commentary
June 18, 2025
One thing for certain God does not love us because of our goodness or because we are worthy of it. The prophet Jeremiah accurately described us in Jeremiah 17:9,”The heart is deceitful and desperately...
news
June 18, 2025
Rain or shine—nothing could stop the 2025 Golden Eagle Poker Run from being one of the most exciting and memorable events on Lake Eufaula! Despite a surprise storm that soaked participants and volunte...
commentary
June 18, 2025
To better understand economic thought, I decided to tackle Mark Skousen’s 2007 book “The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes.” Not written as an economics textbook bu...
news
June 18, 2025
The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from April business. The monies they reported this period represent sales f...
news
June 18, 2025
Vacation Bible School at Lake Eufaula Christian Church concluded with many rip-roaring “Yee-Haws” as children demonstrated how they felt after two days of learning about God’s greatest gift. When Associate Minister Bo Banfield asked who had helped with VBC, at least one-fourth of the pew-filled congregation stood up—most wearing the cowboy hats that marked them as helpers. One 13-year-old helper, ...
news
June 18, 2025
Rain or shine—nothing could stop the 2025 Golden Eagle Poker Run from being one of the most exciting and memorable events on Lake Eufaula! Despite a surprise storm that soaked participants and volunte...
news
June 18, 2025
The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from April business. The monies they reported this period represent sales f...
news
June 18, 2025
Muskogee - Every child in foster care deserves someone in their corner. This summer, you can be that someone. CASA for Children is offering a new volunteer training class beginning this July. The trai...
news
June 18, 2025
If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Calendar, please email all the information to jerry@cookson.news, call the Indian Journal at 918-689-2191 or drop the information off a...
news
June 18, 2025
WASHINGTON— Kalyn Free — a Native American attorney and longtime Oklahoma Democrat — is running again for DNC vice chair, hoping to reshape the party’s focus on rural and Indigenous communities follow...
news
June 18, 2025
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R, Moore), an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation, has spent 22 years in Congress fighting to protect tribal funding and says he won’t allow cuts to the Indian Hea...
sports
June 18, 2025
The Eufaula Lady Ironheads are quickly building on the success of last season. Eufaula participated in the Porum Team Camp on June 6. The Lady Ironheads competed against Panama, McCurtain and Porum.
sports
June 18, 2025
Allyssa Parker, a dominant two-sport star and OU softball signee, has been named the 2024-25 Gatorade Oklahoma Softball Player of the Year, for the second year in a row. The 5-foot-11 senior right-han...
sports
June 18, 2025
I am a huge supporter of high school student-athletes choosing to transfer for education or in an effort to put them in a better position to be successful. I firmly believe that the new transfer rule ...
sports
June 18, 2025
Hundreds of rodeo fans invaded the Checotah Round-Up Club Rodeo arena on Saturday for a full night of rodeo action.
sports
June 18, 2025
June 28 at the Muskogee Teen Center for grades 5-9. Girls session will be from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and boys from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. Beasley was a standout on the 2014 state tournament team who ...
sports
June 18, 2025
The hard work of the fishing team of Connor McAllister and Ayden Ford has paid off. Both received a scholarship to compete for Murray State’s fishing program. Connor McAllister and Ayden Ford placed i...
lifestyle
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...
lifestyle
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
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...
lifestyle
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...
lifestyle
May 7, 2025
Jeannie Russell and Sondra Coughlin Eufaula celebrated their April birthdays recently during the Senior Lunch program at the community center.
lifestyle
April 2, 2025
Pies and politicians on display at fundraiser
commentary
June 18, 2025
One thing for certain God does not love us because of our goodness or because we are worthy of it. The prophet Jeremiah accurately described us in Jeremiah 17:9,”The heart is deceitful and desperately...
commentary
June 18, 2025
To better understand economic thought, I decided to tackle Mark Skousen’s 2007 book “The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx and John Maynard Keynes.” Not written as an economics textbook bu...
news
June 18, 2025
We have another exciting week of fun Summer Reading Programs planned! Join us at the library! We have Summer Reading calendars available at the circulation desk. Come by and pick one up today! You can...
news
June 18, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY — County officials across Oklahoma are celebrating a major legislative win as House Bill 2758, which allocates up to $75 million for county roads and bridges, has officially been signed ...
news
June 18, 2025
All-American is back and better than ever! Show your patriotic spirit by giving blood at one of Our Blood Institute’s All-American Blood Drives happening across the state June 13 through July 21. Whet...
