Slavery was outlawed in U.S. territories. President Abraham Lincoln outlined his Emancipation Proclamation. News of the document reached the south and Texas through General Gordon Granger. 1865 – Eman...

Rank and organization: Commander, U.S. Navy, Air Group 15. Place and date: First and second battles of the Philippine Sea, 19 June 1944. Entered service at: Florida. Born: 16 January 1 910, Bessemer, ...

Event held Sunday afternoon, June 15, at the Honey Creek Battlefield site.

The Oklahoma Press Association presented its Better Newspaper Contest Awards during the OPA Annual Convention June 6-7, at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee. The top award a newspaper can r...

Managing Editor Jerry Fink of The Eufaula Indian Journal and the McIntosh County Democrat was inducted into the Oklahoma Press Association Half Century Club on Saturday, June 7 at the Grand in Shawnee...

Two Muskogee men charged with killing a Eufaula resident were ordered to appear at a preliminary hearing in district court at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 3. Suspects Kyren Omari Boulware, 19, and Michael ...

Two people from Marshall, Texas were killed, and four others were injured in a harrowing four-vehicle pileup on U.S. 69 half a mile south of the Muskogee City Limits at about 2:20 p.m. on Monday, June...

Rep. Tim Turner, R-Kinta, announced some good news and some bad news at the Monday morning Monthly County Commissioner meeting. First, the bad news, at least for those who oppose wind turbines in the ...

Don’t miss Old Settlers Day this Saturday. This family tradition in Checotah is one of old friends, new friends and lots of good ol’ fashion family fun. Always the second Saturday in June, the town ho...

Bring us your tattered and weathered flag. Observe as our local Boys Scouts and DAV members honorably retire it. Starting at 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Free Cookout, Games and Raffle At Veterans Park, 114 N Broa...

CLEARVIEW - The ending of slavery in the United States, celebrated annually on or around June 19, will be celebrated on Saturday June 21 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. The celebration will take place at th...

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation recently honored the late veteran William “Bill” Antrum Fox Jr. by naming a bridge after him. The William A. Fox Jr. Memorial Bridge is on SH 9 East at Nine M...

Long before Route 66, there was the Jefferson Highway. Route 66 was a federally funded, 2,448-mile highway that crossed the country going east and west from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, Californ...

Let’s celebrate our 20-year reunion together! Join us for a fun class reunion weekend! It will be a weekend of laughter and memories you’ll cherish forever! June 13 -15 Marvel Resort, Gore, OK For mor...

Bargain hunters set your alarms. The annual 10-mile-long yard sale begins at 7 a.m. Sunday, stretching from the east end of Eufaula, down SH 9 east through Longtown and past Enterprise. Ten miles of v...

OKLAHOMA CITY - A total of 25 civic organizations and 135 individuals have signed on to a letter from Oklahoma’s Advocate Community to Oklahoma’s members of Congress expressing concern about the “Big ...

A tornado ripped the roofs off several buildings in old downtown McAlester, tore up trees and caused other damage in Pittsburg County early Saturday morning, June 7. McIntosh County Emergency Manageme...

Gentry avenue from Front Street to Second Street, Front Street from Gentry to LaFayette Avenue and the business section of Broadway is to be paved with road asphalt and work will be underway in a shor...

Make plans to attend the Checotah High School Alumni Reunion June 27-28. Friday, June 27, come to the Katy Depot to catch up with old friends. It’s a nice, cool place to visit and reminisce over old t...