57-year-old Eufaula woman was killed by lightning during a routine stroll through a cemetery Friday evening. Joy Ann Rogers was walking through Greenwood cemetery shortly before 7 p.m. when a thunde...
A: Main, news
Native American Arts & Crafts show Saturday
July 2, 2025
Eufaula Indian Community will host an Arts and Crafts show and sale Saturday, July 5 at the IEC Center, 800 Birkes Road, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to this event, a chair volleyball tournament...
Olivia Shackelford honored with 2025 Youth Prevention Award
news
Olivia Shackelford honored with 2025 Youth Prevention Award
July 2, 2025
On June 5, local student Olivia Shackelford of Eufaula was recognized as the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Youth Prevention Award in Oklahoma City at the Heartland Conference. This past week Olivi...
Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
news
Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
By LENORE BECHTEL 
July 2, 2025
Her casket rested below center stage at the Checotah Performing Arts Center, open for friends, fans, and family to view her precious body before her life’s celebration began. No one lingered long. Tha...
Eufaula Memorial Library
A: Main, news
Eufaula Memorial Library
July 2, 2025
A llama and a youngster got acquainted at a petting zoo at the Eufaula Memorial Library Wednesday, June 25. Dozens of kids and adults enjoyed the llama, goats, donkey and other animals, provided by Mary Sue’s Petting Zoo
Read More
A: Main, news
Eufaula hosting July 4 Celebration
July 2, 2025
Mayor James Hickman and the City of Eufaula are honored to invite residents and visitors to the annual Fourth of July Fireworks Celebration on Friday, July 4. The fireworks will begin shortly after su...
A legacy lives on
A: Main, news
A legacy lives on
By LaDonna Rhodes Staff Writer 
July 2, 2025
Selby Minner’s Celebration of Life on Saturday at the Checotah Performing Arts Center was a beautiful 3-hour-long tribute to an amazing soul who loved the blues and more importantly, loved people. As ...
ePaper
google_play
app_store
News
Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
A: Main, news
Lightning strike kills Eufaula woman in cemetery
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 2, 2025
A 57-year-old Eufaula woman was killed by lightning during a routine stroll through a cemetery Friday evening. Joy Ann Rogers was walking through Greenwood cemetery shortly before 7 p.m. when a thunde...
A: Main, news
Native American Arts & Crafts show Saturday
July 2, 2025
Eufaula Indian Community will host an Arts and Crafts show and sale Saturday, July 5 at the IEC Center, 800 Birkes Road, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. In addition to this event, a chair volleyball tournament...
Olivia Shackelford honored with 2025 Youth Prevention Award
news
Olivia Shackelford honored with 2025 Youth Prevention Award
July 2, 2025
On June 5, local student Olivia Shackelford of Eufaula was recognized as the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Youth Prevention Award in Oklahoma City at the Heartland Conference. This past week Olivi...
Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
news
Family, friends and fans bid farewell to Blues legend
By LENORE BECHTEL 
July 2, 2025
Her casket rested below center stage at the Checotah Performing Arts Center, open for friends, fans, and family to view her precious body before her life’s celebration began. No one lingered long. Tha...
Treasurer honored at retirement party
news
Treasurer honored at retirement party
By JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR 
July 2, 2025
Retiring McIntosh County Treasurer Betty Whisenhunt received high praise from the Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd at Whisenhunt’s retirement party Friday. “She could give courses acros...
news
Eastern announces spring 2025 honor rolls
July 2, 2025
WILBURTON – Eastern Oklahoma State College has announced honor rolls for the spring 2025 semester. There were 132 students named to the President’s Honor Roll, which requires a 4.0 grade point average...
Sports
Single-Game football tickets on sale for six 2025 OU Home games
B:, sports
Single-Game football tickets on sale for six 2025 OU Home games
July 2, 2025
NORMAN – A limited number of single-game tickets for six of Oklahoma’s 2025 home football games are on sale now through the OU Athletics Ticket Office. Tickets for the Sept. 6 Michigan contest are onl...
Dez Bryant added to College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
B:, sports
Dez Bryant added to College Football Hall of Fame Ballot
July 2, 2025
Former Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant has been added to the ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced. B...
Vype Magazine in Eufaula photo shoot of Top 100 High School Athletes
B:, sports
Vype Magazine in Eufaula photo shoot of Top 100 High School Athletes
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
July 2, 2025
Bill Huddleston of Vype Magazine was in Eufaula at Sam Wampler’s Freedom Ford on Tuesday for a photo shoot for the magazine. Eufaula football players Peter Lee and Luke Hodgins represented the Eufaula...
McAllister and Ford close out High School fishing career with grit at Grand Lake
B:, sports
McAllister and Ford close out High School fishing career with grit at Grand Lake
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
July 2, 2025
Eufaula’s Connor McAllister and Ayden Ford wrapped up their high school fishing careers with heart and hustle at the Student Angler Federation event on Grand Lake— just before they take their talents ...
Checotah’s Drew Dan to be featured in 2025 Gridiron Guide
B:, sports
Checotah’s Drew Dan to be featured in 2025 Gridiron Guide
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
July 2, 2025
Former Checotah Wildcats football standout and now assistant coach Drew Dan will be featured in the 2025 Gridiron Guide. Dan had an exceptional football career at Checotah before receiving a scholarsh...
Pam Jackson was a Eufaula original
sports
Pam Jackson was a Eufaula original
June 25, 2025
On June 21, the Eufaula community celebrated the life of Pam Jackson (58) who passed away after a long battle with an illness. Jackson was a beloved mother, sister, grandmother and friend. Jackson was...
Lifestyle
Arts 2025 lights up young minds and hearts
lifestyle
Arts 2025 lights up young minds and hearts
July 2, 2025
The Eufaula Summer Arts program wrapped up in a burst of creativity and celebration on June 12 with a dynamic student performance and art show at the Eufaula Elementary gym. Over two transformative we...
The Wild Rose Winery, 207
lifestyle
The Wild Rose Winery, 207
June 25, 2025
The Wild Rose Winery, 207 ½ N. Main St., is more than just a destination – it’s a celebration of faith, friendship and flavor. Stop and smell the rose’. Psalm 104:15. Hours: Thursday, 2 p.m. to 8 p.m....
lifestyle
God’s delays are not necessarily denials!
May 14, 2025
God’s delays are not His denials. Even when you’re hurting, God is still working. He’s still working in this world right now through Jesus for our salvation, and He offers eternal hope to you today. T...
Problem-solving agency will be Friends’ speaker’s topic
lifestyle
Problem-solving agency will be Friends’ speaker’s topic
May 14, 2025
Oklahoma Home and Community Education, Inc. identifies issues facing local communities and searches for information to help solve their problems. Michelle Marston, OHCE educator, will explain the step...
lifestyle
Can one person really make a difference?
May 14, 2025
Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” So, when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and h...
LECC men sing a Mother’s Day surprise.
lifestyle
LECC men sing a Mother’s Day surprise.
May 14, 2025
LECC men sing a Mother’s Day surprise. Most had never sung on stage before, but inexperience didn’t keep them from booming out their baritone, tenor, and bass voices in the Lake Eufaula Christian Chur...
United for Oklahoma
ePaper
google_play
app_store
Editor Picks
Another busy week in the district
commentary
Another busy week in the district
By REP. TIM TURNER 
July 2, 2025
I started last Saturday June 21, bright and early at Stigler Reunion Days. I kicked things off at the Haskell County GOP Tent, answering questions and catching up with friends and supporters. Then I h...
Killing them with kindness
commentary
Killing them with kindness
July 2, 2025
What a month it’s been for me personally and in our close-knit communities. Trying to cope with the loss of loved ones has been extremely difficult and downright demanding. Yet having to come to terms...
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ overhauled in Senate, would cause even more government borrowing
commentary
‘Big Beautiful Bill’ overhauled in Senate, would cause even more government borrowing
By JOE DORMAN OICA CEO 
July 2, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Over the past month, I have highlighted portions of the federal “Big Beautiful Bill” as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Currently, the bill is under consideration by the U...
Hays Supports MOHA Executive Order
commentary
Hays Supports MOHA Executive Order
July 2, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Neil Hays, R-Muskogee, today expressed strong support for Gov. Kevin Stitt’s new “Make Oklahoma Healthy Again” (MOHA) executive order, which targets artificial food additives and ...
commentary
Are you living your life with seasoning and light?
July 2, 2025
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us what His people are— not what they should try to be. “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It ...
Facebook

THE EUFAULA INDIAN JOURNAL
100 N. 2nd Street
Eufaula, OK 74432

(918) 689-2191

This site complies with ADA requirements

© 2023 THE EUFAULA INDIAN JOURNAL

  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility Policy