OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder is headed back to the Western Conference finals for the first time since 2016, and they left no doubt getting there. Behind a scorching 35-point performance f...

The Lewis and Clark Expedition officially began as the Corps of Discovery departed from St. Charles, Missouri. 1807 – A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a ch...

Greg Dixon was one of the best athletes and citizens that ever came out of Checotah High School. He helped lead the Wildcats to a No.3 ranking and won a national championship in football at OU. This p...

Scottie Scheffler delivered a master class in composure and precision Sunday, storming to his third major title with a dominant victory at the PGA Championship. Under pressure and facing fierce challe...

Randy Rutherford has accepted an offer to become the new boys’ head basketball coach at Claremore. His hiring was approved at the Claremore board’s monthly meeting. He spent the last seven years at Mc...

Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s alltime hits leader, has been posthumously reinstated by Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, the league announced. The decision removed Rose from MLB’s p...

The Cashion Wildcats earned their first OSSAA State Baseball Championship after defeating the Oktaha Tigers 7-0 at Shawnee. The Wildcats finished the season going 33-3 under head coach Blake Mounce.

ARLINGTON, Texas – On Sunday afternoon in Arlington, Texas, Jose Vitor Leme (Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil) completed the greatest comeback in the history of PBR (Professional Bull Riders), winning the W...

Elevation is 11 ft. above normal, water temperature 65°F and murky. White bass fair on grasshoppers, hair jigs, jigs, spinnerbaits, spoons around below the dam, creek channels, discharge, main lake. B...

May 30-31 Gary Nichols June 1 Future Bass Trails June 7 Fisherman’s Choice June 18-20 NPFL June 21 & 22 South Central Bass Anglers June 27& 28 National Crappie League June 28 Fisherman’s Choice July 1...

Eufaula celebrated the annual sports awards assembly on Monday. The big winners of the night were Jadence Efurd and Dusty Eby. Both seniors contributed to the Ironheads’ basketball programs with Efurd...

Longtime Eufaula coach Jerad Efurd was named the recipient of the Eufaula Indian Journal Coach of the Year award presented by sports editor Rodney Haltom. Efurd is the head coach of the Eufaula golf t...

The Checotah sports programs have a bright future as several underclassmen return for the 2026 season. Freshman Izzy Ruiter made an impact this season in the 100-meter hurdles and the 200-meter hurdle...

The Eufaula Ironheads and Checotah Wildcats competed in the OSSAA State Track and Field Meet Friday at Plainview High School. Eufaula Freshman Leah Green finished 11th in the state in the Class 4A 200...

Rylee McNeill of Eufaula had to battle the harsh elements and stiff competition Monday at the OSSAA State Golf Championship at the Shawnee Country Club on Monday. With rain and winds blowing across th...

And another year of high school sports comes to an end as the last of the state tournaments take place. As sports fans we have had a fantastic year. We saw Eufaula girls go to the state fast-pitch tou...

ESPN announced the NCAA Tournament Regional brackets, and the Sooners will host at Love’s Field in Oklahoma City. Despite the regular season SEC championship and Co-Championship win, the committee gav...

Big 12 Board Chair and Baylor President Linda Livingstone announced that the Big 12 Board of Directors has voted to extend Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark’s contract for an additional three years th...

Darren Harber embraces his son, Dristan as he checks out for the final time during his senior season. Darren Harber was hired on April 14 to be the McCurtain Public Schools Girls Basketball Coach for ...

With all the tasks and responsibilities that high school athletic administrators handle, learning and mastering new skills, and incorporating the latest best practices, are essential to keep pace. The...