Shannon Madewell captured this beautiful double rainbow over her home on Texanna Road last Tuesday after the heavy rains. (Submitted photo)

MUSKOGEE - Muskogee Art Guild (MAG) schedules exciting workshops and classes year round. The next event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, 10 AM to 4 PM. At the Guild’s office, 211 Bro...

Community members, law enforcement, friends and family gathered at Okmulgee’s First Baptist Church Thursday to remember District Attorney Oliver Robert Barris, III. Barris, passed away Saturday, Oct. ...

I was at a recent seminar in which the presenter asked the question, “why do we exist?”   This was a church related workshop but I think it is a valid question for every human.   Others have posed the...

Trends and Treasures held another craft fair on Oct. 6. Shown from left to right are Tabitha Brock Taylor and her son, Owen Taylor, who make Starfire Soaps. (Submitted photo)

The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, OREA, met Friday, Oct. 12, at the Jim Lucas Library, Checotah, Oklahoma. The association meets on the second Friday of every month during th...

Opportunities to hunt on federally managed lands in Oklahoma have been expanded after recent meetings between the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, p...

Sen. Roger Thompson has been named Rural Legislator of the Year by an organization that advocates for rural schools.   The Organization of Rural Oklahoma Schools (OROS) was formed in 1984 and represen...

Fast Lanes Bowl is a family owned and operated business that has been bringing entertainment to Checotah for over 18 years. The business was built in July of 2000 but didn’t open its doors until Janua...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoman’s have until Friday to register to vote or update their registration in time for the Nov. 6 General Election, State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said today. “It’s cri...

James Turpin, 6 yrs. old, on his first time bow hunting and he shot this 6 pt. deer at Porum, Oklahoma. (Submitted photo)v

TULSA – Muscogee (Creek) citizen Clint Summers is in his third and final year of law school at the University of Tulsa and was recently selected as TU College of Law’s 2018 Oklahoma Bar Association St...

On October 18,1944 – The American escort carriers of TG77.4 concentrate air strikes on Leyte while the now 12 fleet carriers, in three groups from TF38, strike Luzon. 1945 – The first German War Crime...

FELONY CASES Kelly Marie Crosswhiteassault and battery upon a police officer MISDEMEANOR CASES Shelbee Tyanne M. Bohuslavicky-obstructing officer M arcene Burns-malicious injury to property M elissa C...

Voters in McIntosh County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the Nov. 6 General Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Carole Hayes said. Although the County Elec...

Ake, Roger M. Allen, Edmond Monte Allen, Justin Lee Almeida, Louis Ernest III Anderson, Teddy Bruce Arnold, Charles Wayne Bahe, Mandy Gail Baker, Jerry Beal Baumann, Staci Raye Bear, Larissa Leann Ben...

Sometime after Nov. 1, Eufaula’s first medical marijuana dispensary is expected to open. The opening day would have been sooner but since voters legalized medical marijuana, the demand for products h...

Dance instructor Brittany Moore, will conduct ballroom dance classes at Legacy on Main Street starting Nov. 1. Classes will be from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Moore will teach seven basic ballroom dances ...

A Checotah man who earned the Silver Star posthumously for his heroism during a naval battle with Japanese ships will be inducted into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame in November. Gunners Mate 3rd ...