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When Oklahoma prosecutors back a criminal justice bill, chances are it will become law. Oklahoma district attorneys lobbied for or against 47 bills from 2015 to 2018, according to a study published Ju...

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June 14-21 • William Newton Holt: Petit Larceny • Chelsie Taylor Simpson: Petit Larceny • Pamela Motley: Petit Larceny • Christopher Melland: Operating Unsafe / Defective Vehicle • Travis Thornton: Af...

Ake, Roger M. Albright, Austin Michael Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Gary Don Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal...

June 28 - July 2 • Monday, June 28: Taco salad w/fixings; soft tortilla; black beans / corn mix; cookie; milk • Tuesday, June 29: Chicken tenders; roasted red potatoes; peas; bread; fruited Jello; mil...

Reps. Avery Frix, R-Muskogee, and Chris Sneed, R-Fort Gibson, as well as Muskogee County District 1 Commissioner Ken Doke today commented on the approval of a project that will improve the public lake...

“When you sign up to work Summer school, you never know exactly what the job may entail,” said reading teacher Tiffany Hurt. “But I love these kiddos and their willingness to participate.” Marshall’s...

Jackson Lewis descendants will gather June 26 at 10 a.m. at West Eufaula Indian Baptist Church to commemorate his life and legend. The Civil War veteran and medicine maker will be acknowledged from hi...

The annual meeting and election for the Lake Eufaula Association was held on Thursday, June 17 at Pete’s Place in Krebs. This was the last meeting that Executive Director Connie Morris will conduct. M...

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

Sister publications McIntosh County Democrat and Eufaula Indian Journal earned praise at the annual Oklahoma Press Association Convention held Saturday, June 12 at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Oklah...

Checotah City Council met on Monday, June 14 for the monthly meeting. Mark McCullough introduced himself as the new chairman for the Planning Zoning and Board of Adjustments. McCullough replaces the o...

The Checotah High School Alumni Reunion will be this Friday and Saturday, June 25-26, and Mayor Daniel Tarkington has been chosen as this year’s significant alumnus. Tarkington will be honored at the ...

The Checotah Disc Golf League wrapped up its 2021 season this past Thursday at the Checotah Sports Complex. Players of all ages have taken to the sport and joined the league, which started on March 25...

Charges against two McIntosh County men have been dismissed based up the McGirt decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Christopher Tyler Duncan, 25, of Checotah, was charged on Nov. 4, 2019, with felonio...

Fielding is hard work in T-Ball. This player is working on her balancing skills while they wait for the ball in the outfield at the Checotah Sports Complex. STAFF PHOTO | RODNEY HALTOM

Smoke could be seen from several miles away as a semi-truck and its semi-trailer became engulfed in flames on Interstate 40 west bound right before noon, just off the Highway 69 exit in Checotah on We...

A horrifying high-speed chase through the construction zone on U.S. 69 north of Eufaula last week ended on Interstate 40 near Checotah when the car being pursued caught on fire and finally came to a s...

In the early morning hours of Thursday, June, 17, a piece of Eufaula history came crashing down. The 121-year-old building on the southeast corner of Main Street and Foley Avenue gave way, sending ton...