The Legislature has wrapped up our first month of session, and the House ended this busy week with a deadline to have all bills out of committee. A bill must pass a House committee before it can be he...

It’s been a full year since the world experienced such a game changer in their everyday lives - a COVID-19 pandemic that would shake us to our very core. COVID would redefine the way we worked, we pla...

Dear Editor, The family of Raymond Lee Ray Stone would like to thank our church family, relatives, friends and marines for his beautiful service. Also, thanks to everyone for the flowers, cards, praye...

“Numb.” That was the one-word answer I submitted to a group call on an online meeting platform last week. The question, “How are each of you feeling?” was likely asked in a kind gesture with the expec...

On June 23rd, 1972, President Nixon signed Title IX into law. This landmark legislation had one goal in mind: to protect women from sex discrimination in all federally funded school programs, includin...

Dear Editor, I’d like to take a moment to set the record straight regarding the “Good Ole Boy” system that continues to surface online. Yes, there is a growing group of citizens who oppose our newest ...

This cold snap is raising awareness of homelessness in Oklahoma - especially in northeast Oklahoma where a man froze to death overnight last week. Officials and volunteers have been working around the...

I truly believe it is the hard times that mold us and make us into who we are supposed to be and these hardships only make us stronger physically, emotionally and spiritually, but only if we let them....

Dear Editor: Change comes hard to a community when the roots run deep. For over 100 years the City of Eufaula was governed by a Council – Mayor form of government. Every four years there was an electi...

143 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 19, 1877 THE HOSTILE SIOUX Sitting Bull Interviewed by a Canadian Officer Washington, D.C., July 14 - The Indian Office has been informed that Major Walsh, of the Canada M...

Despite President Biden’s calls for unity, the radical Left are continuing their all-or-nothing crusade of wasteful government spending, blue state bailouts, and burdensome regulations that hinder our...

Oklahoma is battling frigid temperatures and icy conditions across the state, but lawmakers continued to meet at the Capitol to address the many concerns of our constituents. On Tuesday, I presented H...

I believe life is an uphill climb for most and many just don’t have enough to make ends meet. Not too many are born with a silver spoon in their mouths and my brothers and I were no exceptions to that...

Dear Editor: As a newer member of this community, I have watched growth happen and when other communities are suffering, and even prior to the year of the pandemic, Eufaula seemed almost collectively ...

A couple of years ago, after President Trump backed out of the Paris Climate Treaty and the Iran Nuclear Deal, I wrote a column for “Historically Speaking;’ justifying his actions because those deals ...

Dear Editor, The family of Linda Dover would like to thank each and everyone of you for the kindness shown during her illness. We appreciate the cards, flowers, food and messages at this difficult tim...

143 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 12, 1877 DEAD OR ALIVE Bill Posey was to be Taken Either way How an Outlaw Kept His Word and “Died Game” (From the Chicago Times) Eufaula, I.T. June 22 - “Killed while res...

With the work beginning at the State Capitol in the Oklahoma Legislature this past week, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) also has hit the ground running. OICA is tracking roughly 400 ...

Dear Editor, Following results of an election to a City Manager form of government, Eufaula hired Jacob Foos, a young professional, who from the beginning, delved into the many problems facing our com...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma Humanities (OH) has announced new grant funding is available for cultural programming. OH is accepting applications by March 1 from nonprofits wishing to apply for a Major Gra...