Eufaula School staff will be happy to hear they will be receiving a onetime district stipend $500 thanks to federal COVID funds. “They’re calling it hazardous duty pay,” Superintendent Jeanette Smith ...

Black History Month is the annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. History. Black History Month is successor of N...

The investigation into the murder of Gregory Singleterry, whose body was found Feb. 2 at his Sherwood Forest Addition residence, is continuing. As of Tuesday, there were no new developments. The Distr...

March 12 will be the first anniversary of the day the Lady Ironheads boarded a bus and headed to Oklahoma City to compete in the 2020 State 3A Basketball Tournament. It was the day the reality of COVI...

Coronavirus watch – Tuesday, Feb. 9 The State Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on Tuesday, February 9. Statewide, the Department reported 406,064 people have contracted the vi...

Coronavirus watch – Monday, Feb. 8 Three more McIntosh County residents have died from COVID-19, two in Checotah and one in Eufaula, the State Health Department reported on Monday, Feb. 8. The deaths ...

Information sought in homicide The District Attorney’s Violent Crime Task Force is seeking information about the death of Gregory Singleterry, a resident of the Sherwood Forrest addition in Eufaula. S...

Residents of McIntosh County who live in the Warner School District should be aware that Friday, Feb. 5, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the March 2,...

The Top 10 of the Eufaula High School graduating class of 2021 include, back row, left to right: Carson Atwood, Cameryn Dalton, Karli Wilkinson, Isabella Pettit, Teighler Wolfe and Madison Lynn. Seate...

Native American tribes who have had their ancestral lands stolen, their reservations annulled, their culture trampled, say the COVID-19 pandemic was the breaking point. “It just came down to, if it wa...

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State University has announced plans to hold in-person classes this fall. More progress is expected in the coming months to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus through widespre...

As of 5 p.m. Monday, the following candidates had filed for election in Checotah and Eufaula: Eufaula: - Jamie Wayne Upton, Ward 3 - Todd Warren (incumbent), At Large - Emma Watts, Ward 4 Checotah: - ...

MUSKOGEE - Four defendants in separate criminal cases have pled guilty to crimes in Indian Country, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. The three inc...

Alexander Worley, left, will be Valedictorian, and Tye Pippenger, right, will be Salutatorian of the Eufaula High School Class of 2021.

The University of Central Oklahoma announced plans to hold classes in-person for the fall 2021 semester. A significant part of those plans includes continued adherence to Centers for Disease Control a...

Two area men have been charged with second degree rape and four others with lewd acts involving a minor. The teenager, a resident of the Checotah area, was 15 when the various allegations occurred but...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Like every other nonprofit organization, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020. Every in-person event sponsored by the orga...

As Oklahomans wait for the state’s limited CO-VID-19 vaccine supply, more than 62,000 doses allocated for long-term care residents and staff remain in freezers. The state Department of Health provided...

Travis Chisum and Rob Henley, in the background, finished putting railing up around the 3D mural created by Tracy Lee Stum and Sayak Mitra last year. Chisum and Henley are welders who are partners in ...

Eufaula employee Mike Silk tested the city’s new beach rake last week. The rake will be used regularly from March to September to keep the beaches pristine, said City Manager Jacob Foos. The rake cost...