OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, chair of the House Transportation Committee, and other Republican members of the committee on Friday issued a joint statement on the announcement by ...

This past week I covered the Professional Bull Riders’ event Unleash the Beast in Guthrie. With the nation in duress from the pandemic and individuals arguing over mandates and other procedures to lim...

The Eufaula Public Works Authority received approval Tuesday, Aug. 18 for a $240,000 loan from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) for study and planning purposes to address upgrades to the Auth...

Due to the excessive heat conditions, expected to top 100 degrees Thursday and Friday, Stidham School officials announced that they will move the school’s start date to Monday, August 17. Also, the sc...

Pastor Jeremy Little invites and welcomes you to Lake Eufaula Christian Church. Our services are currently online on Sunday at 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on LECC Facebook group, and Wednesday evening at 6:30...

“Myaamionki” means all the places the Miami people have ever lived, whether past or present. Saakiiweeyonki was the original Miami village established in the Great Lakes region, near where the St. Jos...

Eufaula’s part of $1.2 billion in federal CARES Act funds given to Oklahoma could total $219,370.32. The $1.2 billion is Oklahoma’s share of $150 billion allocated to state, local and tribal governmen...

STILLWATER – Students heading to college this fall soon will be packing suitcases and loading their vehicles full of mementoes and necessities for their new home away from home. The transition typical...

Margaret Floyd became a Foster Grandparent in December of 1989, after an administrator at Stidham School who went to her church kept asking her to be a “granny.” He asked her enough times that she fin...

The Oklahoma Highway Safety Office (OHSO) has released the 2019 crash summary for Oklahoma. These new numbers show that progress has been made in some areas, while other areas have seen an increase in...

Due to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in McIntosh County, the Eufaula School Board voted Monday to require the wearing of masks on school property. The requirement also includes attendance at ex...

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Checotah resident Alethea Nicole Lively, 46, pled guilty last week to three charges of second degree rape involving minors and three charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, thereby avoi...

It is often said it takes It is often said it takes a village to raise a child. a village to raise a child. The saying could not be The saying could not be truer and I firmly believe truer and I firml...

The Wayland Baptist Church, 306 Cleveland, held its fourth annual back-to-school giveaway Saturday. Students began lining up outside the church well before noon, braving the stifling heat to load up o...

144 Years Ago October 12, 1876 THE SIOUX COMMISSION Sioux City Journal, Oct. 2d The members of the Commission express themselves as heartily satisfied at the progress they have made in treating with t...

The McIntosh County District Court won’t have to reach out to the Eufaula Public School District for extra space this month. Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges had arranged with the district to ...

STILLWATER – They look rather prehistoric, and they can make a pretty good smudge mark on a vehicle’s windshield. And oh boy, can they jump and eat. Fortunately, of the more than 130 resident species ...

How easy it is for us to imagine Peter’s terror when, as he struggles to walk towards Jesus atop the wind beaten waves on the Sea of Galilee, he suddenly becomes aware of his dangerous reality and beg...

Summer is still here, which means so are mosquitoes. The flying pests invade neighborhoods like an army, but they aren’t just a backyard nuisance with bites that itch. They also can carry dangerous di...