COVID-19 may become known as the Grinch who Stole Christmas. The annual toy drive was canceled this year because of the virus so donations of new, unwrapped toys and cash are way down, which means nee...

143 YEARS AGO Thursday, April 26, 1877 EUFAULA A History - An Indian Name Midway between the northern and southern boundary of the Indian Territory, near the thirty-fifth parallel almost one hundred m...

November 26,1778 Captain Cook discovered Maui in the Sandwich Islands, later named Hawaii. 1783 - The city of Annapolis, Maryland, was the first peacetime U.S. capital. 1789 - George Washington procla...

Chief Joe Bunch loves to hear “Amazing Grace” sung in his native Cherokee language. “It’s beautiful, it’s gorgeous:’ he said with emotion. “It’s tremendous.” As chief of the United Keetoowah Band of C...

“Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me we used to sing in one of our favorite hymns as kids. These are the words of Jesus in Matthew 25:31-46, as he explains to his discip...

The Eufaula woman charged with second degree murder in connection with a traffic fatality has filed a McGirt Motion, asking that her case be removed from the state district court in Pittsburg County t...

They called it the “Indian problem.” The white settlers wanted more land, and the tribes held rich acreages. Removing tribes from the Southeast was more than just an idea by the time Andrew Jackson wa...

On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. ...

Tony Jack Holt, 65, Checotah, entered an Alford plea to multiple counts of sexually abusing children. An Alford plea is a guilty plea in which the defendant does not admit to the criminal act and asse...

The Oklahoma High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association announced the rosters for the annual All-State softball games. Here are the rosters for the All-State teams: Large West Pitchers: Terin ...

Preparations for a Nativity Scene at The First United Methodist Church of Eufaula, 251 Matthews Lane, are complete. The public can drive by or walk by the scene depicting the birth of Jesus. If you wa...

A meeting of the Eufaula School Johnson O’Malley/Title VI Indian Education Committee will be held on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 5:30 p.m. at Eufaula Administrative Office, 1684 JM Bailey Hwy., Eufaula OK 74...

STILLWATER - It’s always a good time to learn how to manage backyard chickens at Oklahoma State University Extension. And not just chickens - OSU Extension’s newly redesigned catalog of self-paced, on...

Eufaula Middle School student Ava Rose Johnson seems destined for stardom. The 13-year-old Christian recording artist, who is Osage and Cherokee, made music history at the age of 12 when she became th...

Due to the COVID-19 virus threat, this year’s annual Eufaula Area Community Thanksgiving Dinner at the VFW Post 8798 will be carry-out. The post is on State Highway 9 east of town. Dinner, which will ...

Eufaula artist Jon Tiger recently received the Spirit of Oklahoma Award at the Five Civilized Tribes Museum’s 47th annual Masters Art Show in Muskogee. The show runs through Nov. 30. Tiger was given t...

TAHLEQUAH - Graduate candidates will take to the stage Dec. 11 and 12 as Northeastern State University holds fall 2020 Commencement ceremonies in the NSU Event Center on the Tahlequah campus. On Dec. ...

There will be something missing on the ballot when thousands of Oklahomans living near the southwestern corner of the state vote this fall. Residents in a large swatch of land covering most of Tillman...

Coronavirus watch - 11/24 The Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on Tuesday, November 24. State total positive cases, 180,610 confirmed (an increase of 2,736 cases); Recovered, ...

Coronavirus watch - 11/23 The Health Department released the following COVID-19 numbers on Monday, November 23. State total positive cases, 177,874 confirmed (an increase of 3,544 cases); Recovered, 1...