Eufaula roper Blake Deckard will take his skills onto the AFR 46 event in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 19-21. Deckard took part in a Q & A highlight from ACRA Rodeo. *Age: 33 *Qualifications to AFR: Eig...

Carson Thompson (center) and friends had a big day hunting in the Lake Eufaula area. 

Michael Spain and friends had a big day of hunting ducks at Bluestem Waterfowl.

UTEP men’s basketball head coach Joe Golding gave three stranded Pitt players a ride to Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl after the players’ flight was canceled at Dallas Love Field. Quarterback Jake Frantl, de...

• Hilldale lineman Evan Keefe signed with the Air Force Academy. Military academies sign first for the academy. He cleared medical last week and had to get the congressional endorsement.   • Wagoner s...

Warner Public Schools will officially name Carter Bradley as their next head coach at their January board meeting. Bradley was the quarterback at Muskogee in the 90 s. He was hired by Checotah in 2021...

The Wisconsin Badgers (76) used defense to beat Oklahoma State 24-17 in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Tuesday night. Coach Luke Fickell, hired away from Cincinnati after a trip to the College Football P...

Elevation is 3 ft. below normal (stable). Water temperature 49°F and stained. (USACE Lake Level) Largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass good on crankbaits, jerk baits, lipless baits, and plastic bai...

Area basketball teams are biting at the bit to get back on the court. Both Checotahand Eufaula basketball programs are ready to get back to competition basketball instead of practicing. The Ironheads...

McAlester senior Erik Mc-Carty signed his National Letter of Intent to play college football for the University of Oklahoma. McCarty recorded 4,627 rushing yards to be the second all-time rusher in pr...

Checotah senior Rylee Campbell signed with Oral Roberts University to run Cross Country. Campbell was member of the Checotah Wildcats State Track team, Football team and Cross Country team.

Checotah wrestlers compete in State Tournament The Checotah Wrestling team took five wrestlers to the state tournament in Oklahoma City and came away with one state championship and four other great c...

The Checotah Wildcats stormed to a 49-36 win over Kansas in game one on Saturday at the Checotah Event Center. Senior Montana Warrior had a huge game as he scored 20-points and grabbed 7 rebounds. Ch...

Three country boys from McIntosh County that played football at Oklahoma University now have their own statue, deservedly so. Lee Roy, Lucious and Dewey Selmon were immortalized in the form of a tower...

No one bleeds more maroon and white than the Newton family in Eufaula. Throughout the years a Newton has played for and coached at Eufaula with success and present coach Larry Newton continues that tr...

Paul Bell Stadium Friday. The Ironheads trounced Heavener in the Homecoming game, 47-13.

Congratulations to Stidham basketball coaches Dane Yandell and Erin Gray and the Lady Redhawks for another successful season. The Stidham basketball program has been a dynasty for years under Yandell ...

The Checotah Lady Wildcats defeated Okemah 4-1 on Monday. Checotah came out swinging as they scored a run in the first inning and added a run in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings in the victory. It ...

Eufaula pitcher Avery Williams was perfect against Okmulgee and Hartshorne as she allowed no runs scored in all three games.

The Checotah Wildcats now have a football field to play on. Ogle Field will be the site for the Checotah Wildcats homecoming celebration this Friday. The Wildcats will now have the opportunity to have...