STILLWATER - Two Chectoah High School graduates were among more than 8,000 Oklahoma State University students named to the school’s 2020 fall semester honor rolls. Mattison D. Creekbaum is studying fo...

Pastor Jeremy Little invites and welcomes you to join us at Lake Eufaula Christian Church. The study of Our 2021 series begins with the study of Habakkuk: Seeking Answers in Dark Times. Our first less...

A 21-year-old Checotah resident died in a single-vehicle accident near Eufaula in the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 10. Ramone Jackson, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene of the 2 a.m. crash. ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced last week that the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) reopened this week for new borrowers and certain existing PPP borrowers. To pro...

I saw a furniture store ad right after New Year’s Day where the owner walks up and says, “2021! This is the year you get everything you want!” And then last week happened. We all watched the news cove...

A magenta sunrise over the lake. KAREN KIMMELL | COURTESY

Eufaula senior Madeline Brown escorted by her mother Angelyn Brown. Eufaula senior Madison Mote escorted by her mother Danielle Burchfield. Eufaula senior Lexy Gastelum escorted by family members Meli...

Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industry continues its long, slow march to better days, but the influx of federal dollars into the state in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic clouds the economic impact ...

Eufaula Elementary Students of the Month for December include: Back row (left to right), Tessa Corsini; Doss Johnston; Ashlyn Kantola; Blayden Whitlock; Jana Hickman and Liam Lanham. Front row (left t...

January is School Board Recognition Month and an opportunity for local schools and communities to honor Oklahoma’s more than 2,700 elected school board members for their dedication to children and sch...

Felony Cases Teddy Darwin Bogle: domestic assault & battery by strangulation Jayme Lynn Gill: do Jayme Lynn Gill: domestic abuse – assault & battery; disrupt/prevent/ interrupt emergency telephone cal...

WILBURTON – Eastern Oklahoma State College’s scholarship applications for the 2021-22 academic year are due by midnight on Sunday, Feb. 21. Current and prospective students who plan to attend Eastern ...

Longtime Eufaula Public School’s custodian Mike Jones celebrated his birthday Tuesday night at Perry Anderson gymnasium in Eufaula. Jones received a game ball for his many decades of work and dedicati...

Left to right are School Board President Jeff Pippenger, Board Member Martha Asher, Board Vice President Derek Gray, Board Member Deserea Crawley and Board Clerk Kenny Bumgarner who were honored for t...

Frustration over trying to educate students in the midst of the COVID-19 took the forefront of Monday’s monthly meeting of the Eufaula School Board. “I am concerned about the quality of education,” sa...

On January 14, 1891 – General Nelson Miles, commander of the U.S. Army troops in South Dakota, reports that the rebellious Sioux are finally returning to their reservation following the bloody massacr...

City workers last week began doing preliminary clean up work at the old city hall, 64 Memorial Drive, in preparation for a million-dollar renovation of the build. Trees were removed along Main Street ...

An American icon, and one of the most famous pilots to ever grace the skies, U.S. Air Force Captain Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager, passed away Dec. Yeager was an Air Force officer, flying ace, and record-...

McALESTER - Cynthia (Cindy) Ledford, 51, former Pittsburg County Court Clerk, was arrested last week by agents with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and charged with one count of nepotism an...

Marguerite Schmitt, 91, passed away on Jan. 6, but her spirit will live on in the brick and mortar of the Eufaula Memorial Library which owes much to her for its existence. She was librarian for 13 ye...