A driver and her canine companion are lucky to still be alive after crashing through a guardrail and almost ending up in Lake Eufaula over the weekend. On Saturday, Feb. 1, the F.A.I.C. Fire Departmen...

Wanted: a few good men and women. Age: 18-44 or so. Willing: to work long hours for little or no pay. Routinely: put your life on the line. If you have what it takes and can last 10 years before retir...

Arnold Willard Carey Jr., 27, has been bound over for a preliminary hearing on several charges related to a seconddegree rape allegation. On Jan. 22, Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges set the p...

For the Feb. 11 Special Election of the City of Eufaula, early voting will be held on Thursday, February 6 and Friday, Feb. 7 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the County Election Board office. There is no ear...

Mama Tig’s Pizza in Eufaula has been voted Best Pizza in the State by readers of Oklahoma Living, a publication of the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC). OAEC has widespread readers...

District 3 County Commissioner Bobby Ziegler shared a message sent to him by Chad Macy, a representative of the TransAlta Canadian River Project. The corporation withdrew from the project more than a ...

Emma Lee Ellison, 24, of Checotah, has been ordered to undergo a mental examination and then to appear in court at 9 a.m., Feb. 18 for a competency hearing. Special District Judge Brian McLaughlin ord...

The Eagle Bluff home of Jamie Knight was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. Knight was not home at the time of the blaze. Eufaula Fire Chief Chad French said the call came in at 3:28 p.m. Eufaula fir...

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. birthday celebration breakfast at the Mt. Olive Star Baptist Church was held inside while the outside temperature was barely out of the teens. But the celebration war...

WASHINGTON – Oklahoma’s Republican delegation gathered Monday in the Nation’s Capitol to celebrate the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. Trump, who won Oklahoma ...

Tecumseh Police Officer Justin Terney, 22, a graduate of Canadian High School, was gunned down following a traffic stop in Pott awat om i e County on March 26, 2017. Byron James Shepard, 43, the man c...

DAVID BRYNING POLICE CHIEF As the Chief of Police for the City of Eufaula, I could not be more proud of our Officers, as they continue to play an intricate role in safeguarding our community, ensuring...

Between them, two young burglary suspects face almost 30 felony and misdemeanor counts after being caught on video breaking into cars at a residence in a rural area near Eufaula. Upon further investig...

The high temperature on Monday afternoon was 29 degrees. The morning was 17 degrees – with a windchill of near zero, according to the National Weather Service. The remainder of the week is expected to...

The Eufaula man who died in a weather-related traffic accident last week has been identified as 94-year-old James Ward. Eufaula Police Chief David Bryning said Ward was driving a 2008, dark-colored Ni...

Fire destroyed the Escalated Greens warehouse and offices at 1200 Birkes Road Thursday, Jan. 9, a plant where medical marijuana is produced and processed. The spectacular blaze and resulting smoke plu...

News that TransAlta had stopped plans to build a wind turbine farm in McIntosh County spread like the wind last week. “They called me Thursday and told me they pulled up stakes,” District 1 County Com...

A traffic fatality has been attributed to the icy roads that covered the county much of the weekend, beginning Thursday and creating hazardous conditions through Saturday. The single vehicle accident ...

Thursday night – low of 41 Friday – high near 59, low 35 Saturday – high near 41, low 22

A whopping eight candidates have filed for the vacant Senate District 8 seat representing Okmulgee, Okfuskee and McIntosh counties in eastern Oklahoma. The special primary election for SD 8 has been s...