Summer is here and temperatures are rising. Each year, more than 600 people die from heat-related illness in the United States. In Oklahoma, there were 145 deaths associated with exposure to excessive...

The Eastern Oklahoma Development District (EODD) recently held its 52nd Annual Awards Banquet and Annual Board of Directors Meeting at the Checotah Senior Center. The meeting was attended by business ...

We all have times where money is tight. Life happens and sometimes it leaves us short. Let’s be honest though. No one really wants to go to the store at any time and spend a couple hundred dollars on ...

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Faithfulness is like a rare and precious gem. It is difficult to find a real such gem, though there are many who will offer their virtues as a substitute. Who is faithful? Scripture has much to say ab...

WARNER – The Board of Regents for the Oklahoma A&M Colleges recently approved a budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 that keeps tuition flat for Connors State College. “We are grateful to the le...

Welcome to Lake Eufaula Christian Church. Our theme for 2019 is RELATABLE: Connecting with God. Our current sermon series is “Walking with Jesus.” This week’s sermon was “Walking to Emmaus.” From Luke...

Dirt, or rather soil, falls into two interesting measurements of time in Blane Stacy’s life – eight hours and eight seconds. Rodeo and dirt – or as Stacy calls it, “Soil” – have each come to garner a ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association's 67th Annual Convention and Trade Show is scheduled for July 19 and 20. A key element of OCA Convention is the Cattlemen's Educational Series, inc...

The Oklahoma City Thunder and Enable Midstream Partners invited the McAlester community to take part in the dedication of a new outdoor basketball court at Chadick Park on June 26. The team will be br...

CLAREMORE – Eufaula native Brandon Hawkins is on the Rogers State University Dean's Honor Rolls for the spring 2019 semester. To qualify for the Dean's Honor Roll, a student must complete a minimum of...

OKLAHOMA CITY – State Treasurer Randy McDaniel reminds Oklahomans that time is running out to enter the fourth annual Summer Savings Adventure Sweepstakes, which will see one Oklahoma family win $5,52...

More than 80 new laws went into effect on July 1, including one that gives state employees a long-awaited pay raise. State workers making less than $40,000 will receive a $1,500 raise, the first for s...

Members of VFW Post 8798 raised flags Saturday morning, July 6, at the City Hall on Main Street in honor of Independence Day.

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS It’s hot outside and we have reached the point of the year I don’t even want to turn on the stovetop, let alone the oven, for fear of heating up the house too much. There a...

The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission will welcome southwestern Oklahoma bank executive Rick Holder, 60, of Creta in July. Gov. J. Kevin Stitt appointed Holder to an eight-year term from Distr...

The Eufaula Round-Up Club Rodeo will be July 25, 26, and 27 at 8 p.m. at the McIntosh County Fairgrounds and one lucky contestant will walk away with the title of Rodeo Queen on Saturday. Queen contes...

A report of a stolen vehicle led to a high speed chase and a dramatic confrontation between law enforcement and a suspect in the case. Following the chase and altercation, Allen William Terry, 32, of ...

Red Oak native Ava Pendley has competed in a series of Oklahoma Kids events that has landed her a spot in national competition to be held in Nashville on July 29. Ava first competed locally in the six...

The gates are open and the lake level is receding! That means it’s time “To Get Your Poker On” for the first poker run of the season on Lake Eufaula. Lake Eufaula Association will host the Golden Eagl...