Long before Route 66, there was the Jefferson Highway. Route 66 was a federally funded, 2,448-mile highway that crossed the country going east and west from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, Californ...

It was a surprise hire, but not a total surprise as former Eufaula City Manager Jacob Foos was rehired as Eufaula’s city manager. The hiring took place following an executive session at a special meet...

Jeb Jones resigned as city manager in April. He was hired in 2022 to replace Jacob Foos, who had resigned months earlier and became assistant city manager in the City of Shawnee. Andrea Weckmuel-ler B...

The Golden Eagle Poker Run, one of the most popular events on Lake Eufaula, is Saturday, June 14. This year’s theme is Pirates & Parrots, so get your crew and costumes ready for a day of high seas adv...

The Oklahoma Press Association presented its Better Newspaper Contest Awards during the OPA Annual convention June 6-7, at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee. The top award a newspaper can r...

Rep. Tim Turner, R-Kinta, announced some good news and some bad news at the Monday morning Monthly County Commissioner meeting. First, the bad news, at least for those who oppose wind turbines in the ...

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation recently honored the late veteran William “Bill” Antrum Fox Jr. by naming a bridge after him. The William A. Fox Jr. Memorial Bridge is on SH 9 East at Nine M...

Bring an umbrella Bargain hunters set your alarms. The annual 10-milelong yard sale begins at 7 a.m. Sunday, stretching from the east end of Eufaula, down SH 9 east through Longtown and past Enterpris...

Two Muskogee men charged with killing a Eufaula resident were ordered to appear at a preliminary hearing in district court at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 3. Suspects Kyren Omari Boulware, 19, and Michael ...

Two people from Marshall, Texas were killed, and four others were injured in a harrowing four-vehicle pileup on U.S. 69 half a mile south of the Muskogee City Limits at about 2:20 p.m. on Monday, June...

Managing Editor Jerry Fink of The Eufaula Indian Journal and the McIntosh County Democrat was inducted into the Oklahoma Press Association Half Century Club on Saturday, June 7 at the Grand in Shawnee...

Bring us your tattered and weathered flag. Observe as our local Boys Scouts and DAV members honorably retire it. Starting at 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free Cookout, Games and Raffle At Veterans Park, 114 N Broa...

OKLAHOMA CITY - A total of 25 civic organizations and 135 individuals have signed on to a letter from Oklahoma’s Advocate Community to Oklahoma’s members of Congress expressing concern about the “Big ...

LYNELLE MEDLEY CHAIRMAN Looking forward to another exciting meeting for the McIntosh County GOP on June 26 at the Eufaula VFW at 6:30 p.m. We will have a short speaker from Southwestern Oklahoma speak...

147 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 8,1878 Oklahoma The sub-committee of the house committee on Indian affairs, which Morgan is Chairman, has reported to the full committee the bill to create the territory o...

We are having so much fun in our Summer Reading Programs, and you should join in the fun too! We have Summer Reading calendars available at the circulation desk. Come by and pick one up today! You can...

Please call for reservation by 9 a.m.: 918-689-3342 June 16 – June 20 Monday, June 16: Chicken tetrazzini; tossed salad; carrots; pie Tuesday, June 17: CLOSED FOR ANNUAL STAFF IN-SERVICE Wednesday, Ju...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Eufaulan Nicholas Bradford has made the dean’s list at Missouri State University for the Spring, 2025 semester. Students who attain academic excellence are named to the list. For un...

The Civil War battle that marked the decline of Confederate control of Indian Territory will be the speaker’s topic at the Friday, June 20, 1 p.m. meeting of the Friends of the Eufaula Library. Molly ...

Eufaula Native American artist Jon Tiger recently won first Place at the Trail of Tears Art Show in Tahlequah for his “Bless This Vessel,” a 5-inch by 7-inch watercolor. Tiger noted that the painting ...