147 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 19, 1877 ANNUAL DOG SLAUGHTER The annual slaughter of dogs through fear of hydrophobia commenced in New York last week. Nine hundred were killed the first day by drowning ...

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Sept. 6 at the Ignite Health & Wellness center, 105 Pine Ave., west of Main Street in Eufaula. The center offers an array of natural health procedures, from Reflexol...

How gratifying it is to see the groundswell of faith that’s rising throughout our country in young 20-something Gen Z Christians! It started at Asbury University in Kentucky. Last February about a hun...

We are gearing up for our Musical Extravaganza, Oct. 11 and 12. Back by popular demand will be Jason Crabb and his full band Saturday night, October 12. Five groups will perform on Friday night and th...

There are lots of activities going on at TLC. We recently started having a display at the Community Market at the Barn. It is located behind the Last Stop Store on Texanna Road and Hwy OK-150, Checota...

OKLAHOMA CITY –Tickets are now on sale for the 97th Annual Oklahoma Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony to be held on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. Induction into th...

Oklahoma will have to use state money for family planning services at county health clinics after it lost an emergency bid to restore $4.5 million in federal grants because of the state’s refusal to p...

McIntosh County as a whole has seen its fair share of animals being abandoned. Eufaula pound has picked up four dogs just this past week and local shelters like Happy Paws in Checotah has also seen th...

Every weekend through the first of October marks a community pollinator celebration, illustrating the growing interest, especially in monarch butterflies, as private, municipal, state, and tribal enti...

Unlike the public image of people experiencing homelessness, recently evicted Oklahomans might push a cart with an antique clock or an ottoman that was their grandmother’s prized possession. A person ...

Freshman pitcher Leah Green has helped lead the Lady Ironheads to a 17-2 record. She threw 12 strikeouts while only surrendering five hits and one run over seven innings with zero walks against Warner...

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Blues fans, young and old, enjoyed the 34th Rentiesville’s Dusk Til Dawn Blues Festival put on by Selby Minner , staff and volunteers this past weekend. The Labor Day festival that started in 1991 wit...

Editor’s Note: September is National Suicide Prevention and Recovery Month and therefore we will be covering a critical and often overlooked issue: the alarming rate of suicides in rural Oklahoma. In ...

The race for District 2 McIntosh County Commissioner in last week’s primary runoff election was a photo finish, with challenger Clifford McElhaney defeating incumbent Monty Grider by a nose. McElhaney...

MUSKOGEE – Fredrick Cody Burkhalter, 27, of Rentiesville, was sentenced to 222 months in prison for causing the death of a person by firearm during a crime of violence, according to the United States ...

Wine & Art Festival Don’t forget to mark your calendar for one of the biggest events of the year in Eufaula – Vision Eufaula’s Wine & Art Festival, set for Saturday, Sept. 7, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Th...

SALLISAW – Zachary Aaron Bandy, 44, who once operated the Flamingo Fish and Marine store in Eufaula, pleaded no contest on Aug. 26 to eluding/attempting to elude police in Sequoyah County. Sequoyah Co...

MUSKOGEE -Elijha Dewayne Taylor, 34, of Okmulgee, was sentenced to life in prison for first degree murder, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Taylor...

Lately, the United States has been experiencing increasing inflation rates, and Oklahoma is no exception. Acc ording to March 2024 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 60% of Oklahoma respondents reporte...