Episcopal Church event Trick or Treating at the Episcopal Church, Oct. 31, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 1st Baptist Trunk or Treat The Eufaula First Baptist Church will host its annual Halloween Trunk or Treat ev...

Ground is being cleared at the intersection of SH 9 and Eunice Burns Road for a 6,277 square foot Allsup’s convenience store. City Manager Jeb Jones says the store, located west of U.S. 69, should be ...

Hundreds of people killed, thousands of homes destroyed, millions without power, 50 billion in dollar damages. Back-to-back Hurricanes Helene and Milton in late September and early October devastated ...

Halloween, also known as Hallows Eve, may seem to be the scariest time of the year with all its ghouls, goblins, witches and more, but it truly can’t compare to the terror of domestic violence or hear...

A burn ban has been put into effect by the McIntosh County Commissioners until further notice. The ban was enacted at the Monday, Oct. 28 meeting, and will remain active immediately for a period of ab...

A former Checotah Intermediate School Teacher of the Year has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic abuse following an altercation Sunday. Stacy Lafavor, 54, formerly Coleman, entered a ...

I would like to clarify some recent information you may have received regarding Trans-Alta’s proposed Canadian River Wind Project near Hanna, Oklahoma. At this time, the project is in its very early s...

The Board of Education of Eufaula Public School District announces that statutorily qualified individuals interested in running for the #5 seat on the Eufaula Board of Education may file as a candidat...

WILBURTON – Eighteen GEAR UP graduates participated in a 4-night, 5-day Global Leadership Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Students encountered a wide range of experiences, from learning about the his...

We have lots of exciting opportunities coming up over these next few months! First, we will be having a huge community meeting to educate us regarding the wind turbine issue that is sweeping across ou...

There are lots of new improvements at Eufaula Memorial Library and we are excited to reopen very soon! We will be closed at our temporary location at the Eufaula Community Center beginning Monday, Oct...

In advance of its approaching 50th Anniversary, the Indianola Community and Senior Citizens have launched a $200,000 effort to remodel/ construction and to build out the Center’s endowment campaign. “...

Former Paradise Fire Chief Justin Lee Wells, 42, Porum, pled guilty on Wednesday, Oct. 23 to embezzlement of public funds. Associate District Judge Brendon Bridges handed Wells a one-year deferred sen...

EARLY VOTING: Begins Wednesday, Oct. 30, for voters in McIntosh County and across the state. Voters who will not be able to make it to the polls on Election Day have the option of voting early at thei...

Oklahoma’s trout stocking season that normally begins Nov. 1 each year is being delayed this year, said Richard Snow, assistant chief of Fisheries for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation....

Eufaula Ironheads Senior Night

Developers of a proposed 121-turbine wind farm in Western McIntosh County may find themselves facing gale-force opposition to their project. Half a dozen opponents to the wind farm attended a county c...

David Deval Martin, 39, was convicted of murder in McIntosh County in October 2016 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. However, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2020 in its McGirt dec...

Jefferson Highway-Oklahoma Chapter President Delaina Stevens was elated when she got the news that a convoy of historic military vehicles traveling the Jefferson Highway would make a quick stop in Che...

The recently completed home of Matt and Tonya Davis in the Blue Kenockee Bay area off of Texanna. Texanna Road was heavily damaged by fire on Monday, Oct. 14. Texanna Fire Chief Ronnie Ross estimated ...