The McIntosh County Sheriff ’s Department is looking for vandals who damaged the Lotawatah Rural Fire Department on Friday, March 31. The Department is asking for assistance in identifying the truck, ...

The Rentiesville Volunteer Fire Department is no more. “It shut down because they weren’t able to keep personnel,” said Eastern Oklahoma Development District Executive Director Ernie Moore. The EODD i...

A nationally televised fishing tournament will be broadcast from Lake Eufaula on The Outdoor Channel April 14-16. The Tackle Warehouse Invitational, part of the Major League Fishing organization, will...

Author to speak Author Connie Cronley will discuss her awardwinning book “A Life on Fire: Oklahoma’s Kate Barnard and a Lunch and Book Chat event at 11:30 a.m.. Wednesday, April 26. Lunch is available...

On Wednesday, April 22, 28-year-old Andrea Williams stormed out the back door of an Urgent Care in Checotah, after becoming agitated with care providers. Then she seemed to just disappear. Not long af...

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...

Citing dramatic increases in operational costs, Sue’s Recycling requested an approximated 20 percent rate increase in garbage collection for residential customers and 25 to 30 percent for commercial c...

The City of Eufaula and Team Up to Clean Up will host free disposal day on April 22, 8 a.m. to noon. Roll offs will be located at Posey Park, the Community Center, Osborne Park and the city yard west ...

McAlester Regional Air Care last week announced it has established a new base in Eufaula, effective March 30. “The new base will complement the existing operations at McAlester Regional Health Center ...

Winds of 50 mph or more caused havoc around the county last week. McIntosh County Emergency Management posted a message Friday about power lines and trees down in multiple locations Eufaula Fire Chief...

The Pride of Eufaula competed at the OSSAA State Concert Band Contest at East Central University in Ada on Wednesday, March 29. The band received straight superior ratings from all six judges, on stag...

April is Alcohol Awareness Month and we can use this month to raise awareness about alcohol abuse and take action to prevent it, both at home and in the community. “Alcohol Awareness Month is a great ...

The following are locations to hunt Easter eggs this weekend. Posey Park egg hunt The Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt, a community event at Posey Park, will be held Saturday, April 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ha...

The Eufaula Lady Ironheads placed second overall in the Canadian Tournament. Gracie Lasiter and Savanna Goodman both medaled as Top 10 finishers. Eufaula senior Riley Morgan had a Top 10 finish at the...

The Eufaula Ironheads fell to Dewar 10-2 in the Gumbo Classic Dewar Invitational championship on Saturday. Dewar jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning and added four runs in the second and thre...

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Depew’s late rally sealed the fate of the Checotah Wildcats 9-3 Friday at the Beggs Baseball Tournament. It was a close battle early as Depew scored on a stolen base by Tyler Burdick and a single by B...