MUSKOGEE – Amid the Presidential directive to comply with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations on social distancing and the State of Oklahoma’s similar requirements, the Un...

For the June 30 Primary Elections the candidate filing period begins at 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 8, said Janelle McKnight, Secretary of the McIntosh County Election Board. Filing will be from 8 a.m. to...

The Choctaw removal history is a long one, with removals dating as far back as the 1790s and as recently as the 1950s. The Choctaw Nation uses the term “removals” instead of “Trail of Tears” to refer ...

The Choctaw removal history is a long one, with removals dating as far back as the 1790s and as recently as the 1950s. The Choctaw Nation uses the term “removals” instead of “Trail of Tears” to refer ...

On March 16 Mayor James Duty, responding to the coronavirus pandemic, declared that a State of Emergency exists in Eufaula. That declaration was expanded on March 26 to include more restrictions throu...

The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus has forced the closure of schools, businesses, events and any other nonessential gatherings of people in our country and across the world. For many of us, bei...

The new coronavirus is creating havoc with our community. Many businesses have closed. Social gatherings have been put on hold for no one knows how long. But the virus has brought out the best in many...

Sportsmanship is the quality of showing fairness, respect, and generosity towards the opposing team, player or teammate and for the sport itself when competing. An athlete that has characteristics of ...

Two children critically injured in a traffic accident near Hitchita on March 29 have died as a result of their injuries, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The children, both identified as fema...

Come Monday, April 6, thousands of hunters will take to forests and fields hoping to persuade a wily old tom turkey to get a little closer. That’s because Monday is opening day for spring turkey hunti...

The system of delivering school lunches by buses continues to evolve. Last week the meals were delivered daily, Monday through Friday, to students on the regular bus routes. As of Monday, April 6, mea...

A Bristow man and wife were killed in a twovehicle accident near Hitchita Sunday. Erwin and Janet Christensen, both 62, were pronounced dead at the scene from multiple injuries. According to the Oklah...

At a special meeting of the Eufaula City Council Thursday, March 26, it was unanimously approved to amend the directives in a recent Declaration of Emergency by Mayor James Duty. A March 16 Declaratio...

A motorcyclist was critically injured in a single vehicle accident north of Eufaula Sunday evening. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, at about 7 p.m. William Barton, 27, of Checotah, was ridin...

Not too many years ago distance education was more or less a novelty. A nice idea, but folks didn’t think it would every replace the classroom, where students would learn by face-to-face interaction w...

STILLWATER – Health officials are warning rural communities to be just as cautious as more densely populated areas in their response to the spread of COVID-19. A lower rate of person-to-person transmi...

Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges sometimes thinks outside the box. When the state supreme court restricted the courthouse to employees, subject to some narrowly tailored exceptions, he moved c...

School Superintendent Jeanette Smith helps volunteers load a bus with food to be distributed to students at bus stops throughout the district. Smith said more than 400 meals were distributed by the bu...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from January business. The monies they reported this period represent sales...

STILLWATER – As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to rise across the state, people must educate themselves about the symptoms and how to prevent the virus’ spread in their own homes, said Gina...