Community members gathered Sunday, Jan. 18, at Mount Olive Star Missionary Baptist Church in Checotah for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day observance centered on faith, reflection, and shared responsibili...

McIntosh GOP has a meeting this Thursday, Jan 22nd and we have quite a lineup for you. Our main speaker will be NeAnne Clinton, founder of Garfield County Conservation Coalition -- she will be speakin...

Sulli Mariah Lee, author of the book Wees Are Kneak Moments and a member of the Eufaula High School Class of 1965, opened her presentation last Friday at the Eufaula Public Library by recalling a sent...

Voters in McIntosh County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for elections in 2026 should apply now. Any registered voter may request absentee ballots for a specific election or for a full calen...

In a three-minute council meeting at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20, the Eufaula City Council voted to direct the city manager to take no further action at this time regarding the annexation Longtown and ...

It’s been two years since Paws N Claws – Eufaula started their volunteer group to help pound pups find homes in McIntosh County and the surrounding areas. What started off as a small volunteer partner...

Who is ready to compete for the best tasting chili in McIntosh County? The 18th Annual Chili Cook-Off is set for Saturday, Feb, 28 to benefit the Heartland Heritage Museum & Gallery. This year the chi...

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is conducting a special emphasis on distracted driving January 17 through January 31. The mobilization is dedicated to and inspired by Trooper Nicholas Dees who was killed ...

Billy Parker, a KVOO DJ who shaped country music broadcasting for over four decades, passed away this week at 88. Parker was born in Tuskegee, OK, and first began performing on the radio as a teenager...

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Michael Wayne Wasson, a/k/a Pops, 64, of Henryetta, Oklahoma, entered a guilty plea to one count of a Felony Inf...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Calendar, please email all the information to jerry@cookson.news, call the Indian Journal at 918-689-2191 or drop the information off a...

148 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 21, 1877 Contract to carry goods David Blossom has the contract for carrying Government supplies – about 20 tons – to the Sac and Fox Agency, the Shawnees and Mexican Kick...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Guiding Right Inc., one of Oklahoma’s longest standing community health organizations focused on HIV prevention and care was notified last night, January 13, that its federal grant sup...

If you are 60 years of age or older and need access to services such as meals (home delivered or congregate), homemaker services, nutrition counselling, legal help, caregiver services, or transportati...

MESSAGE FROM THE MUSCOGEE NATION DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY We have confirmed that officials from the federal immigration agency ICE are now in Oklahoma. Please be advised that the Muscogee Nation is...

Attention, young artists of Oklahoma! Submissions for ODOT’s statewide Trash Poster Contest were originally due Jan. 31, but the contest has been extended through February 13. Now is the perfect time ...

State prisoners appearing before the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board in 2025 faced steeper odds of release when the full fivemember board was not present. In April, when Chairman Kevin Buchanan was a...

According to lottery officials, a Powerball ticket sold in Oklahoma won $200,000 in Saturday night’s drawing. The winning numbers were 5, 8, 27, 49, and 57 with a Powerball of 14. The Power Play multi...

Wilburton — Eastern Oklahoma State College (EOSC) is excited to announce the reopening of its Horticulture Course Options for Spring 2026, welcoming students and community members back into the greenh...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Department of Corrections seized millions of dollars in contraband during 2025 as part of ongoing efforts to protect staff, inmates and the public and to disrupt illegal a...