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...

If you have questions about scams and how to deal with them in this time of the COVID-19 confusion, State Rep. Randy Randleman urges you to visit the website: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/covid-1...

Felony Cases Justina Taylor Yargee: embezzlement Misdemeanor Cases Kurt Edward Henson: domestic abuse – assault and battery; possession of CDS; unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia Jerry Everett ...

The day after the county recorded its first case of COVID-19, the McIntosh County Health Department announced that on Thursday, April 9, it would begin testing others for the disease. Regional Directo...

Elevation above normal, water 58 in the main lake, 66 in creeks and murky. For current elevation conditions go to the US Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/EUFA.lakep...

Monday, April 13: Fried fish; parslied red potatoes; cole slaw; wheat roll; fresh fruit; milk Tuesday, April 14: Chopped steak; brown gravy; mashed potatoes; green beans; wheat roll; chilled fruit coc...

With a surge in COVID-19 deaths since last week, Oklahoma now ranks 18th highest in the nation in the rate of coronavirus deaths. Taking population into account, deaths were highest in New York, with ...

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...

With recent rainfall and warmer weather, fishing for crappie and white bass is heating up statewide. These species are beginning their annual spawning routines by moving into shallower water, making t...

In the early spring of 2018, Speaker Joe Byrd found a seat on the airport shuttle headed to Tulsa International Airport, and over the radio heard a familiar, yet surprising sound: the Cherokee Youth C...

“Jesus made mud, spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ Then I went and washed and received my sight,” reported the blind beggar whom Jesus had healed. The Pharisees were criti...

McIntosh County Treasurer Betty Whisenhunt has announced that all penalties and interest on the second-half payment of the 2019 ad valorem tax payments will be waived if remitted to the County Treasur...

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...