On November 17, Jai-Cee Lester was awarded the opportunity to participate in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The ceremony is a celebration of Oklahoma’s highest honor. JaiCee had the pri...

The annual Native Arts Holiday Show will be Saturday, Dec. 10 at the Eufaula Community Center, 121 High St. Admission is free, everyone is welcome. Many Christmas gift ideas can be found at the show. ...

A Checotah Community Thanksgiving service was held Nov. 20 at the Family Life Center, Congregations from West Side Free Will Baptist, Federat- ed Church, First Methodist, First Assembly, Granite Stati...

The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers to Ring the Bell this holiday season. Every year, kind people from the community join with the Salvation Army in Ringing the Bells at Walmart. This year th...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar, please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news or call 918-473-2313 (office) or 479-422-4210 (cell). You may a...

McKinney-Vento and Project AWARE brought local communities together to feed almost 200 people on Thanksgiving Day. Checotah Multipurpose Building for anyone was buzzing for several hours as volunteers...

Oktaha Public Schools will present their annual “Sounds of the Holidays” Christmas Band Concert on Tuesday, December 13 at 7 p.m. in the Jimmy R. Eller Gymnasium. There is no admission for the concert...

STILLWATER — Oklahoma State University is preparing to welcome its largest, most diverse freshman class in history. With 4,668-plus firsttime freshmen enrolled, the class of 2026 eclipses previous rec...

The Heartland Heritage Museum and Gallery, along with the Checotah Art Guild, has chosen Tracy Stubbs as their Artist of the Month. Stubbs is a retired elementary school teacher, who was raised in Euf...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar, please email all the information to ladonna@cookson . news or call 918-473-2313 (office) or 479-422-4210 (cell). You may...

During its annual Fall Forum meeting, slated for Oct. 11-13, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) will announce winners of four awards recognizing excellence in child advocacy and philanth...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from June business. The monies they reported this period represent sales fr...

Artists, vendors and crafters who wish to participate in the Sept. 23 -24 Art Walk in Eufaula should apply at visioneufaula.org. There is no fee to participate. The only thing that is asked is that yo...

Miss Muscogee Creek Nation Tena Yargee attended the Eufaula Indian Community’s Whole Hawg Day events July 30.

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar, please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news or call 918-473-2313 (office) or 479-422-4210 (cell). You may a...

During uncertain times, educators need to accept and embrace change, according to Mark Mayfield, a speaker at the 55th annual CareerTech conference in Tulsa. Mayfield’s presentation offered teachers t...

Options Inc. celebrated all their July birthdays at the end of last month. Those turning a year older and wiser were Kelly Teague, Tera Jones, Delaina Durrett-Stevens and Travis Killey. Not pictured w...

Tex and Dana Stewart, along with Hoss Durrett, hosted a fundraiser on Aug. 4 at the Sharpe House for Avery Frix, who is a candidate for the U.S. Congress. Pictured are Avery Frix and Carter Stewart.

The Eufaula Indian Community joined in the festivities of Eufaula’s annual Whole Hawg Day last week, sponsoring a number of competitions sponsored by the EIC Smoke Shop. Winners of the events were: Co...

If you would like to list your meeting or event in the Community Area Calendar, please email all the information to ladonna@cookson.news or call 918-473-2313 (office) or 479-422-4210 (cell). You may a...