A competency hearing for Louis Carl Guenther, 68, of Checotah has been set for 9 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 27. Guenther is accused of beating and stabbing to death his sister, blues musician Selby Minner,...

MUSKOGEE – Joshua Lee Bolin, 26, of Sallisaw, entered a guilty plea to a Superseding Indictment of one count of Receipt of Certain Material Involving the Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, punishable by ...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Calendar, please email all the information to jerry@cookson.news, call the Indian Journal at 918-689-2191 or drop the information off a...

As public media stations turn to newsletters, social media and other platforms to urge viewer donations in response to CPB funding cuts, one question remains: What does the future hold for public medi...

Pre-preliminary conferences are set for two Haskell County men, one charged with murdering his mother and sister-in-law, the other charged with destroying evidence in the case and attempted kidnapping...

STAFF PHOTOS } SHAUNA BELYEU Not pictured was Doug Merchant who placed third and took home a check for $3,821.

On July 31, 1777 – The Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Continental Army. 1813 – Marines landed at York, Lake Ontario, with soldiers to bur...

Brooks-McGuffin, Chase Alexander: attempted burglary in the first degree; malicious injury to property under $1,000 Cox, Ryan Yates Garrison: aggravated trafficking in illegal drugs; posses firearm du...

Thousands of marijuana plants and 1,183 pounds of processed marijuana were confiscated Monday during a raid conducted by an Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics’ Marijuana Enforcement Team three miles south o...

Recently, Craig Morgan — better known as Cat Daddy — walked into York Manor Nursing Home in Muskogee not like a guest, but like someone coming home. Guitar slung over his shoulder, smile wide, and hea...

Cherokee and Osage native Ava Rose Johnson, a former student at Eufaula Public Schools, has been invited to join the Recording Academy/ GRAMMYs 2025 New Member Class. Only an approximate 3,600 creator...

On July 24 at 6:30 p.m., the City of Eufaula will officially launch into service their new fire suppression and rescue boat, Police Chief David Bryning announced. “It has been a long journey and many ...

District 3 Commissioner Bobby Ziegler assured Shauna Belyeu at Monday’s meeting that complaints she aired were being addressed. “It’s the beavers,” he said. Belyeu, representing some 300 homeowners in...

Kyznie Thomas, 18, of Checotah, has been chosen Queen of the 2025 Eufaula Chamber of Commerce Rodeo. “I have ridden horses all my life,” she said. “Training and riding barrel and rope horses – I was b...

Six-year-old Lakyn Spur Stancell, daughter of Cole and Paige Stancell of Whitefield, has been named Princess of the 41st annual Whole Hawg Days Rodeo. Lakyn graduated from Whitefield Public Schools an...

Under One Roof, 107 McKinley, will hold a yard sale on Saturday, July 26 starting at 7 a.m.

The 41st Annual Whole Hawg Arts & Crafts Festival kicks off Thursday, July 24, with the first Whole Hawg Rodeo hosted by the Eufaula Chamber of Commerce. Friday and Saturday will be filled with activi...

MUSKOGEE –William Clayton Brown, 42, of Eufaula, entered a guilty plea last week to a one-count Felony Information of Murder in Indian Country—Second Degree, punishable by up to life in prison and a $...

The Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce held an audition last week for singers to perform the National Anthem at the Chamber Rodeo, to be held July 24, 25 and 26. The rodeo starts at 8 p.m. “A huge thank...

The Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce will host a Camp Donor Blood Drive on Tuesday, July 29 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Chamber office, 301 N. Main St. Campers will get two tickets to Frontier Ci...