Without doubt the word of God is the most important message anyone will ever receive. The importance of that word, the Gospel, is accentuated by the command to preach/teach it in all the world, Mk. 16...

Annual Lenna pie supper Oct. 12 The annual Lenna Cemetery Pie Supper will be held at 7 p.m., October 12, and the Stidham Community Center. Everyone is invited to join in and bring a pie. Church holdin...

The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association (OREA) met Friday, September 13, at the Jim Lucas Library, Checotah. The association meets on the second Friday of every month during the sch...

The 2019 Art in the Heart of Eufaula will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, October 12 in downtown Eufaula, hosted by the Eufaula Area of Chamber of Commerce. Local artists and artists fr...

Felony Cases Jimmy O’Brian Mitchell: assault and battery upon a police officer Rebecca Nichole Moore: obtain (or attempt to obtain) controlled substance by forgery/fraud Damien Keith Stapp: assault wi...

Hours after Raven Maxine Lyon-Edwards filed an emergency protective order last week against fugitive Damien Keith Stapp, he allegedly kidnapped the 27-year-old Eufaula woman and was caught following a...

With all the talk of impeachment, it is time once again to explain exactly what impeachment is and also to look at it historically. The important things to remember are that, one, impeachment does not...

Fountainhead Lodge Airpark in Eufaula and Carlton Landing Field Airport in Canadian are among dozens of airfields across the state that will receive federal grants. Fountainhead Lodge Airpark, northwe...

The name of a party in marriage listed in the weekly court report on September 26 was incorrect. The correct listing should have been Henry Eduardo Maez Jr. and Raven Ann Slater. We apologize for the ...

Eufaula Ironheads surround the bedlam trophy they won with a victory ovre the Checotah Wildcats Friday, 30-20. It was the 104th meeting of the two teams, the longest uninterrupted high school rivalry ...

The Eufaula Chamber of Commerce held its monthly membership meeting Thursday, Sept.19 at LAKe County Diner in Longtown. This month's guest speaker was Kelsie Dean. Dean was diagnosed with Multiple Scl...

Because of all the loose dogs running around neighborhoods, some folks wonder if Eufaula has a leash law. It does. Paragraph 4-102 of the city code states: “No owner shall permit any animal (including...

Eufaula Ironheads and alumni will celebrate the 2019 Homecoming this weekend. The Homecoming game will kickoff Friday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. against the Heavener Wolves. The game will be preceded by seve...

Investigators have busted a possible theft ring in the Hanna area 20 miles east of Eufaula. Eight suspects face multiple felony charges, including possession of stolen property, knowingly concealing s...

A preliminary hearing for the suspect charged with threatening to shoot up the McIntosh County Courthouse has been set for 9 a.m. October 8. Anthony Shane Hammer, 36, was arrested near Tahlequah on Au...

Water bills due Nov. 5 will increase by a minimum of $7.50 for all customers, according to City Manager Jacob Foos. “The increase was approved by the City Council at a meeting on Sept. 10, 2018,” Foos...

Inspiration Gardens could use some fall color If you would like to help us bring a little fall color to the Inspiration Gardens by way of some Mums, Pumpkins, Hay or other fall décor, the Chamber of C...

The state’s new liquor laws have increased the importance of a free class offered by Neighbors Building Neighborhoods. In the past you could buy liquor at a liquor store or bar. Today, you can buy it ...

On September 26, 1789 – Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s first Secretary of State; John Jay the first chief justice of the United States; Samuel Osgood the first Postmaster-General; and Edmund...

Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges last week dismissed a lawsuit against the City of Checotah filed by motel owner Ahmad Zulfiqar, who objected to his Budget Inn Motel being condemned. Neither Z...