The Checotah High School Event Center was packed last Friday, May 20, as 94 seniors walked across the stage to receive their high school diplomas. Principal Jennifer Campbell, Superintendent Monte Mad...

A Checotah native is serving with Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center supporting TOPGUN aviators at the Navy’s premier tactical air warfare training center. Petty Officer 2nd Class Ian Salaz...

Mason dobbs of Eufaula is all smiles after harvesting this beautiful turkey. COURTESY

Last week the the U.S. Interior Department released the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, a report on federally-operated Indian boarding schools between 1819 and 1969. It paints an ugly pictu...

Felony Cases Charles Darin Johnson: conspiracy Keyron Diondale Keyron Diondale Mitchell: bringing contraband (weapons/ explosives/drugs/intoxicating beverage); unlawful possession of drug paraphernali...

Patrick Dwayne Murphy, 53, of Vernon, in McIntosh County, was sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty in August 2021 by a federal jury of second degree murder in Indian Country, murder...

Don’t miss all the action going on at the Checotah Roundup Club Arena this Friday through Sunday as cowboys from all over Oklahoma and beyond compete for cash and prizes at the Duvall’s 43rd Annual St...

The former office manager of the Shady Grove Water Department has been accused of stealing almost $60,000 during a fourmonth period, between October 2021 and February of this year. A charge of embezzl...

Checotah High School’s top of their class will be honored on Friday, May 20, during their high school graduation at the CHS Event Center starting at 7:30 p.m. These top students will have one last op...

Londyn Grace Hill shows off the tomatoes growing at her dad’s (Leonard Hill) High Tunnel System in Rentiesville. COURTESY PHOTO

Hail and severe weather hit McIntosh County and surrounding counties Sunday. Hail hit twice at LaDonna Rhodes’ residence in Muskogee and in Okemah there were reports of softball-size hail. STAFF PHOTO...

With no manual or list of emergency procedures, school boards across the country were each in a unique position to build district plans and decide what was best for their communities as the COVID-19 p...

With no manual or list of emergency procedures, school boards across the country were each in a unique position to build district plans and decide what was best for their communities as the COVID-19 p...

Mayoral and city council races are non-partisan in Oklahoma, but some candidates have made it clear they embrace party lines on issues such as mask mandates, police department funding and the banning ...

JaiCee Lester, a senior at Checotah High School, was among 52 students from across the state selected to participate in Youth Leadership Oklahoma. The YLOK Class ‘22 members will travel the state duri...

Eufaula’s Got Talent@gmail . com held a Red Carpet Extravaganza on April 29 at the Eufaula High School auditorium. Nick Farrow set up all the equipment to be shown in real time on stage in the auditor...

“Beginner Conversational Phrases” in the Muscogee (Creek) Language will be taught at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 21 at the Eufaula Indian Community Center, 800 Birkes Rd., Eufaula. Everyone is welcome. Spon...

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Bradley Wayne Morris, 36, of Muskogee, was found guilty last week by a federal jury of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country and two counts of abusive sexual contact of a child in In...

Drowned in the Canadian Mrs. Pearl Freeman, who lived near Porum, was drowned in the Canadian river south of that place last Sunday, and up to the present time the body has not been recovered. Mr. and...