What an exciting weekend McIntosh County GOP had at our Congressional District 2 meeting in Vian. I was elected Congressional District 2 Chairman and our Pittsburg County counterpart, Loggan Winn, was...

OKLAHOMA CITY – A new law authored by Sen. Carri Hicks to better support children with dyslexia went into effect on July 1, following unanimous approval during the 2025 legislative session. Speaker Pr...

WILBURTON – Eastern Oklahoma State College has announced honor rolls for the spring 2025 semester. There were 132 students named to the President’s Honor Roll, which requires a 4.0 grade point average...

The assault and battery charge filed last year against Stacy Lafavor, 55, a former Checotah Intermediate School Teacher of the Year, has been dismissed after reaching an agreement with prosecutors. Th...

MUSKOGEE – Andrew Frank Lerblance, a/k/a Andrew Frank Lerblance Jr., 66, of Checotah, entered a guilty plea to a one-count Information of Distribution of Methamphetamine, according to the United State...

At the Mustang Central Middle School cafeteria, students pay $3.75 for lunch. To fill their lunch accounts with money electronically, parents pay a $3.25 fee, nearly as much as a meal, each time they ...

TLC continues to grow and add new members. Fresh ideas come with new crafters and unique crafting products for our store.This is in part due to the donations we receive from Eufaula and surrounding co...

Alumni Reunion Weekend

The City of Checotah is gearing up for the greatest Fourth of July Freedom Fest celebration the community has ever seen. There will be plenty of sights and sounds to see this year during their allday ...

A former Pittsburg County jailer, who was named a Detention Officer of the Year in 2024, has been arrested and charged with attempted robbery with a weapon and child neglect. Jose Kirkes, 33, of McAle...

A barefooted 23-year-old Oktaha woman was walking near I-40, pulling a toy wagon missing its front wheels, has been arrested for assault and battery on a police officer, conspiracy to perform an act o...

Kimberly Smelser has been first deputy in the McIntosh County Treasurer’s Office since January 2021. On Tuesday, July 1, she will become county treasurer, replacing Betty Whisenhunt, whose final day i...

The Checotah High School Alumni Reunion is finally here and will be two days reminiscing over high school days gone by too quickly. On Friday, June 27, everyone is invited to the Katy Depot to catch u...

A juvenile driving a stolen 2020 white Jeep Compass led lawmen on a chase that exceeded 110 miles per hour on U.S. 69 shortly after midnight on Friday, June 20. After the Eufaula Police Department was...

Bingo Night blazed a trail for the Lake Eufaula Out of Darkness Walk on June 12. Many patrons and volunteers came out to help raise money for the walk set for September 20. All the proceeds of the fun...

On June 5, local student Olivia Shackelford was recognized as the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Youth Prevention Award in Oklahoma City at the Heartland Conference. This award was presented to an ...

I may have been the last person—other than her murderer—to talk to Selby Minner before her murder on Monday, June 9. She and I planned to meet that day, but when we talked by phone around 4:30 p.m., w...

Authorities reported that Arturo Villegas- Rodriguez, 23, of McAlester, drowned on Lake Eufaula shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday. The Marine Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety is i...

I am Danner Burn of Texanna. I am the 18-year-old daughter of Blaine and Lisa Burn. I work as a sales associate of Kastenberry Credit Card Processing. I was the Sedan Round-Up Club Queen in 2021 and a...

TODAY IS THE DAY! FREE PULLED PORK DINNER at the VFW in Eufaula on Thursday, 6/26/25, at 6:30 PM. We have some great speakers on hand, but all will only be speaking for 5-15 minutes each which gives u...