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WASHINGTON— Kalyn Free — a Native American attorney and longtime Oklahoma Democrat — is running again for DNC vice chair, hoping to reshape the party’s focus on rural and Indigenous communities follow...

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R, Moore), an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation, has spent 22 years in Congress fighting to protect tribal funding and says he won’t allow cuts to the Indian Hea...

We have another exciting week of fun Summer Reading Programs planned! Join us at the library! We have Summer Reading calendars available at the circulation desk. Come by and pick one up today! You can...

OKLAHOMA CITY — County officials across Oklahoma are celebrating a major legislative win as House Bill 2758, which allocates up to $75 million for county roads and bridges, has officially been signed ...

All-American is back and better than ever! Show your patriotic spirit by giving blood at one of Our Blood Institute’s All-American Blood Drives happening across the state June 13 through July 21. Whet...

The theme of the May meeting was, appropriately, May flowers. Our hostesses Jan Kreiger, Karen Willoby and Janis Davis did a great job! The door prizes were lovely, freshly potted flowering plants. Th...

The superintendent of the state’s largest online charter school stepped down this week amid a massive downs i z i ng. Another top administrator resigned in mid-April. And the Statewide Charter School ...

Bixby head football coach Loren Montgomery has firmly cemented his legacy as the most accomplished large-school football coach in Oklahoma history and he’s now the highest-paid in Eastern Oklahoma to ...

On June 19, 1862 – Slavery was outlawed in U.S. territories. President Abraham Lincoln outlined his Emancipation Proclamation. News of the document reached the south and Texas through General Gordon G...

Rank and organization: Commander, U.S. Navy, Air Group 15. Place and date: First and second battles of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944. Entered service at: Florida. Born: 16 January 1 910, Bessemer, ...

Event held Sunday afternoon, June 15, at the Honey Creek Battlefield site.

News of Blues legend Selby Minner’s murder on June 9 spread quickly and inspired compassionate responses from across the state. Here are a few of the heartfelt comments posted by fans and friends. Gle...

Ed. note: Selby Minner was the first person I wrote a feature about when I started with the Eufaula Indian Journal and McIntosh County Democrat in August 2012. What began as a simple article to promot...

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 ...

At the recent Oklahoma Press Association conference in Shawnee at the Grand Casino and Resort, Shauna Belyeu was awarded for 25 years of service in the newspaper business and inducted into OPA Quarter...

The Eufaula 147 YEARS AGO Wednesday, May 15, 1878 LOCAL ITEMS - Rev. T.W. Perryman of Fairview visited Eufaula this week. - Pilot Grayson has closed his school days and returned to Eufaula - Joe Tiger...

Abbie Patterson, a 10th grade student at Webbers Falls High School, has been named a delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders to be held June 25-2 at the Lowell Campus of the University of M...

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 ...