President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget seeks a significant reduction in funding for the Indian Health Service, cutting the agency’s budget by 30%. The plan would roll back funding t...

Oklahoma’s largest museum of natural history is also one of the largest holders of the remains of Native American and funerary objects in the country. Now, 25 years after passage of law requiring rema...

Annual City and Team Up to Clean Up event

A near drowning, two house fires caused by lightning, county roads washed out, Easter Egg festivities forced indoors and widespread flooding created chaos in the county last week. Not to mention stole...

Memorial service Saturday A memorial service for Zachary Paul Smith Sr., 49, of Sand Springs will be held Saturday at Reach Church. Smith left Sand Springs on Dec. 8, 2024, and his skeletal remains we...

District 2 County Commissioner will host a special meeting on Thursday, May 1 at 6 p.m. to discuss new asphalt. This is a public meeting. All are invited. It will be held at Lindsey Chapel Baptist Chu...

On Saturday, April 12, a community came together to honor Checotah Roughrider Luches Warrior, Jr. ‘s “Farewell Ride and Final Roundup.” Friends and family lined the streets of Checotah for a fitting a...

The Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce recognized several of its members for their service to the community during Thursday’s annual Chamber Banquet and Awards Ceremony. One of the most prestigious awar...

On the morning of April 19, 1995, an ex-Army soldier and security guard named Timothy McVeigh parked a rented Ryder truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. H...

EDMOND - The Missing in Oklahoma (MiOK) day will be held on Saturday, April 26, at the University of Central Oklahoma Forensic Science Institute. Families of missing persons are encouraged to attend. ...

Abandonment is becoming a huge problem in McIntosh County and if stricter laws aren’t enforced and money can’t be found for animal control within the city and within the county, residents are looking ...

April 25 and 26 (Friday night campout) Bring the whole family - Riding out at 11 a.m. Hayride available –Wagons welcomed! Contact Tray Warrior 918-617-3401 for tickets.

Peggy Mcguire, now about 37, was last seen in Eufaula on Nov. 16, 2015. Race: White/American Indian Ethnicity: Caucasian/Alaska Native Gender: Female Hair: Blond/Strawberry Eyes: Blue Height: 5’10” We...

This is the week for our meeting -- it will be Thursday April 24! We will have the Honorable Sherrie Foister Conley with us to speak about her latest project, her organization she formed called Broken...

147 YEARS AGO Wednesday, March 6, 1878 News Items - It has been proposed in the U.S. Congress to amend the constitution of the United States so as to elect three presidents, one from the East, one fro...

During a time when the world seems more lost than ever, Jesus showed up center stage as individuals near and far declared His glory this Easter weekend. One local church here in McIntosh County, Light...

The Shriners will be kicking off their annual fundraiser on Saturday, May 3 selling Vidalia onions around McIntosh County. Shriner Andy Killingsworth stated that their chapter would be selling the oni...

Roger Thompson, retired Eufaula High School history teacher and quintessential traveler, kept his audience engrossed at the Eufaula Area Arts Council’s pre-Easter brunch at the Chamber of Commerce Fri...

Gov. Kevin Stitt has granted parole for Wayne Thompson, who was 15 when he murdered his sister’s abuser. Thompson, now 58, has spent more than four decades behind bars for the 1983 killing of Charles ...

Prelude: It doesn’t feel like it has been 25 years. Much has happened since then, but the morning of April 19, 1995, is still stuck in my head. Those of us who worked downtown on the day of the Oklaho...