Dr. James Hickman, DC, was sworn in as the new city councilman for Ward 4 Monday night, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Dan Kirby on March 9. A special election was called to fill the p...

On August 10, 1776 – American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. 1831 – William Driver of Salem, Massachusetts, was the first to use the term “Old...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Joseph R. Biden announced recently his intent to appoint Jane Semple Umsted, curator of the Semple Family Museum of Native American Art at Southeastern Oklahoma State Univ...

Plumb Theatre is still bringing top notch music to our area. Aug. 19 will be no exception. T.C. Love, named New Male Vocalist of the year, Country Division in 1996, will be on our stage with his band,...

WILBURTON – Thirty- three GEAR UP students from area schools recently participated in S.T.E.A.M. Camp around the Oklahoma City area, showcasing careers and education. The students spent four days and ...

Lake Eufaula Christian Church The good news of the Bible is that U-turns in faith are not only allowed— they are encouraged, commanded, and welcomed by the Creator who became our gracious Redeemer. Th...

The unusually wet and mild weather Oklahoma enjoyed through much of May and June continued into July, providing the state with uncharacteristic summertime drought relief. The Southern Plains heat dome...

MUSKOGEE – Chad Jon’Dale Voyles, age 21, and Ashlie Nicole Rose Martin, age 20, both of Fort Towson, entered guilty pleas relating to a Choctaw County double homicide which occurred on December 22 and...

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 at...

143 YEARS AGO Wednesday, August 19, 1880 School rapidly improves students An Indian school, under charge of the Sisters of Charity of the new Cour d’Alene agency in Washington Territory, numbers 27 pu...

Honey Springs Battlefield will host a special presentation by Mr. Kerry Jones, current National Park Service Guide at the Pea Ridge National Military Park in Arkansas, about the history of the 1st and...

Including video voyeurism, attempted sexual abuse WASHINGTON – Tyler James Stephens, 25, of Checotah, Oklahoma, was sentenced Aug. 3 to 14 years and eight months in prison for cyberstalking, video voy...

The Heartland Heritage Museum and Gallery (HHMG), located at 116 N. Broadway in Checotah, recently received two new donations to go into their collection of memorabilia of two local talents who oddly ...

Buddy was a puppy doomed to death at the Eufaula Animal Shelter if no one would adopt him. Word was sent out by staff writer LaDonna Rhodes, the McIntosh County Democrat and the Eufaula Indian Journal...

The McIntosh County Democratic Party will hold their general monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 10, at 6:30 p.m. at the Jim Lucas Public Library in Checotah. Enter through the east door.

Lake Dog and Their People, 117 N. Main St., has launched its annual campaign to support the McIntosh County Sheriff ’s Office and the Eufaula Police Department’s K9 Units. “Our local K9 Officers have ...

A benefit for Shop With A Cop Buck Crombie, of Checotah, thinks highly of law enforcement officers and especially their Shop With A Cop program held every year before Christmas. Law enforcement office...

McIntosh County GOP will be meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 15, at the Checotah Library at 6:30 p.m. A representative of Congressman Josh Brecheen will be there to give an update as well as to answer any que...

Luke “The Great Lukeini” Beaver, 12, and Trigger Ford, 9, who has not yet adopted a stage name, surprised each other recently when both arrived at the Eufaula Memorial Library to perform a magic show....