114 Years Ago: Checotah Enquirer • June 12, 1908 Checotah Declared the County Seat of McIntosh County Checotah received 1,647 votes to Eufaula’s 1,200 Governor Haskell signed a Proclamation declaring ...

Tribes across the nation are increasingly buying back or being gifted back property in their ancestral homelands, either to build economic sustainability or to manage cultural preservation sites. Mus...

No corner of the country is immune to the pandemic of gun violence sweeping the nation. Babies, children, teens and adults of all ages are dying at an alarming rate. They are being shot to death in ho...

Mass shootings at the Saint Francis Hospital on Wednesday, June 1, in Tulsa, a Memorial Day festival in Taft, an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and a supermarket in Buffalo, New York have reignite...

The Oklahoma Historical Society announced that “The Battle of Honey Spring,” a documentary depicting the largest Civil War battle to take place in present-day Oklahoma, has been selected for this year...

Founders’ Place Historic District will hold a homes tour and vintage auto show on Saturday, June 11 from noon to 4:00 p.m. A featured home on the tour is the Trumbo Home, 1321 W. Broadway, a National ...

On Jan. 25, firefighters from Eufaula and Vivian attended a Medical Intervention Training Program at the Community Center hosted by the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security. The stop-the-bleeding cla...

The Checotah Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Horsepower Nutrition on Friday, June 3. Horsepower Nutrition serves energy teas, meal replacement shakes and more. They are located at 810 N....

Don’t miss the 56th Old Settlers Day weekend that’s set for this Friday, June 10 and Saturday, June 11 in Checotah. The excitement starts with the annual Checotah Round-Up Club Rodeo (ACRA-IPRA) on Fr...

The 38th Annual Whole Hawg Days, sponsored by the Eufaula Area Chamber of Commerce and the Eufaula Band Boosters, is drawing near. The 2022 event begins Thursday, July 28 with a rodeo at 8 p.m. On Fri...

After a candidate registers for an elective office, the person may submit an article of 250 words or less stating qualifications, positions on issues and a brief biography. A head and shoulders photog...

McIntosh County 4-H Club helped Tony Fields with the American Legion put out flags downtown on Memorial Day. COURTESY PHOTO

One of Oklahoma’s largest dragonflies is also one of the most widespread. The brightly colored common green darner grows to about three inches in length and can be found in all 77 Oklahoma counties. T...

Felony Cases Toi Lynn Bidwell: possession of stolen vehicle Jody Ray Caldwell: falsely personate another to create liability; re sisting an officer; unlawful walking/hitchhiking on turnpike Deasia Ann...

It’s natural to see a partially feathered bird hopping on the ground and want to help. But the best way to help may be resisting the urge to intervene. Grounded baby birds are typically either newly h...

The Checotah Art Guild took the time to join the 2nd Annual Oakwood Harbor Craft Fair. STAFF PHOTO | LADONNA RHODES

Elevation 4 ft. above normal and falling, water 70 and murky. For current elevation conditions go to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website at https://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/EUFA.lakepage.html . ...

Sixteen-year-old Carter Stewart recently was the youngest golfer to compete in the All Pro Tour Golf Tournament at Muskogee Golf Club after being invited by the president of the APT himself. Though St...

Checotah Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Westside Gas Company owned by Dick Jones and Drew Wren. The locally-owned dispensary is located at 1500 W. Gentry and is open from 9 a.m. to 12 a...

114 Years Ago: Checotah Enquirer • May 29, 1908 Alex Posey Drowned Meets Death in Canadian River Writer of “Fus Fixico” Letters ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN INDIANS The most famous Indian writer of the five ...