Checotah assistant coach Brian Young and his brother Darin got to go fish for $120,000 in cash and prizes at the ACT National Championship at D’Arbonne Lake in Ruston, Louisiana. The brothers finished...

For his fifth consecutive time to be voted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the foundation’s voters denied former Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton, the honor. Sutton coached NCAA T...

A week full of fun outdoor activities, conservation education and camaraderie is in store for up to 35 lucky teens selected to attend the 21st annual Wildlife Youth Camp. Don’t miss out on this summer...

Army veteran and San Antonio resident Walter Taylor joined other injured veterans from across the country at a Wounded Warrior Project®  (WWP) adaptive sports clinic in Orlando, Fla. Walter practiced ...

The University of Oklahoma Athletics Department announced that the annual Red-White Spring Game will be played on April 13. Two-time CMA/ACM/Grammy Song of the Year nominee Lee Brice will take the sta...

On April 11,1890 – Ellis Island was designated as an immigration station. 1898 – American President McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain. 1899 – The Treaty of Paris ending th...

The Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission  voted March 25 to expand the state’s black bear hunting area to include all areas south of Interstate 40 and east of U.S. 69, and to prohibit the harvest...

It took overtime for Virginia to defeat Big 12 representative Texas Tech in the national title game 85-77. De’Andre Hunter of the Cavaliers scored a game-high 27 points in the victory in addition to s...

Checotah’s boys and Fort Gibson’s girls won team titles at the Hilldale High track meet on Tuesday. The Wildcats dominated in the relays where they completed in a four-event sweep. Trenton Dan, Conno...

Checotah’s Jacob Barrett has received multiple Division 1 offers from Navy, Army and Missouri State. The junior receiver finished the 2018 season with 941 yards on 56 catches for 11 touchdowns and zer...

The Checotah Lady Wildcats fell short in the championship game on Thursday at the Checotah Softball Classic. The Poteau Lady Pirates outlasted Checotah 11-6. Sabetha Sands had a single and a triple w...

The Masters – golf’s first major championship of the year – begins April 8. Get yourself in the mood for birdies, azaleas and a whole lot of green with WalletHub’s 2019 Masters Fun Facts report. The r...

Local golf teams from across eastern Oklahoma will converge at Fountainhead Creek Golf Club on Saturday, April 6 at 8:00 a.m. for the Lake Eufaula Golf Classic. Several of the best golfers in high sc...

The Oklahoma Sooners and Clemson Tigers have set up a home-and-home series in the not-so-near future. They’ll meet in the 2035 and 2036 seasons, once in Clemson and once in Norman, according to a repo...

On a beautiful spring morning at the Oktaha High School Golf Tournament at Fountainhead Creek Golf Course, Keys took advantage of a struggling field in windy conditions to edge Verdigris 380 to 385 fo...

A committee is ready to begin studying the effectiveness of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s Rule 14. Rule 14 was enacted in 2011 to address perceived competitive inequities betw...

The American Athletic Conference and ESPN have agreed to a 12-year, $1 billion media rights deal beginning in the 2020-21 season. The deal will pay each school $6.94 million annually, which is about $...

Springtime brings spring turkey hunting seasons in Oklahoma, but it is also the season of fundraising banquets for many conservation partner groups in the state. These fundraisers have become a tradi...

By Rodney Haltom Sports Editor Young angler Christian Scott had a big day fishing on Lake Eufaula. The Poteau senior caught a 10 lb., 2 oz. bass on March 19. Scott, a member of the Poteau high school ...

The Fort Gibson Tigers won in dramatic fashion in back-to-back days with the Checotah Wildcats. Christian Jorgensen’s two-out line shot to center and deflected off the glove of a diving Jacob Barrett ...