The most disastrous event to ever strike Nichols Market during its more than 50year history in Eufaula struck Tuesday evening, according to owner Jeremy Nichols. “We suffered a severe power loss which...

What’s billed as the “world’s largest backyard party” will happen this coming weekend as blues lovers far and wide flock to the Down Home Blues Club and the Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame. Starting at 5 ...

Some amazing semis will be at the annual Lakeside Large Cars truck show Friday and Saturday, Aug. 29-30 at the Xtreme parking area. Friday there is a meet and greet convoy in preparation for the big, ...

The Bridges family has a long and distinguished history in Eufaula. Brendon Bridges is a Mc-Intosh County District Judge who has spent a lifetime of community service. His grandmother, the late Margue...

Artist and former Indian Journal news editor Jack Fowler will be doing a mural during the fourth annual Vision Eufaula Wine & Art Festival, set for Saturday, Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 150 N. F...

Glen Edward Calvin, 54, of Wilburton, has been bound over for trial for the Dec. 18, 2024, shooting death of Brenda Wilson, 63, at a residence they shared in the remote Paradise Hill area north of Eag...

City Manager Jacob Foos described the City Council retreat held Friday, Aug. 22, at the Legacy in Eufaula as a success. “It was a productive meeting to discuss the Council’s vision for Eufaula, along ...

The McIntosh County Sheriff ’s Office and the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation are investigating an officer-involved shooting Sunday afternoon in Eufaula. According to the OSBI, deputies respond...

A 74-year-old Ninnekah man was killed in an odd traffic accident that took place on Monday, Aug. 25 in Grady County on U.S. 81 south of county road 1440. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, a ve...

Artists and vendors are gearing up for the fourth annual Vision Eufaula Wine & Art Festival, set for Saturday, Sept. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 150 N. Front Street. If you have a food truck, winery o...

In the small farming community of Sterling, a singlestreet town of 730 people, Police Chief Brad Alexander entered into a contract with ICE and deputized all seven of his full-time and reserve officer...

Joseph Long, 34, died when the car he was driving crashed head-on into a parked semi-truck and trailer, according to Police Chief David Bryning. The accident

After less than a month on the job, Eufaula’s first fulltime fire chief has resigned. Greg Carmack was volunteer fire chief in Checotah when Eufaula hired him to become the city’s first full time fire...

The 2025 Lake Eufaula Association Golf Tournament will be held Friday Sept. 26 at Arrowhead Golf Course, 3657 Main Park Rd. , Canadian. Registration is at 8 a.m., shotgun start is at 9 a.m. and lunch ...

Former Indian Journal employee Dawnyal K. Hill, 52, died in a single-vehicle accident in Okfuskee County on Sunday, August 17. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol provided very few details about the event, ot...

This past Friday afternoon, the Follansbee Room of the Eufaula Memorial Library filled not just with guests and folding chairs—but with memory, reverence, and the soul of the blues. What was originall...

The first day of school was Thursday, Aug.14 with the usual chaos and traffic jams, though not as bad as in the past before the district installed a drop-off point inside the campus at the elementary ...

Building on years of steady progress and investment, the Eufaula City Council will hold its first strategic visioning retreat since 2019 on Friday, Aug. 22, starting at 10 a.m. This all-day public mee...

The public met first responders at the annual National Night Out event, held Tuesday, Aug. 5 in downtown Eufaula. There were police, firefighters, sheriff ’s deputies, department of wildlife officers;...

If today’s paper looks a little backward, that’s the point. We’re flipping things around in honor of International Left-Handers Day, a compare survival skills, and maybe even find a pair of left-hande...