A number of years ago our city held meetings to educate our citizens about the various forms of government available to cities throughout Oklahoma. Many citizens were unaware there was an alternative ...

I would like to thank everyone who supported the Living Nativity this December. More than 40 volunteers from the Eufaula First United Methodist Church and community participated in the 2020 Living Nat...

So just who is John the Baptist, or, more accurately in John’s Gospel, John the Witness? That is the million dollar question as religious authorities question him at the Jordan River. John is adamant:...

There comes a time for every president when they must face the inevitable reality that they are out of a job. What do most of these men do with this realization that campaigning is over? They pardon w...

Every American should want transparent elections, every legal vote counted, and election laws enforced. That’s what President Trump is fighting for and I fully support him. President Trump is well wit...

When I sing the song We Three Kings of Orient Are, I always love the chorus line “O Star of wonder, star of night, star with royal beauty bright, westward leading, still proceeding, guide us to thy pe...

Domestic abuse doesn’t take the holiday off—abuse may increase for some victims or decrease for others. The phases in the cycle of abuse (from explosion to making-up honeymoon, to tension building, to...

This year has been a doozy to say the least. However, during these tumultuous times of political drama, uncertain futures and an ongoing pandemic, maybe it is best that we really try to remember what ...

Oklahoma made national news recently as state Department of Health gave schools an option to “in school quarantine” (ISQ) students that are “potentially exposed” to COVID-19; at least one school distr...

I was very glad about the Nativity Scene the Methodist Church is displaying. The focus over all today at Christmas seems to be about getting and giving gifts and not about Christ’s birth, which is the...

For months, Speaker Pelosi and her party have talked about delivering results for the American people. That’s what they have done: all talk, no action. In September, Speaker Pelosi said the House of R...

On December 3, 1775 - LT John Paul Jones raises the Grand Union flag on Alfred. First American flag raised over American naval vessel. 1800 - US state electors met and cast their ballots for the presi...

Honey Springs Battlefield will host a virtual presentation, “Choctaw and Chickasaw Involvement in the Civil War and the Battle of Honey Springs,” on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 1 p.m. Speaker Kenny Sivard wi...

Going to bed on election night it looked as if President Trump might win the election. But as the mail-in votes started being counted the next day, Trump’s lead slipped away in many important swing st...

Remember the comic strip, “Calvin and Hobbes”? Calvin was a smart-alecky little kid with a brilliant imagination and way too much energy who drove his parents nuts; Hobbes was his stuffed tiger who wa...

Life is full of storms that we must weather every day. However, how we choose to steward our own storms makes all the difference in the world. From the day we are born the storms of life begin to rage...

143 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 3, 1877 Picnic filled with good cheer Rev. J.M. Perryman, with the teachers and pupils of Muskoke Institute, enjoyed a May Day picnic at Bald Mountain on Tuesday. The forty...

Oklahoma made national news last week as state Department of Health gave schools an option to “in school quarantine” (ISQ) students that are “potentially exposed” to COVID-19; at least one school dist...

Thanksgiving has a long history in the United States, but throughout the years the meaning of the day has remained the same: a day to give thanks for all the blessings in our lives. In the fall of 162...

Thank You I would like to thank the Indian Journal and everyone who helped me celebrate my milestone of 100 years. I only wish we could have visited and had a little hug. I did enjoy seeing and speaki...