The weather was beautiful for the Gold Star Luminary Initiative held Sunday, Sept. 30, in the Veterans Park. Placed on the ground were 60 starred bags with flags and markers with the names of fallen ...

The Oklahoma Territorial Museum will host its sixth annual History Never Dies family-friendly Halloween carnival on Saturday, October 20, from 5 to 8 p.m. This year’s theme will be “The Wizard of Oz” ...

Health Savings Accounts -- In one fell swoop, incumbent members of Congress could save consumers money, drive down healthcare costs, and burnish their bipartisan credentials before the midterm electio...

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today issued the following statement on the announcement from the Administration on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), formally known as the North America...

McIntosh County Democratic Party will hold their regular monthly meeting at the Eufaula Memorial Library at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 9. Guest speakers will include Shannan Tucker, candidate for State Senate ...

The Fifth Annual Checotah Business Expo was held on Sept. 27 at the Community Center. The event, sponsored by the Checotah Chamber of Commerce, had a good turnout and was free to the public. Thirty-o...

On October 4, 1874 – Kiowa leader Santanta, known as “the Orator of the Plains,” surrendered in Darlington, Texas. He was later sent to the state penitentiary, where he committed suicide October 11, 1...

Ahead of the 2019 Win-Star World Casino and Resort Global Cup USA, Team USA-Wolves Coach Wiley Petersen (Fort Hall, Idaho) has selected Navajo athletes Keyshawn Whitehorse (McCracken Springs, Utah) an...

Checotah High School choir members make Eastern District Honor Choir. They will attend an all-day workshop and perform with other top scorers from our state’s district in Muskogee at 6:30 p.m. on Oct....

FAMILY FEATURES Italy is one of the world’s great food nations, and many dishes have Italian roots. In honor of Italian heritage, light up the dinner table and impress your friends and family with so...

In the race to nab consumers’ attention (and dollars), retailers need to be increasingly creative. Some of the more successful efforts show that retailers must recognize the value shoppers place on co...

Oklahoma City – The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) has now trained 16,000 teachers through energy education workshops. The group celebrated the milestone achievement at a workshop for more tha...

Governor Mary Fallin and the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety (DPS) today announced they have been notified that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has granted the state’s REAL ID extension ...

Checotah High School’s football homecoming festivities will commence at 1:45 p.m. this Friday, September 28. The homecoming parade will leave the Middle School parking lot going north toward the stopl...

On September 27, 1779 – John Adams was named to negotiate the Revolutionary War’s peace terms with Britain. 1787 – The US Constitution was submitted to states for ratification. 1940 – The Axis powers ...

The award winning Whodunit Dinner Theater has been ‘killin it’ since 1991. The production will come to Eufaula’s Legacy on Main Street, 224 N. Main, on Saturday, Oct. 6. This is a dinner theater event...

As the deadline approaches to register for the November 6 General Election, a national effort is underway to encourage voters to get signed up. The deadline to register to vote for the General Electio...

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released city sales tax collection figures that primarily represents local tax receipts from July business. Companies that remit more than $2,500 monthly in sales ...