OKLAHOMA CITY — Applications for the first Oklahoma Agriculture Youth Council are now available for students entering their senior year in the fall of 2019. This council was created by Secretary of Ag...

On March 7,1876 – Patent #174,465 was issued to Alexander Graham Bell for his telephone. 1911 – Twenty thousand U.S. troops are sent to the Mexican border as the Mexican Revolution continues. 1918 – P...

The Muscogee (Creek) Nation is nearing victory as the Ocmulgee National Park Expansion authorization included in the Natural Resources Management Act, S. 47, is awaiting President Donald Trump’s signa...

Rafael Torres, 35, who has been charged with kidnapping a wrecker driver in McIntosh County, was arraigned in district court on Feb. 19. Torres, of Oklahoma City, was arrested in Arkansas hours follow...

At a hearing by the McIntosh County Election Board on Feb. 19 it was determined that Todd Warren was not eligible to run for the Ward 2 council seat being vacated by incumbent Roger Barton at the end ...

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of 34-year-old Marquise Ledon Fonville. The 34-year-old Tulsa man was charged Feb. 12 with shooting with intent to kill, burglary in the first degree, kidnappi...

The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is accepting nominations for awards to recognize individuals and organizations for their demonstrated outstanding commitment and dedication to child abus...

Black History Month The black experience during the Great Migration became an important theme in the artistic move known first as the New Negro Movement and later as the Harlem Renaissance. The Great ...

STILLWATER - The days of scooping peanut butter straight out of the jar with a spoon may be nearing an end. Researchers at the Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products C...

Friday, March 8, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the April 2 elections, McIntosh County Election Board Secretary Carole Hayes said announced. The fol...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday approved a bill by Senators Roger Thompson, R-Okeman, and Wayne Shaw, R-Grove, that would permit state agencies to enter into pay-for-s...

The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food & Forestry (ODAFF) has announced funding opportunities to enhance the specialty crop industry within the state. The funding is through the Specialty Crop Bl...

A spectacular fire in the Eagle Bluff housing addition south of Eufaula destroyed a small house, travel trailer and Chevrolet Blazer Thursday afternoon. Eufaula Fire Chief Cliff Shatswell said there w...

Felony Cases J ulia Bumgarner: trafficking in illegal drugs; maintaining place for keeping and/or selling controlled substance; possession of firearm in commission of a felony; knowingly concealing st...

WILBURTON – Twenty-six area middle school math and science teachers recently participated in a two-day workshop at the Kiamichi Technology Center in Poteau sponsored by Eastern Oklahoma State College ...

On February 28, 1893 – Launching of USS Indiana (BB-1), first true battleship in U.S. Navy. USS Indiana (Battleship No. 1) was authorized in 1890 and commissioned five years later, she was a small bat...

Between the hours staring at a computer screen and the nearly constant temptation of treats in the breakroom, most offices are not known for fitness and health. However, work is where most Americans s...

Julia Laverne Bumgarner, 49, and Paul R. Dixon, 62, both of Eufaula, were arrested on drug trafficking and other charges at their residence on Feb. 15, according to court documents. At their initial c...

More than 150 attended the annual Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet Friday. This year’s event was held at the Xtreme RV Resort Clubhouse and catered by I Smell Bacon restaurant. Several awards ...