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...

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...

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...

The annual Native Arts & Crafts show will take place during the Whole Hawg Festival on July 27 from from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Eufaula Indian Community Center, 800 Birkes Road. Many native artisa...

OKLAHOMA CITY – This past spring, more than 181,000 Address Confirmation Notices were mailed to certain Oklahoma voters, as required by law. Nearly two months later, more than 134,000 notices remain o...

OKLAHOMA CITY— Coming soon, August 2-4, Oklahoma will celebrate its sales tax holiday. Intended to coincide with back-to-school shopping, Oklahoma’s tax-free weekend benefits both consumers and retail...

Raccoons The raccoon, also known as the common raccoon, North American raccoon, Northern raccoon or simply “coon,” is a medium-sized mammal in North America. They grow to about 23 to 37 inches long an...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from May business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fro...

McALESTER – Eastern Oklahoma State College’s McAlester Campus will host a special Saturday enrollment event on July 27 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. as part of a statewide initiative. Oklahomans who have succ...