Early voting begins Wednesday, Oct. 30, for voters in McIntosh County and other counties across the State. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day have the option of voting...

McIntosh County OSU Extension Office will be honoring our Veterans on Wednesday, November 6 from 8 a.m. -10 a.m. at our office in Checotah located at 311 N Broadway Suite C. We will be serving cinnamo...

McIntosh County District 2 Commissioner Monty Grider has been named a finalist for the Government Programs Award presented annually by the Board of Directors of Keep Oklahoma Beautiful. He and other n...

An Indian taco lunch will be served from noon till 2:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Mt. Olive Star Baptist Church in the Warrior Community, 10 miles west of Checotah at the Curtis Eugene Woodfork ...

The 15th annual Curtis Eugene Woodfork Turkey Shoot will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Warrior School Grounds 10 miles west of Checotah across from the Mt. Olive Baptist Chu...

McIntosh County and Waterfront Group, the developer of Patriot Pointe located on the north side of Lake Eufaula, will partner in the S 4218 and S 4214 paving project, which will be managed by Mc-Intos...

147 YEARS AGO General Sheridan Says: On Thursday Josephs band were on the east side of the Yellowstone, on the trail leading from Baronets bridge, at the mouth of the great canyon and Clarks ford mine...

A Gospel Explosion of Gospel Music erupted this past Saturday night when the number one male gospel singer, Jason Crabb, took the stage and ignited the crowd with his enthusiastic music. This could no...

McIntosh GOP are so excited to be back into the swing of our monthly meetings. We hope to see all your smiling faces on Nov. 21. We will have a renowned speaker as our featured speaker. Saundra Traywi...

Watch that pothole! Actually, not a pothole. Street workers were seen working on First Street between Selmon Road and Foley Avenue last week. The thoroughfare is as good as new now.

On Oct. 19, the Eufaula Area Arts Council brought Halloween to life with a festive celebration at the home of local puppeteer Joann McMillan in Sherwood Forrest. The event, filled with creativity and ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Checotah Public Works Authority (Authority) received approval for $881,650 in funding Tuesday from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to improve the Authority’s water infras...

A plan to buy 55,000 Bibles for Oklahoma classrooms has been modified to be less specific and allow multiple vendors to supply the religious text and U.S. historical documents wanted by Republican Sta...

JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR Firefighters and former firefighters recently came together at a firemans dinner to share their camaraderie away from their usual work sites often stressful scenes of chaos ...

Big Boy No. 4014 didn’t stop in Eufaula or Checotah but it drew a big crowd in Muskogee on Monday, Oct. 14, when it did stop for about 30 minutes. It last came through the area in Aug. 12, 2021 and to...

For the second time in three years Big Boy No. 4014, the worlds largest steam engine, passed through Eufaula on Monday, Oct. 14. Its last trip through town was Aug. 12, 2021. The historic engine, a gi...

No school in classrooms Thursday, Oct. 17, thanks to the Eufaula Lady Ironheads softball team knocking it out of the park by defeating Valiant in the Super Regional. As a result of that victory the te...

The manufacture of compressed cooked meats is a new industry in this country. It began two years ago and has now assumed almost gigantic proportions. England has received cooked meats from Australia f...

An alliance of local tribal churches recently held several meetings to discuss ways of bringing the Eufaula community together. The result of the meetings was a decision to hold a revival on Oct. 20-2...

If you want to seek the God and to learn to hear His voice you must study the Bible. When God speaks it will always be in accordance with His Word. The Bible reveals to us who God is and who we are. W...