OKLAHOMA CITY – A new law modernizing Oklahoma’s election calendar will affect elections beginning Jan. 1, 2026, bringing greater clarity, consistency and efficiency to when elections are held across ...

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board can’t sidestep the Department of Corrections in determining medical parole eligibility, the attorney general’s office decided last month. The Parole Board voted 4-...

The Muskogee County Sheriff ’s Office is currently conducting a search for Erik Throne 2/2/1969. Erik was involved in a motor vehicle accident on December 14, 2025 at around 1500 hours. Witness report...

Years ago, Reese Hundley learned firsthand what it felt like to be homeless. After finding black mold in his rental property, Hundley packed up and left the property with his wife and their child. Dur...

As the Legislature enacted tougher sentencing laws, Okl a homa’s prison population increased for a third consecutive year in 2025. The Department of Corrections reported a population of 23,498 on Dec....

Robyn and Randy Burris, two of Eufaula’s leading citizens who are shining examples of what it means to be community spirited, will be leaving in January for Sheridan, Ark., just south of Little Rock. ...

The year 2025 was an eventful one for Eufaula. Many local residents joined forces to help defeat the creation of a wind turbine farm in the county. The Muscogee Nation opened its Lake Eufaula Casino i...

Congress has allowed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which significantly lowered premiums for millions, to expire on December 31, 2025. There is no stopgap and no extension. While Washington ...

Dallas Allen Steele, 38, Checotah, has pled guilty to robbery with a weapon and possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction. On Dec. 10, Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges sentenced...

The Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) recently wrapped gifts for residents of Lakeview Nursing home. Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU), founded in 1888, is the largest Protestant mission’s organization for ...

There are journeys we plan, and journeys we are called into. After my wife passed nearly three years ago, I became a quiet traveler—wandering, grieving, watching life from a distance. For two years, I...

Families gathered at Kiwanis Park on Thursday, Dec. 18, to celebrate the holiday season with festive cheer and a cup of Christmas cheer. The Eufaula Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Hot Chocolate...

The newest dog at the Eufaula pound is a real sweetheart and all he wants for Christmas is a fur-ever home with YOU. Paws N Claws is also looking for sponsors for his $85 adoption fee and spay/neuter ...

For 25 years, God’s Helping Hands has been feeding hundreds of needy families during the Christmas season. “God’s Helping hands began 26 years ago,” said Director Richard Mc-Cool. “But we didn’t do it...

The Lake Eufaula Association (LEA) celebrated a successful launch of its first-ever Christmas Home Tour on Thursday, Dec. 11, drawing close to a reported 100 participants for a festive afternoon explo...

In March 2023, former Eufaula City Councilman Dan Kirby was indicted in federal court for involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country in connection with a motorcycle accident on July 23, 2022 that clai...

In December 2007, Oklahoma experienced one of the most devastating ice storms in its history. The storm caused at least $200 million in damage statewide, and at the peak of the event, more than 641,00...

The couple charged with child abuse for assisting their toddler to vape have pled guilty. Rachael Marie Lane, 28, Eufaula, and Donte Jordan Smith, 32, Tulsa were charged with enabling child abuse and ...

History teacher Roger Thompson retired from teaching, but history is engrained in his soul. His knowledge of the past is encyclopedic. Friday afternoon he shared some of that knowledge as guest speake...

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,...