In keeping with an annual tradition, Oklahoma State Parks will again host First Day Hikes on Jan. 1, 2021. The free, guided hikes present an opportunity to begin the New Year on a healthy perspective ...

Checotah co-offensive coordinator Brian Young and his big brother Darin, representing B’nM Poles, took their fishing skills to Mississippi and won the American Crappie Trail National Championship on S...

Checotah senior Lynzey Forsblom took the next step of her golf career as she signed with Fort Scott Community College in Winfield, Kansas, on Monday. Forsblom has played a vital role on the Lady Wildc...

The eighth class of Tulsa Public Schools (TPS) Athletics Hall of Fame was honored during a banquet at the DoubleTree Tulsa at Warren Place. All nine TPS public schools are represented in the Class of ...

Eufaula senior wide receiver Nick Jones received his first collegiate offer of the season from Northeastern State University. Jones (6’2”, 190 pounds) has great speed, quickness and incredible hand/ey...

Local bronc buster and Steer wrestler Traden Anderson earned the top spot at the Hanna Rodeo held on June 27 and 28. Anderson placed second in bronc riding and placed in the top three in several event...

Eufaula star running back Noah Alexander has committed to play for the Army. Alexander announced his intentions on Facebook. “After speaking with my family I’ll like to announce that I’ll be committin...

Eufaula Indian Journal and McIntosh County Democrat newspapers sports writer Rodney Haltom was all smiles Monday morning after the virtual Oklahoma Press Association Banquet. Haltom placed third in th...

A Hollywood movie couldn’t have had a better script than what happened in Checotah on Friday night. Checotah hosted the District Championship games in the Truman Dixon Fieldhouse and won both games wi...

The Eufaula football programs continues to produce and develop athletes for the next level and this year Trae Hampton will carry on that legacy. Hampton is a 6’2”, 220 pound athlete that carry the foo...

Checotah junior running back Dontierre Fisher (5’9”, 188 pounds) is a hot commodity in the college recruiting ranks this season. The highly talented running back received his second Division 1 offer t...

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association has postponed the state basketball tournaments indefinitely. The announcement was made at 12:30 on Thursday just 90 minutes before teams like the E...

Eufaula head basketball coach Jeff Oliver scrambled to find an opponent for Eufaula’s season opener. After calling 11 schools and receiving eight no’s, because most teams where under quarantine, the C...

The Eufaula Ironheads ended their season with a 9-3 record, three consecutive district championships and a quarterfinal appearance. Their skill and hard work did not go unnoticed as each coach in Dist...

The Eufaula Indian Journal is proud to name the 2020 Eufaula Indian Journal (EIJ) football Players of the Year. Eufaula posted an impressive 9-3 record and won their third consecutive district champio...

The 2020 holiday antlerless deer gun season will open in specific zones on Dec. 18 and run through Dec. 31. This year, new rules are in place to increase hunting opportunity and bag limits for antlerl...

For the sixth season in a row the No. 10 Oklahoma Sooners are Big 12 conference champs with a 27-21 victory over the sixth-ranked Iowa State Cyclones. Trailing 27-21 Iowa State had an opportunity in t...

The No. 6 ranked Oklahoma Sooners will again head to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas to play in the Cotton Bowl against No. 7 ranked Florida on Dec. 30. Kickoff is 7 p.m. It will be just the second m...

The Eufaula Ironheads’ longtime tradition of being a high-level football program continues today. Even after Oklahoma Christian’s last-minute score (24-20) erased the Ironheads’ bid for a state champi...

Reece Rumble of Eufaula is all smiles after harvesting this big 8-point buck. COURTESY