The McIntosh County Republican Party is preparing to host upcoming precinct meetings as well as our County Convention, County Chair Lynelle Medley announced. Dates, times and locations will be announc...

According to the Oklahoma Department of Education, “Report card measures … serve as indicators of how public schools are serving students in a variety of areas. Measured at different points, indicator...

In a word, yes. “It really has had the largest effect in our youngest grades, those kids that missed kindergarten and those kids that missed in-person first grade,” School Superintendent Monty Guthrie...

An unidentified woman in her 70s had a brush with death on Dec. 15 when the golf cart she was driving ended up in the lake at Xtreme Resort. Police Chief David Bryning said the woman and her pet dog w...

Eufaula Public Schools is supplementing its food budget with a federal grant that awards funds to schools that will use the money to purchase food from local farms and ranches. The Patrick Leahy Farm ...

Eufaula Indian Community’s chair volleyball team, whose members are 55-plus years of age, won second place Dec.19 in competition held at the Creek Nation Dome in Okmulgee. The Eufaula team includes La...

The spirit of Christmas shines bright in Mc-Intosh County, thanks to Santa’s Soldiers, a no-profit organization dedicated to ensuring a Merry Christmas for children aged 0-17. With a commitment to bri...

The State Chamber of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Farm Bureau are trying to keep a voter-led initiative to increase Oklahoma’s minimum wage off the ballot. Last week the groups petitioned the Oklahoma Su...

Felony Cases Russell James Foreman: feloniously pointing a firearm; possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction Jaci Elizabeth Pellar: malicious injury to property over $1,000 Joshua C. T...

McIntosh County Jail Administrator Monica Smith visited with Santa during Friday’s event at Kiwanis Park. Folks visited with Santa and a couple of reindeer and drank hot chocolate while the Eufaula Hi...

BB Boutique won third place in the recent Cookie Crawl event.

COURTESY PHOTOS

About 200 families received food baskets during last week’s 3-day food giveaway event hosted by God’s Helping Hands at the Free Will Baptist Church in Eufaula. A host of volunteers helped distribute t...

Holiday Cheers We have accomplished so much because you have always believed reading is important, and because of that, libraries are still thriving and so are the programs. Did you know that reading ...

Lake Eufaula Christian Church The nativity story— the true Christmas story—took place in the midst of a torrid political climate. God had given the Promised Land to the Israelites, but roughly sixty s...

Q and A with Pastor J. Love is a tricky word. It has been used and abused so much we have a hard time understanding it. We love our pets, love our car, love our kids but do we love our community? The ...

147 YEARS AGO Thursday, August 17, 1876 Indians in Pursuit Official from Gen. Crook, Aug. 4 communication with Terry is cut off by a movement of the Indians. Crook was to follow the Indians next day w...

December 25 – December 29 Please call for reservation by 9 a.m.: 918-689-3342 Monday, Dec. 25: Closed for Christmas Tuesday, Dec. 26: Closed for Christmas Wednesday, Dec. 27: Philly cheese steak; hoag...

Candidate deadline for filing Dec. 27-29 The City of Checotah will hold a special election on Feb. 13, 2024 for the position of Street Commissioner (unexpired term). Any qualified elector of the City ...

Eufaula Elementary School Students of the Month include: Back row, left to right, Abe Passalaqua, Erika Smith, Stevie Owens, Adi Daniels and Mathis Huff. Second row, left to right, Camilla Mayfield, G...