On August 1, 1498 – Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. 1790 – The first enumeration by the U....

The Eufaula Round-Up Club Rodeo was held July 25, 26, and 27 at the McIntosh County Fairgrounds and one lucky contestant walked away with the title of Rodeo Queen on Saturday. The crowd cheered as Hay...

Samuel S. Alexander of Broken Arrow has announced his candidacy for the office of Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. “Today we announce a tribal political campaign seeking the highest adm...

Felony Cases Christoper Chronister: bail jumping Cody James Cooper: knowingly concealing stolen property; escape from arrest or detention Christopher Michael Cummisky: possession of firearm after form...

Bats in a privately owned, Woods County cave were recently tested and diagnosed suspect for white-nose syndrome, a disease that only affects bats. Forty percent of the 25 bats sampled in the cave were...

The Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association in partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim, invite young cowboys and cowgirls to participate in the LongRange© Kids Dummy Roping Contest on Saturday, August 24. Kids...

Kelley Memorial Chapel in Eufaula was standing room only Friday as an estimated 150 family members and friends bid farewell to Gene Dobson. Dobson, 67, died July 13 in a drowning accident near The Cov...

FAIRVIEW – A 25-year-old suspect is in custody after authorities uncovered a murder for hire plot. On July 10, the Major County Sheriff’s Office requested the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (O...

Rusty Helms wrote in his yearbook in 2003, the year he graduated from Eufaula High School, that someday he would return to his home town to work. It was a prophetic message. This year, 2019-2010, he r...

Don’t fall for any unsolicited telephone callers trying to get information from you about your Social Security account, credit cards, banking details or any other data. Home health care provider Bever...

The Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon ruccing ceremony for Escalated Greens, 1200 Birkes Road, at 10 a.m. Friday, July 12. Escalated Greens is a growing and processing facility for cann...

Michelle Barnes has been named assistant director of the Eufaula school band. She joins newly-hired Band Director Rusty Helms. Barnes and Helms have been friends since they both attended the Universit...

Back to School Giveaway Aug. 10 God’s Helping Hands will hold its annual Back to School Giveaway from 9 a.m. - noon, Saturday, August 10 at the First Freewill Baptist Church in Eufaula. Under One Roof...

The City of Eufaula will hold an educational meeting from 5:15 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 8 at the Community Center to discuss the water line replacement project that will start on the east ...

Two noted area natives, one from Checotah and one from Eufaula, will be honored by having a bridge and a portion of a highway named after them. A Senate and a House Bill passed by the Oklahoma Legisla...

A high tech twist has been added to the 35th Annual Whole Hawg Festival, which begins Thursday, July 25 and continues through Saturday, July 27. Fans can use their smart phones to vote for their favor...

BRISTOW — David Hill, of Bristow, citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation belonging to the Beaver Clan and New Tulsa Tribal Town, and current National Council representative for the Creek District, has...

A sheriff’s deputy and Eufaula police officer rescued two men on a Sea-Doo stranded in the middle of Lake Eufaula Saturday afternoon. The two unidentified men, both from McIntosh County, were riding t...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Children’s Hospital held a grand opening celebration of its newly expanded Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Friday, July 19. The PICU expanded areas will open to patients on J...

In his request for a search warrant, a law enforcement agent described Epic Charter Schools as being set up a decade ago as a profit-generating “scheme.” And he described the school’s co-founders as d...