STILLWATER - Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center launched a Food Safety Professional program to recognize food industry leaders who complete a significant nu...

OKLAHOMA CITY - More than 50 writers, including national bestselling authors, will attend the inaugural Oklahoma Book Festival Oct. 20 at the city’s Boathouse District. Authors, poets, illustrators an...

Oh, the joy of a new baby and to finally have a baby girl!   The Baker family is still celebrating the birth of its first baby girl born in over 66 years, after four generations of males.   The Baker...

NORMAN – Muscogee (Creek) Nation Principal Chief James Floyd joined other Oklahoma tribal dignitaries at the University of Oklahoma’s Inaugural Native Nations Reception for Tribal Leaders event Sept. ...

INDIANOL A - On Thursday Oct. 11, the Bynum Historical Foundation and the Indian Territory and Oklahoma Statehood Settlement located in Indianola will host an exhibit of the art of Danny Kaler and Pe...

Mayor Daniel Tarkington was more than a little surprised when his name was read as Mayor of the Year at the Oklahoma Municipal League’s (OML) Annual Conference, held last week in Oklahoma City. Co-wo...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s Native Americans have a long history of proud and distinguished service in the Oklahoma Army National Guard. On Sunday, Sept. 9, the military career of one Native-American w...

OKMULGEE - On Wednesday, Sept. 12, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve H.R. 2606, the Stigler Act Amendments of 2018, advancing the legislation to the U.S. Senate for their consideratio...

Sharon Spencer, 67, of Eufaula died at the scene of a single-vehicle accident in Pittsburg County on Sept. 14, possibly from a medical condition. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, at about 3:3...

The McIntosh County Oklahoma Retired Educators Association, OREA, met Friday, Sept. 14, at the Jim Lucas Library. The association meets on the second Friday of every month during the school term excep...

Retired Checotah educator Dr. DeLois Ann McGee will be one of ten inductees to the Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame on Friday, Sept. 28. The ceremony will start at 7 p.m. at the Oklaho...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Freedom of Information Oklahoma is offering cash prizes to high school students who enter and win the annual Zach Taylor First Amendment Essay Contest. Students in grades 9 to 12 must ...

ENID — On Friday, Sept. 28, the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center will host its annual Lantern Tours. Costumed interpreters will host entertaining and educational vignettes in each of the four b...

STILLWATER – It is a sure bet that a quick look through just about any barn, storage building or garage in Oklahoma will turn up some old, unused pesticides. Instead of letting these chemicals take up...

Gold Star Luminary Initiative Ceremony Join us on Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. at Veterans Park for Gold Star Family Day to light luminaries at dusk to honor our fallen heroes. Hosted by Jean Gawf. School Walka...

On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018, Pafford EMS Special Response Teams went to Spartanburg, North Carolina, to assist hurricane victims. They are currently staging in Spartan-burg for assignments related to H...

 Mark your calendar and make plans to visit the 5th Annual Business Expo from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Checotah Community Center, 611 N. Broadway. The Checotah Chamber of Comm...

The Plumb Theatre in Longtown will host its annual Gospel Mega Fest Sept. 28-29. Among the performers will be Gerald Crabb, The Bilderbacks, The Alversons, Crystal River and The Plumb Theatre’s Uprigh...

A motorcyclist who was stopped going 100 MPH on the interstate was bound over for trial following a preliminary hearing Sept. 6. Zachary Dean Cordray Cochran, 20, of Checotah was order to appear in co...

In a weird sort of historically nerdy way, it has been fascinating watching how tariffs are becoming politically relevant. I have no comment on Trump’s tariff policies, not for the usual reason of let...